1 Killed, 20 Wounded In Thursday Shootings Across Chicago
A woman was killed on her birthday in a mass shooting that left four other people injured about 9:45 p.m. in the 9500 block of South Loomis in Washington Heights on the Far South Side.
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A woman was killed on her birthday in a mass shooting that left four other people injured about 9:45 p.m. in the 9500 block of South Loomis in Washington Heights on the Far South Side.
The most recent shooting happened late Wednesday in the West Englewood neighborhood on the South Side.
Seven people, including three children, were injured in a crash Sunday afternoon on the Dan Ryan Expressway near the South Side Chatham neighborhood.
In each incident, the robber entered a retail store or gas station and, while in line to pay at the register, announced a robbery and displayed a handgun to the clerk, according to a community alert from Chicago Police.
The most recent fatal shooting happened around 9 p.m. in the 3000 block of West Devon Avenue in the West Rogers Park neighborhood.
A man who suffers from a cognitive disability has been reported missing from the Chatham neighborhood on the South Side, police said.
A city employee caught in gang crossfire was among four people killed and 32 more wounded in shootings across Chicago since late Friday afternoon, police said.
Maurice Thompson, who is non-verbal, was last seen Wednesday in the 7900 block of South Stewart, according to a missing person alert from Chicago Police.
Eight people were injured, one seriously, after a head-on collision between a car and a CTA bus in the Chatham neighborhood.
The man, thought to be in his 20s, was found by officers lying on the sidewalk in the 8200 block of South Maryland Avenue about 12:19 a.m., police said. He was shot in the head.
Most recently, a man was killed and another man was wounded in a shooting late Tuesday in the South Side Pilsen neighborhood.
A 16-year-old boy was killed and an 18-year-old man was wounded in an Englewood neighborhood shooting about 4:45 p.m. on the South Side, police said.
Most recently, a man was shot in the West Pullman neighborhood on the Far South Side.
The latest fatal shooting happened Sunday morning in the Marquette Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side.
The latest fatal shooting happened in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side.
Rudy J. Williams, 34, faces one count of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and one count of unlawful use of a weapon by a felon, both felonies, according to Chicago Police.
The man, who was in his 30s, was inside an establishment near 76th and Cottage Grove about 2:40 a.m. when he got into an argument with two other males, according to police News Affairs Officer Veejay Zala.
The most recent fatal shooting happened about 11:30 a.m. in the North Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side.
The 29-year-old was shot in the wrist about 1:20 a.m. in the 1100 block of East 87th Street, according to Chicago Police.
The latest homicides happened within an hour of each other in Humboldt Park and Back of the Yards.
The girl was taken to Comer Children's Hospital at the University of Chicago for treatment. She was released Tuesday morning. She was expected to make a full recovery.
About 10:15 a.m., a man was shot to death in the West Garfield Park neighborhood. The 24-year-old was standing on the sidewalk in the 0-100 block of North Keeler when someone walked up to him and fired shots, according to Chicago Police.
The latest homicide happened early Sunday in Chatham, where one man was killed and another injured on the South Side.
The latest homicide happened when two men were discovered shot to death Sunday morning in the Grand Boulevard neighborhood on the South Side.
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