Man Shot During Robbery In Lawndale
At 12:18 a.m., the 51-year-old was walking on the sidewalk in the 5200 block of West Polk when he was approached by two armed males who announced a robbery, according to Chicago Police.
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At 12:18 a.m., the 51-year-old was walking on the sidewalk in the 5200 block of West Polk when he was approached by two armed males who announced a robbery, according to Chicago Police.
About 4:45 p.m., a man robbed the U.S. Bank branch at 7312 W. Grand Ave., according to a statement from the FBI.
A 29-year-old man was shot to death about 12:30 a.m. in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side.
Police said the robbers sneaked up behind the couples, and knocked the women to the ground.
Jose Arturo Salgado-Roque, 42, was charged with one count of first-degree murder, according to the Cook County sheriff's office.
An autopsy found 2-month-old Katana Greenlee died of blunt force trauma to the head from child abuse.
Police said it happened around 2 a.m. as the driver was picking up two passengers at the 31st Street Harbor.
About 12:30 a.m., Donta J. Lee was walking on a sidewalk in the 5200 block of West Gladys when a gunman got out of a white car nearby and opened fire, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.
A 13-year-old boy was among two people shot in a drive-by attack at 5:27 p.m. on the Near West Side.
The weekend's latest fatal shooting occurred at 5:28 p.m. Sunday in the East Garfield Park neighborhood, according to Chicago Police.
Elkhart police said officers responded to a shooting around 11:15 p.m. at a home near Strong Avenue and Riverside Drive.
The Carbondale Police Department says in a news release that the shooting occurred late Sunday after officers on patrol heard shots fired and drove toward the gunfire.
Chicago police have seized an average of nearly one gun an hour this year, and the department believes that push could help reduce the city's violent crime rate.
About 11:15 p.m., a 22-year-old woman was standing on the sidewalk in the 1100 block of North Hamlin when she heard gunfire and realized she'd been shot in the right leg, police said. She later showed up at Norwegian American Hospital and was listed in good condition.
Groups of between two and four people have run off with several purses in at least four afternoon incidents since late June, according to a business alert issued by Chicago Police early Monday.
Former Bolingbrook police officer Drew Peterson was sentenced to 40 years in prison Friday for trying to hire someone to kill the prosecutor who helped to convict him in the murder of his third wife.
Chicago police and local activists were asking for help identifying the suspects in a series of robberies at Family Dollar store, including one in which the manager was shot and killed earlier this month.
The 21-year-old woman was standing on the platform at the Adams and Wabash station about 12:50 a.m. when she got into an argument with another female, who pulled out a knife and stabbed her, according to Chicago Police.
Chicago police were warning commuters to be on alert, following a string of armed robberies on the CTA.
A Cook County Sheriff's correctional officer has been charged with official misconduct — a felony — for allegedly punching a detainee seven times in a beating captured on video.
Chicago police were searching for the shooter who opened fire from a vehicle in the 800 block of West 50th Place around 12:15 a.m., killing two, and wounding two others.
James Povolo, 71, of the 1300 block of Dartfourt Court in Naperville, was charged Tuesday with one felony count of arson, according to a statement from DuPage County State's Attorney's office.
The most recent homicide happened Wednesday afternoon in the West Englewood neighborhood on the South Side, according to Chicago Police.
Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich will not be in the courtroom next month when a federal judge resentences him on 13 corruption convictions.
A young mother of two was shot and killed early Wednesday as she was walking to the store, less than a day after moving to the South Chicago neighborhood.
