Homicide Watch Chicago

BY KALEY FOWLER Homicide Watch Chicago Michael “Yung Stacks” Patton decided in junior high that he wanted to be a rapper and devoted his life to music. Michael, 17, was fatally shot about 10:40 p.m. June 30 in the 600 block of East 50th Place, authorities said. Michael recently graduated from Bolingbrook High School, according … Read more →

BY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago Editor Fourteen people were shot to death last week throughout Chicago. Nine of the murders happened during the three-day holiday weekend, when at least 60 other people shot and wounded. Additionally, man and woman were fatally shot early Monday. Their identifies have not yet been released. On Sunday, 23-year-old … Read more →

Scene where Michael Patton was fatally shot / Photo by Vincent D. Johnson BY VINCENT D. JOHNSON For the Chicago Sun-Times At my son’s fifth birthday party on Sunday, a friend asked me if my block was noisy. I replied as I always do: “No. It’s a quiet, tree lined, one-way street”. But Monday night … Read more →

Scene where Michael Patton was fatally shot / Photo by Alex Wroblewski Michael Patton was was killed in a Monday night shooting in the Grand Boulevard neighborhood that left another left another teenager wounded. Michael, 17, and a 15-year-old acquaintance were talking to several people in a black van in the 600 block of East … Read more →