Homicide Watch Chicago

By RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-Times After Steven Cowan was shot several times while sitting in a blue truck parked in West Englewood on Friday morning, someone heard him say, “Joe shot me,” according to Cook County prosecutors. “Joe” is Joseph Bey, a previously convicted murderer whose associates had been in a “neighborhood” dispute with friends … Read more →

By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times Wire At least 27 people died from violence in Chicago last week, including 17 in the deadliest weekend of the year in Chicago. The death toll included a 14-year-old honor student, and twin 17-year-old boys. At least 17 people, including four teenagers, were killed and 41 people were wounded in … Read more →

After being shot several times Friday morning while sitting in a car in the West Englewood neighborhood, Steven Cowan died Friday night at a hospital. Cowan, 29, was sitting in the driver’s seat of a parked vehicle at 11:31 a.m. in the 6400 block of South Damen, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County … Read more →