BY BRIAN SLODYSKO Chicago Sun-Times Tattooed across the throat of Mark A. Hall, one of two men accused of killing a deacon and a blues musician during botched robberies last December, is the phrase: “God 4 Gives I Don’t.” On Sunday, it was Cook County Judge Adam Bourgeois’ turn to be unforgiving. With a dismissive …
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Mark Hall / Photo from Chicago Police Two men have been charged with murder for separate shootings blocks apart that killed a deacon and a musician December 2013 on the South Side. Mark Hall and Devin Aldridge, both 23, were each charged with two counts of first-degree murder for the Dec. 19, 2013, shootings that …
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BY FRANK MAIN Chicago Sun-Times One victim was a retired bus driver and the other a talented blues guitarist. They were shot to death three blocks apart on the morning of Dec. 19, 2013, in what police believe were botched robberies. Police said they have two suspects in the murders. Both are now behind bars …
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Police have released video surveillance of two men they are looking to question in connection with two shooting deaths blocks apart last December. The murders happened about 30 minutes apart and three blocks apart in the early morning hours of Dec. 19, 2013, police said. Both Eric “Guitar” Davis and Willie Cooper were sitting in …
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BY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago Editor Ten men were shot to death throughout the city last week. The most recent murder happened when 18-year-old Leroy Griffin was fatally shot in the 7900 block of South Lafayette Avenue about 7 p.m. Saturday, authorities said. Several people got out of an SUV and opened fire on …
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A 74-year-old man was shot to death inside a vehicle Thursday morning on the South Side. Willie Cooper was found in a vehicle in the 7000 block of South East End Avenue about 4:45 a.m., authorities said. He had been shot multiple times. Cooper, of the of 6800 block of South Crandon Avenue, was dead …
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