Carla Sumerlin News Today

Chicago’s murder total last year surged to levels not seen in a quarter-century, but embattled police Supt. David Brown has frequently noted a positive data point amid the spike in violence: His department “cleared” more murder cases in 2021 than in any other year in nearly two decades.

Police officials touted that detectives in a violent year cleared the highest number of cases in nearly 20 years, but that doesn’t mean most killers will face justice, a Sun-Times analysis found.

A man was charged with fatally shooting a man over a pair of shoes last August in the North Lawndale neighborhood on Chicago's West Side.

Police say Deshawn London, 20, planned to steal a pair of Air Jordans when he shot Torrence Sumerlin last August.

Murder charges have been filed against a man accused of fatally shooting someone over a pair of shoes last year on the West Side.