Police: 7 Dead, 22 Wounded In Weekend Shootings Across Chicago
Seven men were killed and at least 22 other people have been wounded in Chicago shootings since Friday evening, police said.
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Seven men were killed and at least 22 other people have been wounded in Chicago shootings since Friday evening, police said.
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A young mother was shot and killed Thursday night while sitting in a car in south suburban Dolton, and a man who was in the car with her also was wounded.
The fatal shooting happened at 10:25 p.m. the Brighton Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side. A 17-year-old boy was in the 3100 block of West 41st Place when a white SUV drove by and someone inside fired shots.
Officers saw a vehicle, traveling at a high rate of speed, drive through a stop sign in the 3200 block of South Claremont Avenue about 10:30 p.m., police said. The officers tried to pull the vehicle over, and a chase ensued.
At 8:30 p.m., the man was walking in the 300 block of Dupage Street in Elgin when someone confronted him, hit him in the head with a gun and then shot him in the arm, Elgin police said.
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The male, whose age was not immediately known, was in a vehicle on southbound I-94 near 75th Street at 12:10 a.m. when he suffered a graze wound to the shoulder, according to Illinois State Police.
A 19-year-old man was walking with friends about 11:30 p.m. in the 4000 block of South Albany Avenue when a red car pulled up to them, according to Chicago Police. He and his friends began to run away, but someone inside the car got out and shot him in the shoulder and buttocks.
Police responded about 11:30 p.m. to the 9300 block of South LaSalle Street, where they found 31-year-old Erskin Palm on the sidewalk with gunshot wounds to the chest, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.
Police were responding to a domestic disturbance at 9:40 p.m. Wednesday in the 600 block of North Christiana Avenue, when one male ran away from police into a first-floor apartment, according to Chicago Police. He refused to exit, and SWAT teams were called to respond.
The 18-year-old was walking about 8:30 p.m. in the 2300 block of South Trumbull Avenue when someone in a dark-colored SUV started yelling "gang slogans" at him, police said. That person exited the car and shot the man in both legs.
A man and woman were in a parking lot in the 500 block of South Kostner Avenue about 5:52 p.m. when someone walked up and shot them as they opened fire on a nearby vehicle, police said.
The 21-year-old was shot in the abdomen in the 4700 block of South Vincennes Avenue about 6:35 p.m., according to preliminary information from Chicago Police.
Three people have been charged with robbing a man on board a CTA Blue Line train early Tuesday morning, Chicago Police announced Wednesday.
An Elgin man who was accused of threatening police officers with a fake bomb Tuesday morning when they tried to conduct an eviction at his home was later found dead at the Kane County Adult Justice Center.
Two teens and two men were killed and at least eight other people were wounded in South, West and Southwest Side shootings Tuesday, police said.
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Two South Side teenagers were killed and a third was wounded in a Grand Crossing neighborhood drive-by shooting Tuesday afternoon.
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Police said a 23-year-old man was sitting on a Blue Line train at the Illinois Medical District station at 400 S. Damen Av., when three men approached him and announced a robbery. One of them implied he had a gun.
The victims, ages 33 and 36, were standing outside in the 1700 block of South Leavitt about 7:30 p.m. when someone in a passing vehicle shot them, according to Chicago Police.
Michael J. Bernhard, 22, was charged with attempted murder, aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and aggravated domestic battery, according to a statement from the Will County sheriff's office.
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You might drive on part of the 77-mile stretch of Interstate 90 known as the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway, but do you know the story of the woman who it's named after?
People enjoyed Friday's warm weather while taking in an annual tradition provided by Mother Nature, as determined photographers sought to capture the perfect shot of "Chicagohenge" on the first day of spring.
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The Fighting Illini are dreaming of a trip to the Sweet 16 after a dominating win Thursday night against Penn. Next up for No. 3-seeded Illinois is a showdown with No. 11 seed VCU on Saturday night.
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You might drive on part of the 77-mile stretch of Interstate 90 known as the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway, but do you know the story of the woman who it's named after?
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