How Did Bad Information About Englewood Cop Shooting Spark Looting?
The city's mayor and top cop blame misinformation for the tension that erupted around Sunday afternoon's non-fatal officer-involved shooting in Englewood.
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The city's mayor and top cop blame misinformation for the tension that erupted around Sunday afternoon's non-fatal officer-involved shooting in Englewood.
In a coordinated response to a police shooting in Englewood on Sunday, scores of stores were looted in the city overnight, leaving widespread destruction and injuring a dozen officers, Police Supt. David Brown said.
So far there have been 195,399 coronavirus cases confirmed in Illinois, including 7,637 deaths.
The exits at Torrence Avenue in Lansing and Calumet Avenue in Munster, Indiana have been closed after a night of looting and violence in Chicago.
Renters and homeonwers struggling to make their payments during the COVID-19 pandemic can apply for help under a new $300 million aid program from the State of Illinois.
"We're in a weird space. I don't have a better word than weird. We're going to look back at 2020 and they're going to be a lot more questions than answers," Foxx said. "But it requires us to be thoughtful in our approach."
There is a large police presence in the West Garfield Park neighborhood, near the intersection of Karlov and Madison.
Heat and humidity continue Monday.
Dozens of stores, banks and other businesses were broken into across downtown Chicago overnight.
Following widespread looting and violence early Monday, the City of Chicago will implement a restrictred access plan for downtown.
Chicago police are responding to an officer involved shooting in The Loop.
Streets and bridges are being closed as downtown Chicago is shut down amid looting and unrest Monday.
The security guard was shot in the 400 block of North Clark Street just before 4 a.m.
Showers and thunderstorms passed through the area late Sunday evening.
