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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.
The latest fatal shooting happened Wednesday night in the West Pullman neighborhood on the Far South Side.
Police said two men and a woman entered Barneys New York on Oak Street around 10 a.m., grabbed 15 to 17 bags worth upwards of $50,000, and ran off.
Most recently, Two people were shot to death Tuesday night in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side, police said.
Officers were called at 8:07 p.m. to the Circle K gas station at 460 S. McLean Boulevard for reports of an armed robbery, according to a statement from Elgin police. A man had walked into the store, displayed a handgun and demanded cash from the register before running away.
Cicero resident Dany Y. Ortiz faces a felony county of burglary to a motor vehicle for his tasting tour that spanned six towns, according to Riverside police.
A man robbed a Near North Side bank Tuesday afternoon.
A man robbed a bank Tuesday afternoon in the South Chicago neighborhood.
A man who accidentally shot himself over the weekend has been charged with the murder of a 14-year-old boy in the South Side Back of the Yards neighborhood in May.
About 6:10 a.m., the 34-year-old woman got into an argument with a 39-year-old man in the 5000 block of South Lake Shore Drive when the man stabbed her in the neck, according to Chicago Police.
Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to order former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to serve his entire 14-year prison term when he returns to court for resentencing next month, but his attorneys want about nine years lopped off his sentence.
The 25-year-old was walking in the 300 block of South Kolmar about 2:50 a.m. when two males walked up and announced a robbery, according to Chicago Police. When she refused to hand over her purse, one of the males pulled out a gun and fired shots.
