Homicide Watch Chicago

Shannon Williams / Photo from Chicago Police BY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago Editor A traffic stop led police to the handgun Shannon Williams allegedly used to kill Trevolus Pickett during an April robbery in the Austin community, prosecutors said. Pickett was with two friends in the 5200 block of West Congress Parkway when Williams … Read more →

Shannon Williams / Photo from Chicago Police BY SAM CHARLES Sun-Times Media Shannon Williams has been charged with murder for allegedly shooting Trevolus Pickett during an April robbery in the Austin neighborhood. Williams, 22, is accused of shooting Pickett in the head during an armed robbery in a gangway in the 5200 block of West … Read more →

BY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago Editor Nine people were fatally shot throughout the city last week, and a 10th died from injuries suffered in an earlier shooting. Eight of the murders happened during an especially violent weekend, which saw at least 37 other people wounded by gunfire. The most recent murders happened when two … Read more →

Trevolus Pickett was shot to death Friday night in the Austin neighborhood. The 20-year-old man was standing in a gangway in the 5200 block of West Congress Parkway when someone shot him in the head about 11:15 p.m. Friday, police said. Pickett, of the 8300 block of South Dorchester Avenue, died at Mount Sinai Hospital … Read more →