Homicide Watch Chicago

By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times Wire Federal official announced this week they will be sending another 20 ATF Police officers to Chicago to help slow the wave of gun violence that does not seem to have slowed from last year’s deadly pace. Another 14 people died last week and the city’s homicide total stood at … Read more →

Maurice “Dirty Reese” Purnell of Elgin was killed in a drive-by shooting Saturday evening while visiting relatives in the West Side Austin neighborhood. The 28-year-old Purnell was standing outside about 5 p.m. in the 1200 block of North Laramie when someone fired shots from a passing vehicle, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County … Read more →