Homicide Watch Chicago

By JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times Wire A confrontation spurred by earlier fights led to the fatal shooting of Alex Malone on Friday in the West Garfield Park neighborhood, prosecutors said. And now Shane Eli, 19, of the 4100 block of West Iowa, has been charged with first-degree murder, according to Chicago Police and the Cook … Read more →

Alex Malone died Saturday, about 20 hours after being shot in the head Friday night in the West Garfield Park neighborhood. The 19-year-old Malone was outside about 6:40 p.m. in the 4100 block of West Wilcox when someone fired shots from a passing minivan, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. … Read more →