3 dead, suspect in custody after shooting in Austin, Texas
Two adults and a child were killed in the shooting.
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Two adults and a child were killed in the shooting.
Two people lost their lives, and at least 11 others were wounded, across four separate shootings.
Social media posts showed a huge party in the area as police arrived. Police have not said if the shootings are all connected.
Police have not said if the shootings in the Austin neighborhood are all connected, but CBS News Chicago has learned they may have stemmed from the party. Sara Machi reports.
A woman was shot multiple times and six people were shot — one fatally — in separate incidents in the Austin neighborhood.
Chicago police officers responded to a person shot call and found the victim, a 20-year-old woman, with multiple gunshot wounds to her arms.
Chicago police said just before 3 a.m., officers responded to a large gathering, where they found multiple people wounded by gunfire.
The victim was taken to Mt. Sinai Hosptial in good condition
The men, 33 and 35, were inside a vehicle when a sedan approached and someone from inside shot at them.
According to the Chicago Fire Department, crews responded to a residential building fire at 1108 North Waller Avenue around 10:30 p.m.
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.
The women were taken to the hospital after the hit-and-run crash early Thursday morning. Police said the occupants of the offending vehicle fled the scene.
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.
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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.
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Chicago officials closed all beaches and outdoor pools and canceled outdoor events as the air quality became hazardous midday.
Police are warning residents after a child luring incident was reported in Jefferson Park last week.
One climatologist said "a perfect storm" of climate extremes primed the western U.S. for one of its worst fire seasons in a decade. Meanwhile, Canadian wildfire smoke fills the air.
A 10-year-old girl was killed by gunfire in Gary, Indiana, Wednesday afternoon, police said.
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