Rosemary Sobol
Assistant City Editor
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.
The remains of two unidentified people were found at Montrose Beach in Uptown and Columbia Beach in Rogers Park, 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.
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.
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.
The homeless victim, 65, died of multiple sharp force injuries after the July 14 attack in the 4400 block of North Marine Drive.
The victim was attacked and critically injured after getting into a car crash and attempting to approach the motorist in the other car while in the city’s Austin neighborhood, police said.
The young man did not resurface after jumping into Lake Michigan early Tuesday with others off Winnetka’s Elder Beach.
Durk was nearing the end of his set when concertgoers began running for exits amid unconfirmed reports of shots fired, according to videos posted to social media.