16-Year-Old Boy Shot And Killed On Way To School In Austin
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The teenager was walking on the sidewalk in the 5000 block of West Ferdinand about 8:10 a.m. when two males walked up and one pulled out a handgun and opened fire, according to Chicago Police.
The two men, both 45, were sitting in a pickup truck in the 0-100 block of South Mason Avenue about 8:40 p.m. when someone shot into the vehicle, police said.
Most recently, a man was injured in an East Garfield Park neighborhood drive-by shooting Tuesday night on the West Side.
Steven McKinnie, 27, was charged with felony counts of aggravated battery/discharge firearm, according to Chicago Police.
The most recent fatal shooting happened Wednesday afternoon in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood on the South Side. A 26-year-old man was killed and a 62-year-old woman seriously wounded in the 7900 block of South Laflin about 2:50 p.m.
A man was found shot to death in the street about 9:20 p.m. in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side.
The man was shot to death Monday morning along a Safe Passage Route in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side, according to Chicago Police.
The man was shot multiple times in the chest just after 8:20 a.m. in the 300 block of North Central Avenue, according to Chicago Police.
A man was found dead after a fire broke out in a house Saturday night in the Austin neighborhood, leaving four others — including two children — in need of shelter on the West Side.
The latest homicide happened early Sunday in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side. About 2:15 a.m., 29-year-old Tyree White was outside with a 28-year-old woman near West 59th Street and South Wentworth Avenue when someone walked up and opened fire.
Both homicides occurred in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side within about a half mile of each other.
About 2:30 a.m., a vehicle went through a red light in the 5400 block of West Chicago Avenue and collided with another vehicle in the intersection, according to Chicago Police.
Three adults were injured in a fire in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side Sunday morning, according to Chicago Fire Media.
Police said the boy was sitting in the back seat of hi mother's car in the 1000 block of North Leamington Avenue shortly before 10 p.m. when shots were fired, and the boy was struck in the upper right side of his back.
The 33-year-old was in a vehicle in the 5000 block of West Huron Street about 3:30 p.m. when he was shot several times in the leg, police said.
The most recent shooting happened in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side. About 9:40 p.m., a 43-year-old man was sitting in a parked vehicle in the 5000 block of West Chicago when someone walked up and shot him in the neck and back, police said. The person got into a white SUV and fled eastbound.
Most recently, a 30-year-old man was shot in the Hhumboldt Park neighborhood. The man was walking around 8:15 p.m. in the 1200 block of North Maplewood Avenue when an unknown male walked up to him and shot him in the left leg, according to Chicago Police.
The man walked into the branch at 6612 W. North Ave. at 1:36 p.m. and handed the teller a note announcing a robbery, according to the FBI and Chicago Police.
About 10:30 p.m., he hit the side of the bus with his hand to try and get it to stop in the 5500 block of West North Avenue, police said. When the bus driver stopped, the man was found on the ground with injuries, police said.
In three robberies, suspects "used force and threat of force" to take cell phones, wallets and money from drivers, according to a community alert from Chicago Police. In one incident, the robbers were armed with a knife.
Officers responding to a call of shots fired at 2:50 p.m. in the 5400 block of West Madison Street found a 36-year-old man on the ground with a gunshot wound to the back, according to Chicago Police.
At 12:50 p.m., the 33-year-old was shot in the right leg by someone he was fighting with in the 100 block of South Central Avenue, according to Chicago Police.
A 35-year-old man was shot in the foot and arm late Thursday in the South Austin neighborhood on the West Side.
Both robberies happened in the 6000 block of West North Avenue, police said. One robbery happened about 8:35 p.m. Nov. 12, while the other happened about 8:45 p.m. Nov. 13.
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