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About 5:25 p.m. Sunday, the boy was in a home in the 9100 block of South Racine Avenue when he was struck in the thigh by gunfire, Chicago police said.
Officers responded to a shooting and discovered the men in the 5100 block of West Madison Street, police said.
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The remains of two unidentified people were found at Montrose Beach in Uptown and Columbia Beach in Rogers Park, police said.
Officers responded to shots fired in the 11900 block of South State Street early Friday. The man then barricaded himself inside a nearby residence, police said.
The 25-year-old victim had been arguing Thursday night with a man who stabbed him in his arm in the 200 block of South State Street, he told police.
Four stickups occurred Tuesday between 11 p.m. and midnight.
Frustrated by what they say is a lack of transparency and urgency from Chicago police, the family of Nakari Campbell say they’ve had to take the investigation of the Aug. 4 crash into their own hands.
A judge in Fulton County allowed all related hearings and trials stemming from the investigation into efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election to be live streamed and televised.
The two were in a car Thursday afternoon in the 1500 block of East 65th Street when someone in another vehicle opened fire, Chicago police say.
An unknown person stabbed the 41-year-old in his neck Thursday morning in the 6300 block of South King Drive, police said.
No injuries have been reported during the 2-11 alarm fire that began at 718 E. 93rd St. and spread to a nearby building, the fire department said.
The injured 20-year-old ran away, but was found in a home Wednesday and taken into custody.
The 84% jump in hate crimes in Chicago last year compared to the previous year was the largest among the 10 largest U.S. cities by population, according to the study that analyzed hate crime trends in major U.S. cities.
A police spokesperson said “no theories have been ruled out” — days after interim Police Supt. Fred Waller told reporters that investigators “almost completely dispelled” the possibility of gunfire coming from outside the stadium.
Theories and rumors and unconfirmed reports have circulated on social media, but police and the Sox have released virtually nothing about the shooting that wounded two women Friday night.
2 Chicago firefighters escape after man lures them into home doused in gasoline, pulls knife on them
A battalion chief and lieutenant were unharmed after fellow firefighters broke a window and got them out of the Auburn Gresham home, police said. The man had once been convicted of murder.
Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice Mary Jane Theis said the decision was made due to “the anticipated volume of investigations and hearings on pretrial detention” when bail reform goes into effect Sept. 18.
El robo del lunes fue el segundo este mes a un equipo de noticias de televisión de Chicago.
The boy, Jacari Brown, was with a cousin and looking for a TV remote earlier this month when they found a gun under a mattress that accidentally discharged, police said.
Officers responding to a report of gunfire found the man with gunshot wounds to his head, chest and arm.
The man, 34, was standing in the back of a house in the 2700 block of West 38th Street when someone inside a red Jeep fired shots around 5:30 p.m.
In many cases, the circumstances surrounding the earlier shootings are strikingly similar to those reported in the Aug. 25 shooting at Guaranteed Rate Field.
Shaquille Bryant, 31, was standing outside on the sidewalk when two males exited a black SUV and began firing shots
A defense attorney for Melvin Jordan, 47, of the 7700 block of South Marshfield Avenue, requested a mental health evaluation of his client Friday. Jordan is also accused of pulling a knife on the firefighters Tuesday.
Man acquitted in nearly 30-year-old West Side murder case tied to ex-detective accused of misconduct
Jurors found Bernard Williams, 44, not guilty after only a few hours of deliberations in his retrial on murder and aggravated battery charges Thursday evening.
The boy was walking with his guardian when a driver pulled up and grabbed his arm. The boy hit him and broke free.
A man was in an argument with another man when he pulled out a gun and accidentally shot himself in the 6800 block of South Cornell Avenue, police say. He was arrested.
The brother of one woman wounded at Friday’s White Sox game described the ‘pop’ as sounding similar to an empty plastic water bottle being squeezed. They thought little of it, until his sister said she felt like she got ‘hit with a ball’ in her abdomen.
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Attorneys charged with former President Donald Trump in a Georgia election interference case could have a hard time arguing when they may have gone beyond advisory roles.
The boy was in the 5400 block of South Shields Avenue when he was shot by ‘unknown males on foot,’ police said.
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