5 Killed, 38 Wounded In Weekend Shootings Across Chicago
The weekend's first homicide happened about midnight Sunday in the Gage Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side.
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The weekend's first homicide happened about midnight Sunday in the Gage Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side.
Edgar Valencia Ortega, 29, is set to be sentenced Friday by Castillo. He pleaded guilty to a money laundering conspiracy in April.
The woman and a man were in the 8700 block of South Marquette when another vehicle pulled alongside them and a gunman opened fire.
At least 12 people have been hurt — one critically — in shootings in Chicago since Friday evening.
Keith Vaughns, 21, was charged with single felony counts of attempted armed robbery with a firearm; attempted first-degree murder; aggravated battery with a firearm; and unlawful use of a weapon, according to Chicago Police.
One person was found dead and several others were left homeless after a string of West Side fires that authorities said were deliberately set.
About 10:45 p.m., the 60-year-old man was on the sidewalk when three males, one armed, walked up to him in the 200 block of North Parkside Avenue, according to Chicago Police. The three males announced a robbery and took the victim's cellphone and wallet. The man was shot in the right arm and the three males ran away.
About 9:20 p.m., the 54-year-old man was hit in the chest multiple times in the 5600 block of West Chicago Avenue, Chicago Police said. Officers responded to a call of a person shot and discovered the man lying in the street.
The Hobos have been described as a "conglomerate" of Gangster Disciples and Black Disciples — an elite and exclusive "all-star team" forged in the Robert Taylor Homes on the South Side. Six alleged Hobo leaders are on trial at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse, tied to nine murders by federal prosecutors.
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.
Grant Muren, 24, was found guilty of killing 25-year-old Charles Clark of Vail Court, Naperville, according to a statement from the DuPage County state's attorney's office. He was convicted of second-degree murder, aggravated arson and residential arson.
The biggest street-gang trial in recent Chicago history starts in earnest Wednesday, with months of testimony expected to provide a rare look inside the gangland activity fueling deadly gun violence in the nation's third-largest city.
Former Ald. Sandi Jackson has been released from a minimum security federal prison camp in West Virginia, after serving nearly 11 months of a one-year sentence for filing a false federal income tax return.
Chicago police were warning women who run downtown, after a jogger was attacked in the River North neighborhood over the weekend.
A 51-year-old man has been charged with setting a fire that killed three children and a man last month, allegedly because a woman who lives in the building refused to have sex with him for $10.
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.
Three home invaders wielding baseball bats and a gun beat and robbed a group of people inside a West Town neighborhood apartment early Wednesday, sending five to hospitals, according to Chicago Police.
Chicago Police released photos of a person wanted in connection with a robbery that occurred in the Lincoln Park neighborhood last month.
Much of Wrigleyville is torn up due to construction, and bar owners are also concerned about safety.
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.
