Chinatown residents call for crackdown on crime in the neighborhood
The protesters said they want judges to release fewer defendants on bond, and they want tougher penalties for juvenile offenders.
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The protesters said they want judges to release fewer defendants on bond, and they want tougher penalties for juvenile offenders.
The robbery happened in the 2400 block of South Wentworth Avenue around 2:15 a.m.
The alleged burglar was hit in the stomach and hospitalized in good condition.
Lew was heading home after visiting his son in the South Loop on the night of Wednesday, April 6, when he was attacked in Chinatown.
Lew is out of a coma, but still is not doing well and needs 24-hour care. CBS 2's Marybel González reports.
Chef Jin Lew was brutally beaten and carjacked in Chinatown in April. Chicago Police Chief of Detectives Brendan Deenihan announces an arrest.
Chicago Police Chief of Detectives Brendan Deenihan announces charges in the beating of chef Jin Lew in April.
The robberies happened between May and July.
Police on Saturday released surveillance photos and video of a man wanted in a shooting that left a woman dead and two others wounded in Chinatown last week.
The attack happened at 10:52 p.m. Friday, July 1, in the 2200 block of South Wentworth Avenue. Chicago Police officers responded to shots fired, and found a 24-year-old woman who had been shot in the torso.
Police say the victim and driver of the vehicle engaged in an argument about the incident when a passenger got out and fired shots.
The gunman got back in the car and the driver then sped off south on Wentworth Avenue, police said.
A couple business owners said the most recent shootings are unsettling, and residents are hoping to see a change in their community.
Officers responded to shots fired where they found one of the victims shot and killed.
It depicts three famous characters commonly seen in traditional Cantonese opera.
Commuters won't be able to rely on Chicago's Water Taxi this summer.
Police said, around 10:30 a.m., an unidentified male was standing near the Cermak-Chinatown platform when he pulled out a sharp object and stabbed a 22-year-old woman in the face.
Renowned suburban chef Jin Lew is out of a coma after being beaten and left for dead following a carjacking last month.
Renowned suburban chef Jin Lew is out of a coma after being beaten and left for dead following a carjacking last month.
Lew was heading home after visiting his son in the South Loop when he was attacked in Chinatown.
Cook County Crime Stoppers is asking for the public's help in solving two area attacks.
The girl also is accused of stealing a running car with a 7-year-old girl inside in Bridgeport.
Mass Transit Detectives are looking for a man who robbed a person on the Cermak-Red Line platform Monday.
Jin Lew was found almost unrecognizable and is now in a coma.
Jin Lew's family reported him missing late last week – and it wasn't until they started calling around to local hospitals that they found him badly beaten.
