8 Killed, 43 Wounded In Chicago Weekend Shootings
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.
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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.
Hours after outlining his blueprint for reducing gun violence in Chicago, Mayor Rahm Emanuel went for a pre-dawn run with a group of police recruits, and reiterated his plan to get more cops on the streets, and provide mentors to youths in high-crime communities.
The federal attorney general's office said Thursday that Fidel Urbina was detained on a U.S. extradition warrant in a tiny hamlet named "El Polvo" in a remote part of the border state of Chihuahua.
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.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel will deliver his new, more comprehensive public safety plan for the nation's third-largest city on Thursday, drawing a spotlight on his leadership amid a troubling spike in street violence and an ongoing Department of Justice investigation of his police department.
A man was shot to death Wednesday afternoon in the Washington Park neighborhood on the South Side.
Julio Servin, 22, was shot to death in the 5500 block of West Cermak about 3:20 a.m. Aug. 21, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.
The Rev. Octavio Munoz, 40, is charged with one felony count for possessing two videos depicting boys in sex acts, but the investigation is ongoing and police are still sorting through hundreds of DVDs and VHS tapes "that appear to depict minors in sexual penetration," Assistant State's Attorney Guy Lisuzzo said at the bond hearing.
A North Side man is talking about his experience being the victim of a 12-year-old who has been arrested and charged in a string of hold-ups in the past week.
At 12:41 a.m., a 34-year-old man sitting in a vehicle was involved in a shootout with a 28-year-old man standing in the street in the 12300 block of South Halsted, according to Chicago Police.
The 6-foot-3, 250-pound black man held up the U.S. Bank branch at 10270 S. Central Ave. about 11 a.m., authorities said.
Officers on patrol at 1:39 a.m. heard "loud reports" from the 3300 block of West Harrison and arrived to find the 33-year-old man with gunshot wounds to the hip and both feet, according to Chicago Police.
About 12:35 a.m., the 51-year-old was arguing with another male in the 5100 block of South Honoroe, when the male pulled out a gun and opened fire, according to Chicago Police.
At 4:08 p.m., a man robbed the First Midwest Bank branch at 530 E. Washington St. in Grayslake, according to the FBI. He did not show a weapon and no one was injured in the robbery, authorities said.
A 29-year-old man was shot to death shortly before 3 a.m. on the Near West Side.
Kevin Brooks, 41, of Wheaton faces one federal count of bank robbery, according to a criminal complaint filed Friday in U.S. District Court.
The teen who robbed Mayor Rahm Emanuel's son nearly two years ago has been sentenced to prison boot camp for two other crimes he committed while on probation for the high-profile mugging.
The 29-year-old was sitting in a vehicle about 2:55 a.m. at a stop light in the 200 block of South Western, when another male walked up and fired shots into the vehicle, according to Chicago Police.
The fatal shooting happened Monday morning in the Riverdale neighborhood on the South Side.
Callers to Crime Stoppers are anonymous and qualify for a cash reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to any arrests.
Police said three males were shot around 9:15 a.m. near 69th and Western.
