Homicide Watch Chicago

By JEFF MAYES and JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times Wire At least 12 people were shot to death in Chicago last week as a violent year continued with no sign of colder weather stopping the bloodshed in the streets. November closed with 77 murder victims in the city, making it the third-deadliest month of the year, … Read more →

Sixteen-year-old Diego Alvarado died Friday night, less than an hour after he was shot multiple times near his home in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side. Alvarado was outside about 6:40 p.m. near his home in the 4800 block of South Throop when he heard gunfire and was hit in the … Read more →