Homicide Watch Chicago

By JACOB WITICH Chicago Sun-Times Wire Bond was set at $1 million Thursday for a man who was charged with the fatal 2014 shooting of Torrence G. Pickens in Bronzeville after DNA from a cigarette butt linked him to the killing. Jeffery Freeman, 24, faces one count of first-degree murder for the Oct. 6, 2014, … Read more →

BY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago Editor At least eight men were murdered throughout Chicago last week. Three of the victims were fatally shot over the weekend, when at least 17 other people were wounded by gunfire. The most recent killing happened when 20-year-old Juan Mercado was shot while sitting on a front porch in … Read more →

Torrence G. Pickens was shot to death in the Bronzeville neighborhood Monday evening. Pickens, 37, was found shot multiple times inside a vehicle in the 100 block of East 44th Street about 5:30 p.m. Monday, authorities said. Pickens, of the 3400 block of South King Drive, was dead at the scene, according to the Cook … Read more →