chicago 2012 homicides

Authorities allege the local entertainer admitted to planning his mother's death for financial gain.

Deshun McKinney, 21, is charged with killing Randy Streeter, 46.

Wendell Haywood, 21, is accused of killing 24-year-old Travis Perkins.

Nicholas Ayala was sentenced to 27 years in prison for the murder and robbery of Delfino Mora.

Mario Ortega, 19, of the 4600 block of West Ohio Street, was charged Thursday.

Qaw'mane Wilson, whose stage name is "Young QC," gave away large amounts of cash to his fans in a video.

Qaw'mane Wilson is charged with two others in the slaying of Yolanda Holmes, owner of Nappy Headz Salon.

Mario Gutierrez, 18, was arrested Friday and is facing two counts of first-degree murder.

Reynaldo Ocampo, Joseph Saleski and a juvenile boy were charged, authorities said.

Frustrated with the pace of the probe into her daughter's murder, a mother reached out to Garry McCarthy.

Initially charged with armed robbery, the man accused of breaking his hip now faces a murder charge.

Tyrese Orr, 36, was charged with murder in connection with the shooting death of Michelle Gregory, 21.

Antonio Lewis was charged with first-degree murder in the Halloween shooting of Brandon Johnson.  

Willie Woods, 22, was charged with the murder of Dominique Green, 23.