Homicide Watch Chicago

By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times Wire At least 9 people died from violence last week, including a 1-month-old baby whose death in Englewood was ruled a homicide by child abuse, as Chicago’s 2016 murder total neared 750. As of Wednesday morning, there have been at least 741 homicides in Chicago this year, according to Chicago … Read more →

Nineteen-year-old Shaqwon I. Stidhun was killed Friday afternoon in a shooting just a block away from his home in the West Side Austin neighborhood. At 3:17 p.m., Stidhun was standing in the 5500 block of West Crystal when two men approached him and one or both fired shots, according to Chicago Police and the Cook … Read more →