Homicide Watch Chicago

By LOU FOGLIA Homicide Watch Chicago Tykina Ali loved to laugh, family members recall. And her mother, Tykia Watts, said the 20-year-old was persistent at getting others to laugh with her. “If you was down, she would bring you up,” Watts said. “If you would see her down, then you’d know something was really wrong.” … Read more →

By LOU FOGLIA Homicide Watch Chicago Tykina Ali loved to laugh, family members recall. And her mother, Tykia Watts, said the 20-year-old was persistent at getting others to laugh with her. “If you was down, she would bring you up.” Watts said. “If you would see her down, then you’d know something was really wrong.” … Read more →

By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times Wire While it did not become official until Wednesday morning, this August has been the deadliest month in Chicago in nearly 20 years. En route to reaching that 80th homicide of the month this week, at least 22 people were homicide victims last week, including three girls 7 and younger … Read more →

Tykina Ali was shot in a vehicle in the Little Village neighborhood Tuesday evening and died after being brought to a west suburban hospital, police said. Ali, 20, was brought to West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, where she was pronounced dead at 6:09 p.m., according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s … Read more →