Homicide Watch Chicago

By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times Wire The first homicide of 2016 in Chicago happened in the Grand Boulevard neighborhood about 2:20 a.m. on New Years Day, claiming the life of a 24-year-old man, one of at least five people to die in gun violence last week. In that first reported homicide of the year, Deandre … Read more →

Xavier Thornton was shot to death late Tuesday in the Burnside neighborhood on the South Side. The 23-year-old was getting out of a vehicle in the 9000 block of South Greenwood at 9:03 p.m., according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. That’s when the driver fired shots at him before driving … Read more →