Man dead, dozens rescued after apartment building fire on Chicago's West Side
One man is dead, and nearly two dozen residents were rescued after a fire broke out in an apartment building in Chicago's Austin neighborhood early Tuesday morning.
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One man is dead, and nearly two dozen residents were rescued after a fire broke out in an apartment building in Chicago's Austin neighborhood early Tuesday morning.
One man is dead, and nearly two dozen residents were rescued after a fire broke out in an apartment building in Chicago's Austin neighborhood early Tuesday morning.
Chicago police said the victim was outside when he was hit by a black sedan that fled the scene.
UIC said Glenn Rhymes was arrested and released on the UI Health campus — only to go on to shoot two people elsewhere.
The four men were on the sidewalk in the 4900 block of West Ferdinand Street when three armed people got out of a vehicle and shot them.
Donnell Wyatt, 20, of Chicago, was charged with first-degree murder after he allegedly shot another man in the head during an argument in the Austin neighborhood over the weekend.
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A man has been charged with arson and murder in connection with a fire that killed four people – including a pregnant woman, her sister, and her son – last month in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side of Chicago.
Lontray Clark, 23, was arrested Wednesday in Springfield, after he was identified as the man who intentionally set fire to a three-story apartment building in the 5200 block of West North Avenue on June 26.
Not only were people in the Austin community trying to push water out of their homes, but Chicago area plumbers also responded to numerous calls late Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning.
Not only were people in the Austin community trying to push water out of their homes, but Chicago area plumbers also responded to numerous calls late Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning. Marissa Sulek reports.
A group of community and faith leaders are offering a reward of at least $7,500 for information leading to an arrest in a deadly fire in Chicago's Austin neighborhood two weeks ago.
No arrests have been made in either shooting.
Police said the boys robbed and carjacked a 27-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman on Sunday in the 1600 block of North Long Avenue.
Chicago police may be one step closer to finding the person to blame for a fire in the city's Austin neighborhood that killed four people, including a child.
The fire, believed to have been set intentionally, claimed the lives of four people, including a pregnant mother and her 5-year-old son.
Jaden Pointer, 19, was arrested on Friday in the 1000 block of North Mason Avenue.
Officers found the victim unresponsive with two gunshot wounds to the chest. He was taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Community leaders and the victim's family members will attend to honor the memories of their loved ones.
Four people, including three members of a family, died in a fire in Chicago's Austin neighborhood early Thursday morning. The fourth victim was found Friday.
The family identified the victim as Destiny Henry, who they said went back in to save her son without knowing he was already dropped from the window to escape the fire.
A deadly fire is now under investigation for arson. A woman is still unaccounted for as crews return to the badly damaged building on Friday.
Three people died after a massive early morning blaze in the city's Austin neighborhood, Chicago fire officials said.
The fire, which killed three people, is considered to be suspicious. Evidence collected at the scene with the assistance of agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has been turned over to Chicago police detectives for a criminal investigation.
Three people died and at least three others were injured in a large apartment fire that is currently under police investigation in Chicago's Austin neighborhood early Thursday morning.
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