Homicide Watch Chicago

By RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-Times The teenager accused of shooting Clifton Frye over disparaging Facebook comments about slain rapper Young Pappy is now facing a murder charge after Frye died last week. The rapper, whose real name was Shaquon Thomas, was shot early May 29 in Uptown. Four days later, 17-year-old Germel Dossie allegedly shot … Read more →

Clifton Frye died Thursday of gunshot wounds that prosecutors claim he suffered nearly three weeks ago at the hand of a teenager, upset by Frye’s disparaging Facebook comments about recently slain rapper Young Pappy. The rapper, whose real name is Shaquon Thomas, was shot early May 29 in Uptown. Four days later, 17-year-old Germel Dossie … Read more →

BY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago At least 14 people were killed throughout Chicago last week. Seven of the killings happened over the weekend, when at least 24 other people were wounded by gunfire. The most recent killings happened minutes apart on the West Side. A 53-year-old man was fatally shot in the 4900 block … Read more →

BY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago Chicago rapper Young Pappy, who had previously been the intended target in at least two shootings that left bystanders dead, was himself fatally shot early Friday in the Uptown neighborhood. Shaquon Thomas, 19, was in the 4800 block of North Kenmore Avenue when gunfire erupted about 1:35 a.m., authorities … Read more →