1 Dead, 7 Wounded In Wednesday Shootings Across Chicago
A man fatally shot someone who was trying to rob him Wednesday night in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side, according to Chicago Police.
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A man fatally shot someone who was trying to rob him Wednesday night in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side, according to Chicago Police.
In each case, the man entered the business and showed a knife while demanding money from the register.
Antonio S. Epps, 32, is charged with robbing the Target on Aug. 28 at 12800 Route 59 in Plainfield, according to a statement from Plainfield police.
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At 1:26 p.m., he robbed a West Suburban Bank branch at 3S041 Route 53 in Warrenville, according to the FBI.
A 32-year-old man was found shot to death in the kitchen of an Ashburn neighborhood home on the Southwest Side, according to Chicago Police.
The U.S. Bank branch at 333 Route 19 in Wood Dale was robbed at 2:11 p.m., according to the FBI.
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The 26-year-old was shot in the head about 4:05 a.m. in the 1500 block of West Jonquil Terrace, according to Chicago Police.
The 29-year-old was walking down the street at 12:53 a.m. in the 300 block of East 81st Street when two males walked up behind him and opened fire, striking him twice in the back, according to Chicago Police.
A 30-year-old man was fatally shot about 6:40 p.m. in the Gage Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side, according to Chicago Police.
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Police said Paul Pagan, a convicted gun offender and gang member, has been charged with murder in the death of 54-year-old Peter Fabbri.
A young woman was shot and killed in front of her family Sunday night as they were driving through southwest suburban Joliet.
A person of interest is in custody for the weekend's most recent homicide, which happened about 4:30 a.m. Sunday in the South Side Calumet Heights neighborhood.
A woman was killed in front of her family in a shooting Sunday night that also wounded her brother and 4-year-old daughter in southwest suburban Joliet.
A 48-year-old man was killed and another seriously wounded in a shooting in the South Side Englewood neighborhood.
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Elliott Nott, 41, has been charged with seven felony counts of unauthorized videotaping, and one felony count of child pornography.
Nickolas Burch, 27, faces one count of armed robbery with the discharge of a firearm causing bodily harm, one count of aggravated battery with the discharge of a firearm and two counts of aggravated battery to a police officer, all felonies, according to a statement from Chicago Police.
The shooting happened at 4:57 a.m. in the 5500 block of South Perry, possibly during a robbery, according to preliminary information from Chicago Police.
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