homicide

Brittany M. Hughes | July 27, 2017
All hell broke loose Tuesday at a Baltimore City Council meeting as the legislative body discussed a hotly-contested mandatory minimum sentencing law…
Nick Kangadis | June 5, 2017
For the gang bangers on Chicago’s South and West sides, a three-day weekend seems to be just as deadly as a four-day one. Eight people were murdered…
Nick Kangadis | January 30, 2017
It was yet another banner weekend for shootings in Chicago. Four people were murdered and 23 others were wounded in shootings across the…
Nick Kangadis | January 9, 2017
Thank God for the frigid temperatures in Chicago this past weekend. Unlike the usual weekend in the Windy City, Chicago saw a precipitous drop in…
Nick Kangadis | January 3, 2017
The New Year is a traditionally time for people to start over. But for the city of Chicago, it’s just a time to reset the shooting counter. Chicago…
Nick Kangadis | November 28, 2016
When does investigative journalism stop being about journalism and more about ratings? It stops when your boss wants to follow up on a story after…
Nick Kangadis | August 19, 2016
(Image: Family Photo/Chicago Tribune) You have to be a special kind of evil to do something like this. An attacker struck a woman with cancer in…
Nick Kangadis | July 11, 2016
In what could be construed as a typical weekend in Chicago, four people were killed and another 39 were wounded. Fox 32 in Chicago gave some…
Nick Kangadis | June 21, 2016
Finally! Chicago is beginning to use their noodle a little bit. “Homicide City” has become so dangerous that the Chicago Police Department (CPD)…
Nick Kangadis | February 4, 2016
(Image: Jose M. Osorio/Chicago Tribune) On the heels of Chicago's most violent January in 16 years, Cook County Board Commissioner Richard Boykin…