Homicide Watch Chicago

By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times Wire A violent and bloody start to 2016 continued with at least 10 people killed by gunfire in Chicago last week, bringing the death toll from firearms to 30 in the first 17 days of the new year. A 39-year-old man was fatally shot in a Northwest Side alley Sunday … Read more →

Michael L. Fernandez was shot to death Thursday evening in the Little Village neighborhood. The 19-year-old was standing on the sidewalk in the 2600 block of South Harding about 6:20 p.m. when he was shot in the head, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Fernandez, of the 1600 block of … Read more →