No Bail For Woman Charged With Abusing 7-Year-Old Son
The wounds, bruises and burns on the boy's body were the most injuries the doctor examining him had ever seen on a human being, Assistant Cook County State's Attorney Lorraine Scaduto said.
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The wounds, bruises and burns on the boy's body were the most injuries the doctor examining him had ever seen on a human being, Assistant Cook County State's Attorney Lorraine Scaduto said.
An 18-year-old man fatally shot himself in the head Tuesday night after he exchanged gunfire with a police officer during a foot chase in west suburban Aurora.
A woman who was not an intended target was one of two people killed in shootings that left eight others wounded Monday on the city's South and West sides.
The most recent fatal shooting happened early Monday in the West Side Austin neighborhood.
In each incident, a male walked up to victims on the street, pulled out a handgun and demanded personal property, according to a community alert from Chicago Police.
The latest homicide happened about 2:30 p.m. in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side.
After two people were killed in separate shootings on the Eisenhower Expressway on Thursday, a Cook County lawmaker called the attacks an "act of terrorism."
The 18-year-old man wanted for a fatal shooting near the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus on Sunday has turned himself in to police.
Officers started pursuing a vehicle about 5 p.m. at Harrison Street and Sacramento Boulevard until it crashed at Harrison and Western Avenue, according to Chicago Police. No one was hurt.
A reputed member of a faction of the Gangster Disciples street gang, Khalil Yameen, has been charged in a deadly gang-related shooting that led to the execution-stye murder of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee, Cook County prosecutors said Thursday.
A southwest suburban man was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in prison for shooting a man to death during a drug deal in Aurora in 2014.
An analysis of the August toll shows more clearly than ever who's dying in the Chicago slaughter and what's behind it.
Illinois State Police are investigating another fatal shooting on the Eisenhower Expressway, less than seven hours after a man was killed and a woman was critically wounded when they were shot on the Eisenhower less than a mile away.
Police said the 29-year-old woman was attacked outside Perspectives Middle Academy charter school at 81st and May streets as she arrived for work around 6 a.m.
Illinois State Police said the shooting happened around 5:30 a.m. in the outbound lanes of the Eisenhower near Laramie Avenue.
About 4:23 a.m., the 20-year-old was sitting in his parked vehicle in the 3000 block of West 39th when another vehicle pulled up and someone inside shot him in the arm, according to Chicago Police.
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.
A convicted killer was charged Tuesday with the 1992 murder of a 6-year-old boy after prosecutors moved to vacate the conviction of a man who wrongfully served more than two decades for the crime.
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.
Edward Majerczyk, 29, admitted hacking the emails of at least 30 celebrities.
James Gerage, 43, was found dead in a burning vehicle Friday night. His body was found in the back seat of a car found in the 2100 block of South Jefferson Street.
