3 Killed, 5 Wounded In Wednesday Shootings
Three people were killed and at least five others have been wounded in shootings across the city Wednesday.
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Three people were killed and at least five others have been wounded in shootings across the city Wednesday.
Four people were wounded in a shooting near a preschool on the South Side Wednesday afternoon.
Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke has asked a Cook County judge to excuse him from attending status hearings in his murder case, due to threats he has received over the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald.
Officers responding to reports of shots fired at 12:08 a.m. in the 1100 block of North Pulaski found the 35-year-old man inside a vehicle with a gunshot wound to the chest, according to Chicago Police.
Officers called to perform a well-being check at 12:24 a.m. in the 5300 block of South Hermitage found the 19-year-old lying unresponsive in the alley, according to Chicago Police.
A North Side man was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday for stabbing his West Ridge neighborhood roommates at least 20 times each, lighting their apartment on fire and then using their credit cards to fly to Las Vegas in 2012.
About 10:15 a.m., a man was shot to death in the West Garfield Park neighborhood. The 24-year-old was standing on the sidewalk in the 0-100 block of North Keeler when someone walked up to him and fired shots, according to Chicago Police.
Chicago police officials vented their frustration at what they see as too-lenient sentencing laws for gun crimes, after a convicted felon on parole was charged with shooting an off-duty police officer.
Police are warning residents of two robberies that occurred this month on Green Line Trains between the Pulaski and Cicero stops on the West Side.
Ioan Lela Jr., 34, of Phoenix, Arizona, faces one count of first-degree murder for the death of 71-year-old Allen R. Levin, according to Chicago Police. He was arrested Feb. 18 in Phoenix and extradited to Chicago on Sunday.
The man who robbed a Guaranty Bank branch Monday afternoon in the South Side West Englewood neighborhood is also suspected of robbing three other banks in the Chicago area over the last two weeks, the FBI said.
The 35-year-old was shot in the chest at 6:18 a.m. in the 5200 block of South Winchester, according to preliminary information from Chicago Police.
At 1:06 a.m., the 35-year-old was at a gas station in the 600 block of South Independence when he heard an argument, then heard gunfire and realized he'd been shot in the foot, according to Chicago Police.
Two people were shot — one fatally — and two others were injured Monday night in the West Englewood neighborhood on the South Side, fire officials said.
The most recent fatal shooting happened Sunday afternoon in the Albany Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side.
Devon Lofton, 7, was taken to Comer Children's Hospital at the University of Chicago, after suffering a gunshot wound to the head around 3:45 p.m. Sunday in the 6700 block of South Aberdeen Street.
An off-duty Chicago police officer was wounded in an exchange of gunfire early Monday in the Washington Heights neighborhood, after a would-be robber told an accomplice to "shoot him."
He was riding in the backseat of an SUV going south in the 1200 block of North Homan just after 3 a.m. when a black car pulled up and someone inside fired shots, according to Chicago Police.
The girl suffered a gunshot wound to the lower back about 2:45 a.m. in the 7100 block of North Clark, according to preliminary information from Chicago Police.
David Calvin, 20, and Kevin Billingslea, 27, each face one felony count of aggravated discharge of a firearm at an occupied vehicle, according to a statement from Chicago Police.
The 25-year-old was standing in an alley in the 200 block of South Cicero about 11 p.m. when an armed male got out of a dark-colored minivan nearby and announced a robbery, according to Chicago Police. It was not immediately known what was stolen.
The 22-year-old man was sitting in a parked vehicle in the 8800 block of South Hermitage Avenue at 8:35 p.m. when a white four-door vehicle pulled up and someone inside fired shots, police said.
A 7-year-old boy fatally shot himself in his Englewood neighborhood home on the South Side.
A man has been charged with shooting three people Friday afternoon in the Humboldt Park neighborhood on the West Side.
A man robbed a bank Saturday morning in northwest suburban Elgin.
