Chicago Lawn triple shooting leaves 1 dead, 2 hurt
Three men were standing on the sidewalk when two people approached them and started shooting, police said.
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Three men were standing on the sidewalk when two people approached them and started shooting, police said.
The three men were standing on the sidewalk in the 6200 block of South Campbell Avenue when some unidentified people came up and shot them all.
Around 7:15 p.m. on Saturday, 21-year-old Christon Tucker was inside a vehicle in the 7200 block of South Washtenaw, when he was shot multiple times.
The godson of a prominent Chicago pastor was shot and killed on Saturday in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood.
The robberies happened in Brighton Park, Back of the Yard, Gage Park, Chicago Lawn, and Garfield Ridge neighborhoods.
Citizen app video showed the SUV up on an incline, smashed into the front brick wall and windows of an old-fashioned Chicago bungalow.
Around 5:45 p.m., the red SUV rammed up against the house, and pushed the other car onto the sidewalk, on Artesian Avenue just north of 61st Street, police said.
Both were charged with felonies, including first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, and murder with other forcible felony.
Video posted to Facebook showed smoke pouring from the side windows and front door of 5920 S. Mozart St., and flames along the front roofline.
The tree also hit a girl who was running back into her house in Chicago Lawn.
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No one was in custody late Friday. Wentworth Area detectives were investigating.
Chicago Police detectives are asking anyone with additional photos or video to give them a call.
The victim self-transported to Holy Cross Hospital and then taken by ambulance to Mt. Sinai Hospital in critical condition.
The victim, described as a Hispanic man between 20 and 30 years old, was found lying on the ground.
Anyone with information about the crash is asked to contact the investigative unit at 312-745-4521.
The crash happened in the 6900 block of South Western Avenue, the Fire Department confirmed.
The crash happened at 69th Street and Western Avenue in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood.
Police said within nine days this month, three men were behind seven robberies in Englewood, Chicago Lawn, and Gage Park.
Police said, in each of the robberies, someone lured the victims to locations on the Southwest Side by placing an item for sale on Facebook.
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The 14-year-old boy died at the scene, while the 65-year-old man was pronounced dead at the hospital.
The shooters fled west on 61st Place in a gray vehicle. No one was in custody late Tuesday.
Chicago police said a woman in her late 40s was seen running onto the street when she was struck by a vehicle traveling northbound on Western Avenue.
The robberies happened between 7:20 a.m. and 8:20 a.m. in the city's Lower West Side, McKinley Park, Back of the Yards, Chicago Lawn, and Gage Park neighborhoods.
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