Sources: Murdered 9-Year-Old May Have Been Lured Into Alley
Sources say witnesses told investigators the boy appeared to be lured from a nearby park into the alley by a group using a basketball, reports CBS 2's Mai Martinez.
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Sources say witnesses told investigators the boy appeared to be lured from a nearby park into the alley by a group using a basketball, reports CBS 2's Mai Martinez.
Dozens of volunteers canvassed the Auburn Gresham neighborhood today, near where nine-year-old Tyshawn Lee was shot and killed Monday afternoon.
Three men attempted to rob and torched a Humboldt Park business on the West Side Saturday night.
A person of interest is being questioned after a male was shot to death while driving Saturday night in northwest Indiana.
Four armed robberies in one week in Chinatown have prompted a community alert from police.
A man was killed and at least 22 other people have been wounded in shootings across the city over Halloween weekend, police said.
A 15-year-old girl was shot in Englewood early Saturday.
The most recent shooting occurred in the Austin neighborhood. About 5 a.m., a male — whose age was known — was shot in the leg in the 5400 block of West Adams, police News Affairs Officer Ana Pacheco said, citing preliminary information. Further details were not available Friday morning.
When Andre Wright didn't hear from his new girlfriend for several hours on a fall day eight years ago, he called her and left a voicemail. He didn't get a call back on Sept 18, 2007. Wright testified Thursday that the next day while at work, he sent Franklin an email asking her, "Are you alive?" She wasn't, according to Cook County prosecutors.
Police said the chain of events started when a man and two women were shot while in a vehicle at a stop sign in the 1500 block of West Morse Avenue around 10:15 p.m. All three were shot in the back.
A 37-year-old man was sitting in a pickup truck at a red light in the 5600 block of North Winthrop Avenue about 12:40 a.m. when he heard shots and felt pain, according to Chicago Police.
St. Sylvester School, located at 3027 W. Palmer, was broken into on Sept. 5 about 3 a.m., on Sept. 25 about 6 p.m. and most recently on Oct. 17 about 12:10 a.m., according to police.
The men were in a vehicle driving south in the 7400 block of South Lafayette Avenue about 10:40 p.m. when a male in a black SUV pulled up alongside and shot them both, police said.
"The Shark" has gotten hooked. Well-known criminal defense attorney Joseph "The Shark" Lopez was charged with one count of simple battery for allegedly striking an inmate in the holding area at the Cook County criminal courts building late last month, authorities said Thursday.
A 35-year-old man was standing on a porch in the 13200 block of South Ellis Avenue at 8:55 p.m. when four males got out of a tan car and opened fire, according to Chicago Police.
Reginald Potts is accused of killing 28-year-old Nailah Franklin in 2007. The woman's remains were found in a wooded area behind a vacant Calumet City store owned by Potts' brother-in-law. A medical examiner ruled she had been asphyxiated.
The 23-year-old woman was shot in the arm about 3:10 a.m. in the 12000 block of South Perry Avenue, according to Chicago Police.
Rafael Munguia, 47, is wanted for Class 1 felony counts of conspiracy to commit money laundering exceeding $500,000, money laundering exceeding $500,000 and money laundering between $100,000 and $500,000, according to a statement from the DuPage County Sheriff's Office.
About 9:25 p.m., the 25-year-old was walking in the 4000 block of West Thomas Street when two other males got out of a vehicle and shot him in both legs and one of his arms, police said. The two then got back in the vehicle and drove off.
The three were walking on the sidewalk in the 4700 block of South Calumet Avenue about 3:10 p.m. when they were shot by someone in a passing vehicle, police said.
The Cook County Board has approved appointing a gun violence coordinator who will be expected to "live, eat, breathe and sleep gun violence," reports WBBM's Mike Krauser.
The ordinance comes about three months after anti-violence activists filed a civil rights lawsuit demanding three suburbs do more to stop guns from reaching the streets of Chicago.
Cook County juvenile court Judge Rodney Hughes Brooks said Tuesday he considered the seriousness of the offense but also took into account that the 15-year-old was never in trouble before the shooting on April 28, 2014.
The 25-year-old man was walking in the 2000 block of North Pulaski Road about 9:15 p.m. when a black vehicle pulled up and someone yelled gang slogans and fired at him, according to Chicago Police.
Rasaan Price was found guilty of murder Thursday after a four-day jury trial, according to Cook County court records. Price was 15 when the shooting happened on July 23, 2014.
