Homicide Watch Chicago

By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times Wire At least 27 people died from violence in Chicago last week, including 17 in the deadliest weekend of the year in Chicago. The death toll included a 14-year-old honor student, and twin 17-year-old boys. At least 17 people, including four teenagers, were killed and 41 people were wounded in … Read more →

Walter McCurry was shot Saturday evening in the Englewood neighborhood and died about eight hours later in a hospital. At 7:23 p.m., the 36-year-old McCurry was standing in the street in the 1100 block of West 57th Street, when someone in a dark-colored car fired shots, according to Chicago Police. McCurry was struck in the … Read more →