The Latest Breaking News from South Sangamon Street

Man charged with strangling and fatally stabbing his quadriplegic father

Rodney Crowder Sr., 48, was found face-down in a bed with a stab wound to his chest in an apartment in the 6000 block of South Sangamon Street.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 1, 2023

$13,000 reward offered in fatal shooting of 15-year-old girl in Washington Heights

Demea Morris was found in a car early Sunday in the 10600 block of South Sangamon Street with a gunshot wound in her head, police said.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 11, 2023

2 killed, 18 wounded in weekend shootings across Chicago

Demea Morris, 15, was found in the 10600 block of South Sangamon Street sitting in the backseat of a car with a gunshot wound to the back of her head.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 10, 2023

Defense raises questions about traffic stop that erupted into gunfire in Englewood over weekend, wounding a Chicago police officer

Jerome Halsey, 27, faces charges of attempted murder after allegedly opening fire on officers in the 6900 block of South Sangamon Street on Sunday, police said.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 7, 2022

5 people killed and 21 others wounded, including 11-year-old girl, in weekend shootings in Chicago

Among those killed as 17-year-old Lee Carter Jr., who was shot while standing in the driveway of a home in the 9500 block of South Sangamon Street, police said.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 10, 2022

17-year-old boy fatally shot in driveway of Longwood Manor home

The teen was standing in the driveway of a home in the 9500 block of South Sangamon Street about 2:20 a.m. when he was struck in the chest by gunfire, police said.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 9, 2022

Two men stabbed to death in Gresham

Officers responded Friday morning to the 7500 block of South Sangamon Street, police said.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 1, 2022