Hammond Girl, 17, Shot To Death Answering Her Door
Chloe Bell was shot multiple times after someone started banging on the door of her home around midnight Wednesday night.
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Chloe Bell was shot multiple times after someone started banging on the door of her home around midnight Wednesday night.
About 8:45 p.m., the victim was on foot in the 5300 block of South Winchester when two males approached, took out a weapon and fired shots.
Darris L. Johnson, 45, faces a felony marijuana possession charge, according to Metra Police.
In each incident, one or two men have approached the victims, showed a handgun and demanded or forcibly taken the victims' property.
The man was standing near 73rd and Maplewood about 9 p.m. when a man wearing all black walked up and shot him in both legs.
The man was driving and stopped near Madison and Kedzie about 10:10 p.m., when he heard several shots and a bullet went through his vehicle.
Police said the Leroy Moore was walking out of a store at 71st and State around 8:20 p.m. when shots rang out and he was struck in the chest
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Most recently, a man was shot to death in the Heart of Chicago neighborhood on the South Side.
Officers were called just after 9 p.m. for reports of a robbery in progress outside a restaurant in the 1500 block of North Naper Boulevard.
The mayhem started when a 67-year-old man told investigators his gray Toyota Camry was stolen by four males armed with baseball bats.
Tania Madrigal allegedly left her toddler unattended in a baby seat in the back seat of her Jeep Cherokee while she was picking up a pizza.
Robert Sharpe was walking on the 400 block of North Kedzie to go to dialysis treatment when a gunman confronted him and demanded his money.
A paralyzed man in a wheelchair was shot to death outside a movie theater Monday afternoon in south suburban Country Club Hills.
An 18-year-old man was seriously wounded early Tuesday, when he was shot just steps away from a Target store in the South Loop.
Hastert, 75, was sentenced to 15 months in prison last year, and reported to Rochester Federal Medical Center in Minnesota last June.
Most recently, a man was found shot to death Monday night in the South Side Grand Crossing neighborhood.
At 1:26 a.m., a male got out of a red Camaro in the 8400 block of South Maryland and opened fire, striking the man in his chest, police said
The most recent fatal shooting happened about 3:20 a.m. Sunday in the South Shore neighborhood.
In all eight of the incidents, the vehicles were legally parked when they were stolen, according to a community alert from Chicago Police.
So far this year, 1,937 people have been shot in the city, leaving 338 dead, according to Chicago Sun-Times data.
Three people were in the vehicle at 11:41 p.m. in the southbound local lanes near 43rd Street when someone in another car started shooting.
Officers responding to a shooting found the man with a head wound, lying in the street next to a vehicle in the 200 block of West 95th.
The circumstances of the killing were unknown. Area South detectives have opened a homicide investigation.
Witnesses found the man lying on the ground with a gunshot wound to the chest about 12:15 a.m. in the 10000 block of South Parnell.
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The country's leader criticized President Trump on Saturday, blaming him for "casualties, damages and accusations" against Iran.
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Unionized health care workers this week took aim at Northwestern Medicine, saying the health care system needs to hire more people before expanding the emergency room at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
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The Lincolnwood Town Center mall in the north Chicago suburb of Lincolnwood has been sold to a developer, the village announced Wednesday.
Scott Adams, the cartoonist who created the "Dilbert" comic strip, has died at the age of 68, his first ex-wife revealed on Tuesday.
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A "No Kings" protest outside the Broadview ICE facility could bring 1,000 people on Saturday.
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A group of over 2,000 protesters are expected to meet outside the Broadview ICE facility for a "No Kings Protest" starting around 10 a.m.
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Protesters are gathering near the Broadview ICE processing facility on Saturday.
A man who was threatened by an armed woman at a South Side cocktail bar more than a year ago is weighing legal action, saying not enough was done by security or police.
Over 38,000 gallons of distilled water were recalled in six states, including Illinois.
As officials in Arlington Heights on Friday renewed their pitch to lure the Chicago Bears to the northwest suburbs, leaders in Gary, Indiana offered three potential sites to move the Bears across state lines.
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Lead-based paint was banned for serious health reasons in 1978, but most homes built before then remain covered in it.
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Nico Hoerner made it claer he wants to stay with the Cubs, despite his name being batted around in ongoing trade rumors.
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