Homicide Watch Chicago

By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times Wire A violent and bloody start to 2016 continued with at least 10 people killed by gunfire in Chicago last week, bringing the death toll from firearms to 30 in the first 17 days of the new year. A 39-year-old man was fatally shot in a Northwest Side alley Sunday … Read more →

An 18-year-old man shot and killed Wednesday morning in the West Side Austin neighborhood has been identified as Antonio Pollards. He was walking westbound in the 4600 block of West Madison Street about 9:30 a.m. when someone opened fire from a passing vehicle, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Pollards … Read more →