Motive remains unknown for West Side mass shooting
Fourteen people, including three children, were wounded in a shooting Monday night at Polk Street and California Avenue. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
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Fourteen people, including three children, were wounded in a shooting Monday night at Polk Street and California Avenue. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
The victims included three children in a crowd assembled for a vigil. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
A 3-year-old boy, an 11-year-old girl, and a 13-year-old boy were among those shot.
Three children were among those wounded in the shooting at Polk Street and California Avenue. Police Supt. David Brown has an update at the scene.
Eight to 10 people were shot Monday night near California Avenue and Polk Street in Lawndale. CBS 2's Dana Kozlov reports from Stroger Hospital of Cook County.
A driver being sought after shots were fired struck two different vehicles going the wrong way on a Stevenson Expressway exit ramp Saturday, and was then himself hit by a car when he got out with a gun.
A man was shot and killed Tuesday evening near Mather Park in the West Rogers Park neighborhood.
A small fire broke out in the George N. Leighton Criminal Courthouse early Sunday morning.
A firehouse in West Rogers Park was left riddled with bullet holes in a big shooting over the weekend.
The Chicago Department of Transportation and Ald. Daniel La Spata (1st) announced Monday that construction is beginning on new protected bike lanes on Milwaukee Avenue in the Logan Square area.
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About 6:20 p.m., the two men were in the 5900 block of South California Avenue when they were shot, police said.
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Police said the man was in critical condition after the shooting, and a search is on for two people of interest who were seen talking with the victim before the shooting.
The long journey to relocate four beluga whales from a defunct Canadian theme park to the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago has officially begun.
Police say a man and a woman were last seen speaking with the victim before the shooting.
Charges were pending Tuesday morning for a man accused of shooting a woman and a Chicago police SWAT officer in Chicago's Albany Park community the day before.
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Police say a man and a woman were last seen speaking with the victim before the shooting.
