Homicide Watch Chicago

By ELIZABETH CZAPSKI Homicide Watch Chicago When Keyon Boyd was very young, his aunt nicknamed him “Smiley” because he was always grinning. “He was the family’s comedian,” his mother Tywone Lee said. “He was a funny, outgoing person.” But he had a serious side as well, and was planning to use his education, faith and … Read more →

By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times Wire At least 19 people were victims of violence in Chicago last week, and while there were fewer homicides in July that in June, according to Chicago Police statistics, the city is still a large in increase over last year. There were 65 homicides in Chicago in July, according to … Read more →

Keyon Boyd was killed and two other teenagers were wounded in a shooting Tuesday morning in the Austin neighborhood. The group was standing on the sidewalk, one on a bicycle, in the 100 block of North Laporte Avenue about 11:10 a.m. That’s when at least two males emerged from an alley and fired more than … Read more →