Third Suspect In Slaying Of Tyshawn Lee Arrested Downstate
The last suspect wanted in connection with the slaying of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee has been arrested after being pulled over in a traffic stop downstate.
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The last suspect wanted in connection with the slaying of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee has been arrested after being pulled over in a traffic stop downstate.
Hong Chu, of the 3100 block of South Throop, approached a man in his car at 6:45 p.m. Sunday in the 3400 block of South Bell Avenue in the McKinley Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side and told the man he was a police officer, police said.
About 1 p.m. Sunday, someone spotted Sherwin Degraffenreid carrying tools while leaving a building he'd just burglarized in the 1700 block of West Hubbard, according to Chicago Police.
In each robbery, the victim was walking from either the Morse or Loyola Red Line stations when they were approached by multiple people who hit them and took their property, according to a community alert from Chicago Police. The robbers took money, wallets, a back pack, work uniforms and a cell phone.
The latest shooting left a man dead Sunday afternoon in the West Side Austin neighborhood.
Four people have been charged with robbing a store before leading police on a chase from the Near North Side to the Loop during rush hour Thursday evening.
In all four incidents, two men walked up to victims in their vehicles, pulled out guns and took their property before driving away in a blue Chevrolet Impala or black Nissan Altima, according to a community alert from police.
A 15-year-old girl was fatally stabbed Saturday evening in the South Side Parkway Gardens neighborhood.
A man was killed and at least five other people were wounded in shootings across the city since Friday evening, according to Chicago Police.
A 33-year-old man has been ordered held without bail, accused of choking an 8-year-old girl unconscious in a public restroom in the South Loop.
The man, thought to be in his 20s, was shot in the back in the 13000 block of South King Drive about 4:30 a.m., according to Chicago Police.
The homicide happened about 12:30 a.m. in the West Pullman neighborhood on the Far South Side.
Paris Sadler, 24, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for shooting Chicago Police Officer Del Pearson, a day after pleading guilty to attempted murder of a police officer.
Most recently, two women and a man were killed in a domestic-related shooting Wednesday night in the South Side Englewood neighborhood.
A "person of interest" sought for questioning in a triple homicide in the Englewood neighborhood fired several shots at Chicago police officers after he holed up inside a home in the Fernwood neighborhood.
Three people, including a pregnant woman, were found with gunshot wounds Wednesday afternoon in an alley in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on the Southwest Side.
Pa Yang, 57; Mai Vue Vang, 58; and True Thao, 52 were each charged with one felony count of manufacturing and delivering more than 900 grams of heroin or heroin analogs, according to Chicago Police.
A terminally ill mother who admitted to killing her severely disabled daughter was due to be sentenced Wednesday.
A witness said Cotton was standing on the porch when the suspect walked up. After Cotton handed over the keys and turned to walk inside the home, the suspect shot him in the back and legs, according to the witness.
He was shot in the abdomen and foot about 12:40 a.m. in the 900 block of North Drake, according to preliminary information from Chicago Police.
The officer fired his weapon about 10:40 p.m. after witnessing the apparent armed robbery in the 3800 block of North Kenmore Avenue, according to preliminary information from Chicago Police. No injuries were reported.
The boy was on a porch in the 3000 block of West 40th Street at 8:14 p.m. when someone in a light-colored vehicle pulled up and shot him in the right leg, according to Chicago Police.
Police say he made his way into businesses at a Rogers Park commercial building last week.
It's city's latest crime-fighting effort: demolition of abandoned buildings. If it sounds familiar, it's because City Hall has been doing for decades.
