Man In Wheelchair Shot, Killed Outside Country Club Hills Movie Theater
A paralyzed man in a wheelchair was shot to death outside a movie theater Monday afternoon in south suburban Country Club Hills.
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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.
One or more shooters opened fire on the teen from a vehicle going north in the 200 block of South Maplewood at 10:50 p.m., police said.
Chicago police were searching for three men who stole two cars and an SUV from the Ford assembly plant storage lot Wednesday afternoon.
About 2:20 a.m., someone opened fire in the 7900 block of South Emerald while the 28-year-old man was standing outside, police said.
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The 39-year-old was stabbed in the chest by another female about 12:50 a.m. outside the Jefferson Park station.
The man was standing in the 3100 block of West Lexington about 12:20 a.m. when shots rang out and he was struck multiple times, police said.
Shortly after 8 p.m., the 32-year-old was stabbed in his neck during a fight inside a home in the 1400 block of North Kildare, police said.
The Cook County Sheriff's office said the boy, whose name wasn't released because he is a juvenile, is charged with involuntary manslaughter
Carlos Montelongo, 32, of south suburban Steger was charged with bank robbery in a federal criminal complaint filed Wednesday.
Police say almost all the thefts of catalytic converters happened late at night, or in the overnight hours.
The man suffered a minor injury to his neck and was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was treated and released.
The non-takeover robbery happened at 12:33 p.m. at the Fifth Third Bank branch at 4137 W. 167th St., according to the FBI.
According to police, a man walked up to an apartment at 53rd and King around 5:30 a.m., and fired 5 to 6 shots into the window.
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