Shots Fired During Robbery At Ford City Mall
Police were on the scene at Ford City Mall on the South Side, after shots were fired during a robbery inside a store.
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Police were on the scene at Ford City Mall on the South Side, after shots were fired during a robbery inside a store.
Police have made an arrest in the murder of a cab driver in Lincoln Square earlier this week.
A 22-year-old man has been charged in the fatal shooting of a 62-year-old Vietnam veteran in the University Village neighborhood.
The latest shooting happened about 8:30 p.m. in the South Deering neighborhood on the Far South Side.
Nvaun Lewis, 21, of Hammond; and John F Johnson, 29, of Gary, both face two counts of attempted armed robbery and two counts of armed robbery, according to Gary police. Lewis has also been charged with four counts of armed robbery and aggravated battery, and two counts of battery by means of a deadly weapon.
Four people have been charged with dragging a 17-year-old boy out of his car and beating him in the street last week in southwest suburban Orland Park.
State and federal authorities arrested 19 Latin Kings gang members Wednesday in southwest suburban Joliet, including a man accused of a 2010 murder.
The shooting happened about 6:30 p.m. in the 4000 block of West Cermak Road, according to Chicago Police.
The teen was walking in the 5300 block of West Huron Street about 6:12 p.m. when one or more people walked up and shot him in the chest before running off, police said.
The 34-year-old was found fatally shot in the head about 6:24 p.m. in the 400 block of South Kilpartrick Avenue, police said.
A 72-year-old woman was wounded in a shooting Wednesday evening in the Englewood neighborhood.
A series of undercover gun and drug buys mean several Joliet gang members are now off the streets, reports WBBM's Nancy Harty.
Edwardo Ortiz, 51; and Calvin Kennedy, 35, have each been charged with one count of home invasion while armed with a firearm, according to a statement from Lyons village spokesman Ray Hanania.
The suspect robbed the Chase Bank branch at 1801 Kennedy Ave. in Schererville, Indiana, at 1:16 p.m., according to the FBI.
Most recently, a 37-year-old man was shot in the West Side Austin neighborhood.
A woman's quick thinking during a home invasion in the western suburbs resulted in the robbers eventually being caught in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood.
The 25-year-old man and 26-year-old woman were standing in an alley in the 700 block of West 72nd Street about 12:30 a.m. when three to four males fired shots, according to Chicago Police.
Investigators were called to the 100 block of Dawson Drive in Elgin about 2:20 p.m. for reports of a fight in progress, according to a statement from Elgin police. When officers arrived, an 18-year-old man told them he was driving when a vehicle started following him.
Elijah Timatyos, 23; and Michael Bembea, 24, both face charges of of first-degree murder, home invasion causing great bodily harm and burglary in connection with the death of 71-year-old Allen R. Levin, according to a statement from Chicago Police. A third suspect has not yet been charged.
Two home invasion suspects were arrested in Englewood Monday night after police say they led officers on a chase from southwest suburban Lyons.
A disturbing discovery was made behind a Chicago Public Library in the Ravenswood neighborhood Monday morning: the body of a man shot to death in a cab.
The 28-year-old was in the 6400 block of South Eggleston Avenue at 9:46 a.m. when shots were fired from a passing vehicle, according to Chicago Police.
Maurisio Hernandez, 34, was charged with first-degree murder, according to Chicago Police. Hernandez stabbed his girlfriend, 35-year-old Maricela Villegas, during an argument in the 2800 block of South Short Street shortly before 6 p.m., according to police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.
A couple in their 60s and 34-year-old their son were found dead Sunday night in Merrillville, Indiana, in what police said is an apparent murder-suicide.
The latest homicide happened early Sunday in Chatham, where one man was killed and another injured on the South Side.
