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Conventional wisdom about violence is wrong, Jens Ludwig, director of the University of Chicago Crime Lab, says in “Unforgiving Places,” in which he looks at why Greater Grand Crossing has so many more shootings than South Shore.
Detective Marco Torres, convicted last year of threatening to kill another officer, faces new charges linked to a 2024 altercation with a fellow homicide detective.
More than 19,000 people were wounded in shootings in Chicago since 2018. The Chicago Police Department has made arrests in 1,200 of those cases.
Cynthia Green says she wishes the police also made an arrest in the killing of a son who was a gang member and rapper whose lyrics boasted of violence, that they should care just as much about solving his case.
Reyes envió un mensaje de texto a la madre de una de sus presuntas víctimas y llamó a otros dos amigos para que mataran a un testigo, según los registros judiciales.
Reyes texted the mother of one of his alleged victims and called on two other friends to kill a witness, according to court records.
La fiscal estatal del Condado de Cook, Eileen O’Neill Burke, dijo que Antonio Reyes no conocía a ninguna de las víctimas, incluyendo un hombre de 31 años de edad que fue asesinado a tiros mientras llevaba a sus tres hijos pequeños a comprar un cachorro.
Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke said Antonio Reyes didn’t know any of the victims, including a 31-year-old man who was gunned down while taking his three young children to buy a puppy.
Charges filed this month allege Antonio Reyes, now 21, committed the five killings during a seven-month span in 2020.
Ex-prosecutors found not guilty of misconduct in case involving murders of 2 Chicago police officers
The convoluted case stemmed from the 1982 killing of Chicago police Officers Richard O’Brien and William Fahey, who were gunned down while they were conducting a traffic stop on a car containing brothers Andrew and Jackie Wilson.