Smash-And-Grab Burglars Hit Same Loop Block 4 Times
Chicago Police are investigating a series of burglaries at bars, restaurants and stores on the same Loop block over the last week.
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Chicago Police are investigating a series of burglaries at bars, restaurants and stores on the same Loop block over the last week.
Police Chief Mitchell Davis said detectives have an idea about the motive for the killings, but he doesn't want to make that public yet.
Most recently, a woman was attacked outside a 24-hour gym at 96th and Roberts Road in Hickory Hills on Tuesday. Police said a man kidnapped the woman at gunpoint, and drove her to another location, where he tried to rape her.
The man, whose exact age was not immediately known, was found unresponsive with a gunshot wound at 5:24 a.m. in the 5600 block of South Seeley, according to preliminary information from Chicago Police.
The robbery happened at 11:37 a.m. at the First Midwest Bank branch at 10858 Pike Street in Winfield, Indiana, according to a statement from the Lake County sheriff's office.
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Most recently, a 25-year-old woman sitting in a car about 11:55 p.m. parked in the 8100 block of South Elizabeth in Auburn Gresham on the South Side was shot in the hand and ankle by someone who pulled up in a silver SUV, according to Chicago Police.
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Victor Willis, 25; and his cousin Jamal Davis, 24, were previously convicted of the shooting death of 25-year-old John Wallace, according to a statement from the Cook County state's attorney's office.
It was not clear if the same thief or thieves hit all the stores, but the break-ins were very similar.
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The 20-year-old was shot in the face, chest and arm about 2:30 a.m. in the 5300 block of South California, according to Chicago Police.
The man did not show a weapon and no one was injured in the robbery, the FBI said.
A 33-year-old man was discovered shot to death about 2:15 a.m. in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side.
A woman who was wearing a pink headscarf when she robbed a bank Friday afternoon in south suburban Riverdale is suspected of robbing the same branch less than three months ago.
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The weekend's latest homicide happened about 2:15 a.m. Monday in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side, police said.
A man was found dead with his throat slit Sunday night in the West Garfield Park neighborhood, according to Chicago Police.
A woman was shot to death Sunday night at a vigil on the same Brainerd neighborhood block where a man was killed a day earlier on the South Side, officials said.
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According to the village, said that hospital officials are working with 70 patients in their care to determine if they will be discharged or taken to another hospital by Friday evening.
About 100 people gathered to remember the lives of three family members who were shot and killed early Monday morning, and four family members killed in a house fire on Chalet Court.
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Mourners gathered to remember the lives of four family members killed in a shooting on Norway Trail and a house fire on Chalet Court this week.
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