Shane Colombo

Everything Evanston: Reflecting on gun violence in the 8th Ward

November 3, 2019

KALEN LUCIANO: From The Daily Northwestern, I’m Kalen Luciano. Welcome to another episode of Everything Evanston. This week we spoke with Daily Digital Managing Editor Christopher Vazquez about his reporting...

Toppling the Trigger: Following 8th Ward shootings, victims’ loved ones search for hope

October 25, 2019

There were no murders in Evanston’s 8th Ward in the five years leading up to 2016. In the last three years, the ward and its surrounding areas have seen three gun homicides. In our latest episode of...

Charges issued in death of doctoral student Shane Colombo

August 12, 2019

After Northwestern doctoral student Shane Colombo was fatally shot last September, Diante Speed, 20, has been charged with one count of first-degree murder. He was arrested last Tuesday. According to...

Chicago Police offer $10,000 for information relating to Shane Colombo’s death

December 6, 2018

Chicago police are offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person who shot and killed an incoming Northwestern doctoral student in September. An anonymous...

Loved ones remember Shane Colombo as passionate, ‘epitome of a good person’

September 14, 2018

For his last birthday, Vincent Perez visited New York to see Shane Colombo, who had planned to take him around the city. As the day progressed, things “kept going wrong”: someone spilled coffee on...