Man Charged With Trying To Run Down Cop In Lakeview
Bond was set at $400,000 for a man facing several charges after he tried to strike a police officer with a vehicle early Tuesday on the North Side, prompting an officer to open fire, police said.
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Bond was set at $400,000 for a man facing several charges after he tried to strike a police officer with a vehicle early Tuesday on the North Side, prompting an officer to open fire, police said.
Six people were shot across Chicago in an 11-hour span of attacks across the city Wednesday, including a pair of teenage boys.
A man has been charged with murder for a shooting that left a man dead and a 14-year-old boy critically injured early Tuesday in west suburban Melrose Park, police said.
Three tall windows were covered with plywood Wednesday morning at Moosejaw, 1901 N. Clybourn Av., after three separate burglaries in two weeks, most recently just before sunrise on Wednesday.
Investigators believe the men could be involved in at least eight robberies on the North Side last Tuesday and Wednesday.
A man was shot to death Tuesday night in the Burnside neighborhood on the South Side. The 23-year-old man was exiting a vehicle in the 9000 block of South Greenwood at 9:03 p.m. when the driver fired at him before driving away, Chicago Police said.
Emmanuel Harvey, who was working at an Oral-B toothbrush factory, was recently arrested out of state in the May 14 murder of 29-year-old Alvin Randolph.
A railroad law enforcement agency squad car was damaged after someone fired at the vehicle as it drove down an alley in Englewood Tuesday evening.
The man walked into the Byline Bank branch at 3180 N. Broadway at 2:22 p.m., implied he had a weapon and demanded money from a teller, according to Chicago Police and the FBI.
An online fundraiser has collected more than $11,000 for a Chicago family to help pay for the funeral expenses of a 55-year-old woman accidentally shot and killed by police over the weekend.
Omar Massoud, 32, of the 4200 block of North Broadway was charged with reckless conduct and being a party to a crime, both misdemeanors, according to Chicago Police.
The body found in a suitcase left in a Roseland alley over the weekend has been identified as a 21-year-old woman from West Pullman.
A suspect was in custody Tuesday morning, after a shooting in the western suburbs left one man dead and a 14-year-old boy in critical condition.
Jason Van Dyke, 37, was indicted earlier this month on six counts of first-degree murder and one count of official misconduct. Van Dyke pleaded not guilty when he appeared before Judge Vincent Gaughan at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse on Tuesday.
A man was arrested early Tuesday after he tried to hit a police officer with his vehicle, prompting an officer to open fire in the Lakeview neighborhood on the North Side, police said.
Joshua Smith, of the 2400 block of Wells Street in Lake Station, was pronounced dead at 1:22 a.m. Dec. 25 at Methodist Northlake Hospital in Gary, according to a statement from the Lake County coroner's office.
The robber walked into the branch at 2131 S. China Pl. about 11:15 a.m. and handed the teller a note demanding money, according to the FBI and Chicago Police. He then left the scene with an undisclosed amount in cash.
The 20-year-old was walking on the sidewalk in the 9100 block of South Wentworth Avenue about 1:15 a.m. when another male walked up and opened fire, according to Chicago Police.
At 6 p.m., the 40-year-old man was standing on the sidewalk in the 300 block of East 58th Street when someone fired shots, police said.
The red suitcase was found in an alley in the 300 block of West 115th Street, not far from the sidewalk, next to a trash can, around 2 p.m. Sunday.
The latest homicide happened early Sunday in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side. About 2:15 a.m., 29-year-old Tyree White was outside with a 28-year-old woman near West 59th Street and South Wentworth Avenue when someone walked up and opened fire.
Derrick James was shot multiple times in the 14400 block of Ellis Avenue, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.
Authorities tracked down a man who robbed a south suburban bank earlier this month after he dropped his cell phone and paperwork containing his name and home address as he ran away from a security guard who fired a gun at him, according to federal prosecutors.
A man was fatally shot late Saturday in the Little Village neighborhood on the Southwest Side, according to police.
Six men were killed and at least 22 other people have been wounded in shootings across Chicago over the holiday weekend.
