Teen girl killed, man wounded in South Side shooting
The victims were approached on foot by an unknown man who pulled out a gun and fired shots in the victim's direction.
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The victims were approached on foot by an unknown man who pulled out a gun and fired shots in the victim's direction.
The girl was shot in the throat and was pronounced dead at the hospital.
Rivera's family watched some of the body camera video showing the shooting of their loved one, but their attorney said they were all left with more questions than answers after seeing it.
A 66-year-old man who was fatally shot in Chicago's West Chatham neighborhood Tuesday night has been identified by the Cook County medical examiner.
Just before 11:30 p.m., Chicago police said the 66-year-old man was standing in the first block of West 79th Street when a dark car pulled up and the driver fired shots. Video from the scene shows a large police presence near a Citgo gas station.
"That officer is in a very, very tough place; unimaginable what that officer has to be feeling right now," Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling said.
Rivera died last week after she was unintentionally shot by a fellow officer while chasing a suspect in Chicago’s Chatham neighborhood.
No one was in custody late Monday.
Police confirmed that the only person who fired a weapon during the chase was an officer, "whose gunfire unintentionally struck Officer Rivera."
A Chicago police officer was killed in a shooting in the city's Chatham neighborhood Thursday night. Krystal Rivera was a mother and a four-year veteran of the police force.
A Chicago police officer was killed in a shooting in the city's Chatham neighborhood Thursday night. The officer was identified as 36-year-old Krystal Rivera by the medical examiner.
A large police presence was seen at the University of Chicago Medical Center after the incident. Charlie De Mar reports.
The Sangamon County Coroner's office said 8-year-old Bradley Lund had been hospitalized at HSHS St. John's Hospital since suffering multiple blunt force injuries in the crash on April 28.
The first funeral for one of the girls killed when a driver plowed through an after-school program in downstate Chatham, Illinois, will be held friday.
Investigators late Thursday were still looking into what caused the crash through an afterschool program building in Chatham, Illinois, which left four girls dead. Sabrina Franza reports.
Friends, family, and supporters filled the stands for the student-organized vigil at Glenwood High School in Chatham, in central Illinois just south of Springfield.
A memorial continues to grow at the building where three children and a teen were killed when a Jeep crashed into an after-school program in Chatham, Illinois.
The four girls who were killed when a car driven by Marianne Akers plowed through an building housing an after school program in Chatham, Illinois Monday, have been identified.
Illinois State Police identified the driver who plowed into an after school care program in Chatham, Illinois, Monday, killing four children. She is not currently in custody.
The crash happened at YNOT Outdoors, an after-school program in the town of Chatham in central Illinois.
Chicago police said both men were taken into custody just after 10 p.m. Wednesday in the 8700 block of South State Street.
People living in Chatham deal with more flooding than anyone else in Chicago.
The Water On My Block app can help people in Chatham report and respond to flooding in real time. Tara Molina reports.
The "Water On My Block" app was developed by researchers at the University of Chicago is connecting the Chatham community to warn and report about flooding in real time. Tara Molina reports.
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