Grand jury indicts woman shot by federal agents in Brighton Park
A grand jury has indicted a woman shot by federal agents in Chicago's Brighton Park neighborhood after allegedly ramming agents carrying out immigration operations last weekend.
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A grand jury has indicted a woman shot by federal agents in Chicago's Brighton Park neighborhood after allegedly ramming agents carrying out immigration operations last weekend.
The burglaries have occurred on the North, Northwest, Near South, and Southwest sides, as well as right downtown.
Marimar Martinez, 30, and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, 21, were released on Monday. According to the criminal complaint, Martinez and Ruiz "forcibly assaulted, resisted, opposed, impeded, intimidated, and interfered with an officer."
Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling on Monday defended his department's response to a protest that erupted in Brighton Park over the weekend, after federal agents shot a woman accused of ramming her vehicle into their car.
Chicago police said at least 10 burglaries were reported across seven neighborhoods from Sept. 21 to Oct. 5.
The department said that during the incident, the agents got out and fired five shots at the woman, who was inside her car. Both she and the man were able to get away.
The Department of Justice said Marimar Martinez, 30, and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, 21, used their cars to block federal agent vehicles and rammed into them.
The Department of Homeland Security originally said the shooting happened while agents were patrolling in Broadview.
At least eight burglaries were reported since Sunday in the Brighton Park, Chicago Loop, Lake View East, Edgewater, and Logan Square neighborhoods.
Chicago police said officers responded to a call of a person shot Friday night at Mario and Sandra's Bar, in the 3600 block of South California Avenue, just before 10:40 p.m., and found two men with gunshot wounds.
On Monday, two bright orange signs marked the outside of Mario and Sandra's Bar by the Chicago Police Department for the business to be temporarily shut down.
Chicago police said officers responded to a call of a person shot at Mario and Sandra's Bar.
Two men were shot after a fight in a bar on Chicago's Southwest Side on Friday night.
Police said the suspects would either create a situation to get victims out of their homes, such as stating they hit the victim's garage door with their vehicle or claiming to be city workers.
An argument overnight ended in gunfire in Chicago's Brighton Park neighborhood.
According to police, the robbery took place on the CTA bus on June 28 in the Brighton Park neighborhood.
Police say three men driving a Grey SUV Jeep approached the victims on the street, displayed a long gun, and demanded their belongings.
On Tuesday, Robert Brandt, 44, was arrested in the 4300 block of South Champlain.
Rashod Louis and Hamata Hampton, both 18 and from Chicago, were charged with four felony counts of armed robbery.
Four people were displaced as a result of the fire.
No other injuries were reported, but four people were displaced as a result of the fire.
Chicago police said just after 4 a.m., the victim, believed to be in his 60s, was found unresponsive in a fire at an apartment building in the 4500 block of South Francisco Avenue.
Police scanner reports said the robbers took $50,000 to $90,000—as well as the driver's gun.
A Brinks armored truck is believed to have been robbed.
Alicia Robles said didn't initially feel the pain because she was still absorbing the situation—and then seconds later, her skin, she said, was on fire.
A man was stabbed on a CTA Blue Line platform overnight on Chicago's West Side.
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Man stabbed in hand on CTA Blue Line platform on Chicago's West Side
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You might drive on part of the 77-mile stretch of Interstate 90 known as the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway, but do you know the story of the woman who it's named after?
People enjoyed Friday's warm weather while taking in an annual tradition provided by Mother Nature, as determined photographers sought to capture the perfect shot of "Chicagohenge" on the first day of spring.
A Chicago man is charged with murder and arson in the death of Chicago firefighter Michael Altman.
As Chicago police continue to search for who shot Loyola University student Sheridan Gorman, her family visited the Rogers Park pier where she was killed.
Police in Barcelona said the death of Jimmy Gracey, a University of Alabama student from Illinois who went missing on vacation, was likely an accident.
A man was stabbed on a CTA Blue Line platform overnight on Chicago's West Side.
You might drive on part of the 77-mile stretch of Interstate 90 known as the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway, but do you know the story of the woman who it's named after?
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