Man, 72, shot during attempted armed robbery on NW Side, police say
Chicago police said the victim was parking his vehicle when an unknown armed man attempted to remove property from the victim through the vehicle's window.
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Chicago police said the victim was parking his vehicle when an unknown armed man attempted to remove property from the victim through the vehicle's window.
Three Chicago police officers were injured after their car crashed into a tree during a pursuit in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood on Monday night.
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The man was shot and wounded by Chicago police in the incident.
Responding officers found the truck in the 3200 block of North Menard Avenue in Portage Park, where the man, who had been hit by the officers' gunfire, was on the ground near the vehicle, suffering from gunshot wounds to his body.
An employee told officers that during a large fight, someone had fired a gun and directed them to the person, a 28-year-old man, who was getting into a red pickup truck.
Chicago police said two men, 38 and 45, and a woman, 27, were inside the vehicle around 4:30 a.m. in the 5800 block of West Schubert Avenue when two unknown armed people approached and fired shots at the vehicle.
All three victims were taken to Community First Hospital.
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Chicago police said two groups were in an argument that turned into a fight. During this, a 40-year-old man pulled out a sharp object and swung at multiple people.
Chicago police said two groups were in an argument that turned into a fight.
Pamela Lukes was crossing the street near North and Lotus avenues shortly before 8 p.m. on Feb. 24, when she was hit by a grey four-door sedan, possibly a 2007 to 2010 Hyundai Sonata.
Niles police said, just before 9:30 a.m., a suspect walked into a Fifth Third Bank branch on Golf Road, announced a robbery to a bank employee, and said, "I have a gun."
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Chicago police said the victim was arguing with another man who pulled out a gun and shot him before driving away in a red SUV.
The shooting happened just before 2 a.m. inside a parking garage near Barry and Central Avenues.
Chicago police said the two men, 25 and 29, were walking outside when they were shot at by an unknown person traveling in a red-colored vehicle.
The shooting happened just before 2 a.m. in the 6000 block of West Belden Avenue.
Firefighters pulled a man out of the fire, and he had burns throughout his body, and a laceration to his neck.
A man was hospitalized in critical condition after an apartment fire Wednesday morning in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood.
The fire started shortly before 12:30 p.m. in an apartment building in the 5300 block of West Drummond Place.
Police said the man stole laptops, tablets, a guitar, tools, and a donation box containing cash.
Burgos, 18, died in 2014 after someone fired shots into an apartment in Belmont Cragin while she was standing in the kitchen. Since the murder, police haven't named a suspect or arrested anyone.
The thefts happened between Sept. 9 and 11 in the early morning hours in Belmont Cragin and Irving Park.
Chicago police said the offenders entered targeted businesses and took tools, registers, and a safe. They also attempted to open an ATM at one of the businesses.
Police said the burglaries happened in the North Park and Irving Park neighborhoods.
Firefighters and paramedics found the crash about one-half mile north of the intersection on Route 14, with the passenger vehicle overturned on its roof and the driver trapped inside.
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One of the victims was stabbed in the chest, while the other suffered a laceration, police said. The victims went on to disarm the attacker and then stabbed him several times, police said.
