Man Robs Clearing Bank Twice In A Month
A man suspected of robbing a Clearing neighborhood bank last month held up the same bank a second time Wednesday afternoon on the Southwest Side.
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A man suspected of robbing a Clearing neighborhood bank last month held up the same bank a second time Wednesday afternoon on the Southwest Side.
Most recently, two men were wounded – one of them critically – in the North Austin neighborhood on the West Side.
Eric Black, 33, faces counts of murder, attempted murder and unlawful use of a weapon for the Sunday shooting in the 5000 block of West Jackson, according to Chicago Police.
At 12:24 a.m., the 26-year-old was the passenger in a vehicle driving southbound in the 2300 block of West Arthur when two males on the sidewalk nearby opened fire, according to Chicago Police.
At 2:03 a.m., the 23-year-old was walking on the sidewalk in the 3800 block of West Chicago when two males walked up and opened fire, according to Chicago Police.
Officers responding about 12:43 a.m. to reports of shots fired in the 3200 block of West 62nd Street found the 37-year-old woman on the sidewalk with a gunshot wound to the right buttock, according to Chicago Police.
A 38-year-old man was fatally shot about 6:40 p.m. in the South Shore neighborhood, according to Chicago Police.
Simeon Barrientas, of the 1600 block of West Farwell, has been charged with a felony count of failure to report an accident causing a death and a misdemeanor count of driving having never been issued a license, police said. He was expected to appear in bond court Wednesday.
A strange series of events unfolded at a Chicago furniture store, starting with an accident involving an SUV, and ending with a smash-and-grab heist hours later.
Police said the driver and passenger of a Chevy sedan were shot around midnight as they were headed north near 71st Street.
The latest homicide happened around 11:45 p.m. in the 6300 block of South Parnell Avenue.
Police in Chicago and across the country have been on high alert since a sniper killed five officers and wounded nine others in Dallas on July 7, and tensions were heightened 10 days later, when six Baton Rouge officers were shot, three of them fatally on Sunday.
Sunday night, two separate Austin neighborhood shootings left two men killed and two men wounded on the West Side.
Cory T. Dokousian, 22, has been charged with manufacture and delivery of cannabis and possession of cannabis, both felonies, according to a statement from Riverside police.
The shooting, coming the same day that three police officers were killed in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, prompted the Milwaukee Police Department to send all officers out in two-person squad teams, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.
Chicago police were looking for the person who shot two teenagers in a Kenwood neighborhood alley early Sunday, one fatally, just blocks from President Barack Obama's home.
The weekend's latest homicide happened Sunday morning in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side.
Dandre Mabone, 44, faces felony charges of armed robbery and home invasion for the 4:50 a.m. raid in the Sterling Estates mobile home park near the 9300 block of West 79th Street, according to the Cook County sheriff's office.
Bishop Larry Trotter's service at Sweet Holy Spirit Church in the South Chicago neighborhood included a plea to the mayor and governor to team up with community leaders to help stop the bloodshed.
An investigation into an illegal weapons operation in the Austin neighborhood ended with a Chicago police officer shooting a man in the arm and leg.
The most recent homicide happened early Sunday in the Kenwood neighborhood on the South Side.
The men, ages 32, 51 and 52, were involved in a fight about 11:45 p.m. when they were stabbed in the 800 block of North Lavergne, according to Chicago Police. A 28-year-old man was also struck in the head with a bottle during the incident.
Kerwinn Cross was sentenced for a rape on June 25, 2013. He still faces charges in two other attacks that occurred within five days in 2013.
Marwan Mahmoud Sadeq, 45, a father of four, was hanging out with some friends in the parking lot of the Citgo at the corner of Marquette Road and Sate Street around 12;40 a.m., when he was shot in the head.
The 30-year-old was standing on the sidewalk in the 4200 block of North Kimball about 2:55 a.m. when a male walked up and shot him in the left knee, according to Chicago Police.
