Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Search results for keyword: Englewood found in 56 News.

city-hall
  • by david hall
Chicago City Council considers $7.6 million settlement for man who spent 16 years in prison for murder before key witness recanted

John Velez was just 17 when he was found guilty of killing Anthony Hueneca in March 2001. Velez served 16 years in prison before the conviction was vacated after a witness’s admission that he hadn’t actually seen the shooting happen.

crime
  • by david hall
15-year-old boy shot, wounded in Englewood

The boy was in the 5600 block of South Winchester Avenue about 4:30 p.m. when he suffered a gunshot wound to the thigh.

crime
  • by david hall
Driver found shot to death in Englewood

About 11:55 p.m. Saturday, the driver, a 25-year-old man, was found unresponsive with multiple gunshot wounds to his torso after he struck a viaduct in the 5800 block of South Elizabeth Street, Chicago police said.

crime
  • by david hall
Man dies after being shot in Englewood

Dion Butler, 34, was shot in his neck around 1 a.m. on the Fourth of July in the 6200 block of South Laflin Street. He later died at a South Side hospital.