Men Pose As Repairmen, Burglarize Bridgeport Homes
During both burglaries, the men entered homes by claiming to be electrical repairmen or asking for a bucket of water for a construction job.
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During both burglaries, the men entered homes by claiming to be electrical repairmen or asking for a bucket of water for a construction job.
Police said the driver was returning to his truck after making a delivery on the 3100 block of South Normal Avenue around 8 a.m., when an armed man approached and demanded the keys to the truck.
Two teenagers have been charged with stealing a 17-year-old boy's Porsche at gunpoint Tuesday night in the South Side Bridgeport neighborhood.
In each incident, one or more armed men wearing masks have approached victims and demanded their property, according to a community alert from Chicago Police.
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Donald Dowling, 32, was last seen Monday in the 3100 block of South Lituanica, according to a missing person alert from Chicago Police.
At least 25 people became sick from E. coli after recently eating at Carbón Live Fire Mexican Grill in Bridgeport.
A painted horse that's part of a public art campaign intended to honor fallen police officers has been defaced in front of a Bridgeport restaurant.
A 58-year-old woman reported missing from the South Side Bridgeport neighborhood has been located.
Sharon Vetter, of the 3000 block of South Archer, was last seen at 10 a.m. Saturday, according to a missing person alert from police. She left her home driving a black motor scooter with the battery exposed.
The latest homicide happened Sunday morning in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood on the South Side.
A 16-year-old boy was shot to death Friday morning in the Bridgeport neighborhood on the South Side, according to Chicago Police.
Hong Chu, of the 3100 block of South Throop, approached a man in his car at 6:45 p.m. Sunday in the 3400 block of South Bell Avenue in the McKinley Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side and told the man he was a police officer, police said.
Three people have been hospitalized after a fire in the Bridgeport neighborhood Tuesday evening, according to Chicago Fire Media.
Most recently, a man was critically wounded in an Auburn Gresham neighborhood shooting.
Maurisio Hernandez, 34, was charged with first-degree murder, according to Chicago Police. Hernandez stabbed his girlfriend, 35-year-old Maricela Villegas, during an argument in the 2800 block of South Short Street shortly before 6 p.m., according to police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.
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A 17-year-old was fatally shot Wednesday evening in the Bridgeport neighborhood on the South Side.
Two males were killed in the most recent fatal shooting early Sunday in the West Side Austin neighborhood, police said. The two were driving in the 1600 block of North Cicero about 3:50 a.m. when a light-colored vehicle pulled up alongside and someone inside fired shots.
A 17-year-old boy was killed and an 18-year-old man was injured in a shooting early Saturday in the South Side Bridgeport neighborhood, police said.
A McKinley Park man has been charged with murder for a Thursday night shooting in the Bridgeport neighborhood that left one man dead and another wounded on the South Side, police said.
The fatal shooting happened Thursday morning in the South Chicago neighborhood. Ramon Gartman, 33, was discovered unresponsive in the 8400 block of South Commercial at 11:48 a.m. with a gunshot wound to his face, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.
