Chicago police officer Gildardo Sierra, 32, admitted that he drank “multiple beers” before killing Flint Farmer in June, 2011 and has settled a civil lawsuit with Farmer’s estate for an undisclosed amount, reports the Chicago Tribune. It was Sierra’s second fatal shooting in a 6 month period. Chicago Tribune reports: A video of the incident […]
The mother of slain Chicago teen rapper, Lil JoJo, Robin Russell, and his brother, John Coleman, made an appearance on BET’s Don’t Sleep with T.J. Holmes and made some explosive allegations. RELATED: Chicago PD Investigate Link Between Teen Rapper’s Murder, Several Slayings Throughout City Speaking on the rumors that rising rap star Chief Keef played a role […]
Clauduis Jackson, 20, and Giovanni Martinez, 16, were both charged with first-degree murder for the shooting death of Keith Shaw, 22, after the pair allegedly killed him to fulfill a requirement for gang initiation, reports the Chicago Tribune. Jackson and Martinez were walking with the Shaw when they led him into an alley. That’s when […]
Finally we have some, if not good, then hopeful news to report about violence in Chicago. According to the Chicago Police Department, there were only 36 murders in the Windy City last month, down from 44 in October of last year. That is the second lowest record since 1982. The lowest record occurred in October […]
In a somber moment, President Barack Obama finally discusses the war-zone level violence in his hometown of Chicago, Illinois, where over 400 murders had occurred by the end of September. RELATED: Dear Mr. President: What About Chicago? Speaking candidly with Sway Calloway in a 30-minute MTV Special, “Ask Obama Live: An MTV Interview with the […]
Retaliation for the unsolved September 4 murder of rapper Lil JoJo, 18, real name Joseph Coleman, has possibly led to multiple deaths and Chicago police are now investigating, reports the Chicago Tribune. Lil JoJo was engaged in a war of words with rapper Chief Keef, real name Keith Cozart, who is signed to Interscope Records, […]
The back-pack of high school senior, Terrance Wright, 18, remained lying on the ground, the only indication of the horror that occurred outside of Banner Academy South High School just hours before. When Wright exited the building at the end of the school day, he was approached by 5 assailants who immediately began intimidating the […]
Though violence in Black America has reached epidemic levels in our neighborhoods from Los Angeles and Philadelphia, to New York and Detroit, there is something about the tumultuous and dangerous energy blanketing Chicago’s Southside that has the nation fixated on this specific microcosm of urban ills. The fact that the United States’ first Black Commander-in-Chief, President Barack […]
UPDATE: 9-3-2012 — 1:30 a.m.EST On Monday, a judge denied bond for 17-year-old Alan Padilla, who is charged with one count of first-degree murder in the shooting death of Jalen Stogner, 17, reports CBS Chicago. *********************************************************** Alan Padilla, 17 (pictured left), has been charged with 1st-degree murder in the death of 17-year-old Jalen Stogner (pictured […]
UPDATE: 9-3-12, 2:30 a.m. EST: Alan Padilla, 17, has been charged with 1st-degree murder in the death of 17-year-old Jalen Stogner. Click here to read more at NewsOne. ************************************************************ So  far in Chicago this weekend,  7 people have been shot, including 17-year-old Jalen Stogner, who was gunned down in front of his mother and younger brothers, […]
The Cook County, Chicago medical examiner’s office ruled the death of three-week-old Emonie Beasley-Brown a homicide after an autopsy revealed that she died of suffocation, reports the Chicago Tribune. Police arrived at the family’s residence in the Englewood area of Chicago to investigate a report that Emonie’s 14-year-old mother was missing. Upon their arrival, the police heard an infant’s […]
Malik Jones, 16, Nicholas Ayala, 17, and Anthony Malcolm, 18, have all been charged with first-degree murder and robbery after killing Delfino Mora, 62, who was collecting cans in West Rogers Park in Chicago at the time of the vicious attack, reports the Chicago Tribune. SEE ALSO: Go Brotha! Harlem Opera Singer 1st Black To […]
