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 →

Sylvester Rainge was fatally shot Tuesday afternoon about a block away from his home in the North Lawndale neighborhood on the Southwest Side. About 4:30 p.m., someone walked up to 52-year-old Rainge in the 1300 block of South Komensky and opened fire, hitting him repeatedly, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s … Read more →