Homicide Watch Chicago

Frank Smith / Photo from Chicago Police BY CHASE DIFELICIANTONIO Homicide Watch Chicago Frank Smith kicked in a bedroom door and gunned down his ex-fiance’s 46-year-old mother during a break-up fight last month at the women’s New City area home. On Wednesday, Smith was held without bond for the Feb. 28 shooting that left Theresa … Read more →

BY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago Editor Eight people were shot to death throughout Chicago last week. The week started with four consecutive days without a murder, but ended in a flurry of gun violence. Three people were shot dead on Friday, two on Saturday and two more on Sunday. Seven of the killings happened … Read more →

Theresa Spearman was killed and her daughter was critically injured in a domestic shooting early Friday in the Back of the Yards neighborhood. The 25-year-old daughter got into an argument with her boyfriend in the 5400 block of South Laflin Avenue about 12:05 a.m., police said. Spearman, 46, attempted to intervene and the boyfriend shot … Read more →