Homicide Watch Chicago

By JEFF MAYES Homicide Watch Chicago Another 17 people died from violence in Chicago the week of August 7-13, including seven killed on a bloody Sunday that included a triple homicide and a double homicide, one of which is being investigated as a case of self-defense and the other occurring on the front steps of … Read more →

Bond has been denied for a south suburban man charged with fatally shooting his elderly father, Donald L. McNamara, last week in the older man’s Canaryville neighborhood home on the South Side. Donald J. McNamara, 58, faces one count of first-degree murder for the death of his 86-year-old father, according to authorities. Cook County prosecutors … Read more →

Eight-six-year-old Donald L. McNamara was found shot to death Thursday afternoon in his South Side Canaryville neighborhood home. McNamara’s daughter found him bleeding from his head just after 4 p.m. in the 4100 block of South Wallace, where he had lived for over 2 years, according to authorities and friends. When paramedics arrived, they found … Read more →