(Sun Times Wire) Two men convicted of killing Chicago police officers decades ago were granted parole Thursday over objections from a former police superintendent and, in one case, Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx. The Illinois Prisoner Review Board voted 8-4 to parole Johnny Veal, 68, and, separately, Joseph Hurst, 77. Johnny Veal, 68 Johnny…
(Sun Times Wire) Police released photos Wednesday of a Jeep wanted in connection with the October slaying of a 32-year-old man in Roseland on the Far South Side. Deshawn McKinney was shot to death about 4:30 p.m. Oct. 24 in the 11400 block of South Calumet Avenue. Police said at the time that someone in…
(Sun Times Wire) An Englewood couple serving as caretakers to a 43-year-old schizophrenic man are accused of beating and torturing him with the help of a friend before the victim’s battered body was found in garage. Chicago police officers, who were responding to a well being check, found the lifeless body of Frederick Johnson in…
(ABC) A suspect has been charged in connection with the shooting of a 9-year-old boy in Chicago’s Cabrini Green neighborhood Friday night. The child was identified as Janari Andre Ricks, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office. Tuesday morning, police announced charges against Darrell Johnson, 39, of Chicago. Police said Johnson is the one…
(Sun Times Wire) A 19-year-old Englewood man was ordered held without bail Friday for allegedly gunning down two teenage boys after the victims’ friend commented on his tall physique at a South Side gas station. Laroy Battle faces two counts of first-degree murder in the deadly shooting, which left 17-year-old Jasean Francis and 16-year-old Charles…
(Sun Times Wire) Police released images Friday of three suspects wanted in connection with a fatal shooting in Parkway Gardens last week on the South Side. Officers responded to reports of gunfire just after midnight June 19 in the 6300 block of South King Drive and found a 23-year-old man on the sidewalk with multiple…
(Sun Times Wire) A year after two murders in Rogers Park terrified the North Side neighborhood, the Chicago Police Department announced Tuesday that the trail has gone cold and investigators are once again asking the public for assistance. “Like so many of our tragic shootings, the senseless killings of Mr. Watts and Mr. Moscowitz remains…
(Sun Times Wire) Five Chicago teenagers have been charged with first-degree murder after a member of their group was fatally shot by a homeowner in the north suburbs while they allegedly tried to break into a vehicle. Diamond Davis, 18, Kendrick Cooper, 17, Stacy Davis, 17, Steven Davis, 17, and Curtis Dawson, 16, were all…
(Sun Times Wire) Cook County jurors Wednesday found a 20-year-old woman guilty of the 2017 murder of the teenage grandson of U.S. Rep. Danny Davis. The jury of three women and nine men deliberated for less than two hours before reaching a verdict on murder and home invasion charges against Dijae Banks, who was 17…
(Sun Times Wire) A fight between two men turned deadly last month when one of the men grabbed a gun and began shooting outside an Austin restaurant, Cook County prosecutors said Wednesday. Victor Turner, 27, initially got into a verbal confrontation with Sammy Hodges. But when the fight turned physical on March 10, Turner went…
(Sun Times Wire) A man accused of stabbing to death his new bride in a Burbank condominium the day after their wedding has been added to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. Arnoldo Jimenez, 37, is charged with murder in the May 12, 2012, death of his wife, Estrella Carrera, 26, shortly after they…
(ABC) A second Chicago man was charged in connection with the murder of a single mother inside a cell phone store on the city’s Southwest Side. Police said Marco Zabala provided the gun that Bryant Mitchell allegedly used to shoot at rival gang members near West 59th Street and South Kedzie Avenue on April 26.…
(Sun Times Wire) Last month, Isaiah White was arrested after he repeatedly fired an AR-15 out the window of an SUV as the car drove around Englewood. Although no one was hurt, prosecutors said evidence found while investigating that case led to an even more serious charge: a murder White allegedly committed hours before the…
(Sun Times Wire) A man facing a murder charge in connection with a Brighton Park shooting has allegedly admitted to his role in another murder, apparently expecting to get a plea deal for his cooperation as a witness. Instead, Cook County prosecutors say, they decided to charge 35-year-old Sergio Gonzalez with that murder as well,…
(Sun Times Wire) The man convicted of killing 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton was sentenced Monday to 84 years in prison, after giving a defiant speech proclaiming his innocence in the 2013 shooting that became a symbol of Chicago’s gun violence. Mickieal Ward, who was 18 at the time of the South Side shooting, faced a minimum…
(ABC) A man was charged with murdering his mother, who was found stabbed in a garbage can Christmas Eve in the Morgan Park neighborhood on the Far South Side. Robert Wallace, 25, was charged with first-degree murder after he was identified as the person who allegedly stabbed Betty Wallace, 67, in an alley in the…
It takes time for the CPD to investigate shootings like this eventually the facts come out and the shooter or shooters are brought to justice. Last summer On July 27th a man was fatally shot on the Dan Ryan Expressway, a South Shore man is accused of this murder. The shooter was a backseat passenger in…
