Homicide Watch Chicago

By RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-Times A purported gang member was ordered held without bond Thursday for the 2013 murder of Shawntina Burpo, which was tied to the same gang rivalry that claimed the life of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee. Kristian Taylor’s attorney, Michael Oppenheimer, said Burpo’s shooting death was “tangentially” connected to Tyshawn’s, while maintaining his … Read more →

A 29-year-old woman wounded late Thursday in an Auburn Gresham neighborhood drive-by shooting has died. Shawntina Burpo was in the 7900 block of South Wood Street when she was struck several times by gunfire shortly before midnight, authorities said. Burpo, of the 7800 block of South Union Street, was outside with a group when the … Read more →