Homicide Watch Chicago

By MITCH DUDEK and FRANK MAIN Chicago Sun-Times Moments after Dominiq Greer had a press conference Wednesday to announce a lawsuit seeking $15 million from the city—alleging a Chicago Police officer wrongfully shot him seven times—he was arrested on a warrant for the murder of Kevin Larry as he waited for a ride. “I had … Read more →

EDITOR’S NOTE: Chicago Sun-Times reporter Frank Main tells the story of Bruce Wright and Brian Weekly, two men shot dead in Chicago who had been shooting victims before. The first two shootings didn’t kill them. But the third one did. Two recent Chicago murder victims survived earlier gunshot wounds before they were killed, police confirmed … Read more →

BY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago Editor At least seven people were murdered throughout Chicago last week — the city’s lowest homicide total in three weeks. All seven people were killed by gunfire. The deceased were six men and a woman. The seven killings are the lowest weekly total since five people were killed May … Read more →

Brian Weekly was killed in an early Saturday shooting in the Washington Park neighborhood that left another man critically wounded. Weekly, 18, was shot multiple times in an alley in the 5600 block of South Wabash Avenue about 1:30 a.m., authorities said. A 20-year-old man was also shot multiple times. Weekly, of the 1400 block … Read more →