chicago gun violence
CHICAGO (AP) — A 14-year-old Chicago girl accused of killing another girl in a dispute over a boy tried unsuccessfully to fire a gun before someone fixed it for her and handed it back to her so she could open fire, prosecutors said Tuesday. That detail emerged during a hearing in juvenile court on the […]
Following the bloody mass shooting incident at the Cornell Square Park shooting in September, students at the Richard J. Daley Elementary Academy in Chicago are…
Reverend Al Sharpton has announced that he is moving to Chicago, Illinois to promote gun violence awareness in the troubled city. Sharpton is moving into an undisclosed apartment in the West Side of the city, he plans to commute between New York City weekly for the next three months. He will be joined by Martin […]
CHICAGO (AP) — Two men have been charged in a mass shooting at a Chicago park that wounded 13 people, including a 3-year-old boy, but neither suspect is believed to have been a triggerman, according to police. Bryon Champ, 21, and Kewane Gatewood, 20, are charged with attempted murder and aggravated battery with a firearm […]
President Barack Obama is using his White House bully pulpit to speak out against gun violence in America – particularly in black neighborhoods where more young black men are gunning down each other in the time it takes to blink. As the black body count continues to rise in cities like Chicago, Detroit and St. […]
Pastor Corey Brooks of the New Beginnings Church in Chicago made headlines last year when he crisscrossed the country on a walking tour to raise money to build a community center on the site of an abandoned building near his church. Moved by his story, Tyler Perry made a donation to help defray building costs. […]
CHICAGO (AP) — A 3-year-old boy who was among 13 people wounded in a late-night attack on a southwest Chicago park was alert when he arrived at the hospital and was apparently doing well, his family and friends said early Friday. The attack late Thursday in the city’s Back of the Yard neighborhood left three […]
Bigger Thomas is back, and he’s nastier than ever. Actually, Bigger never went anywhere. It’s just that, from time to time, his real-world manifestations go way over the line. Take, for instance, those three Bigger Thomases that stripped and whipped that poor brother in Newark, N.J. last summer. For purposes of this account, I’ll call […]