Two Shot In Greater Grand Crossing
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.
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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.
Braulio Portes, 26, was charged with one felony count of aggravated battery to a transit employee, Chicago Police announced late Monday.
Deon Gillespie, 34, of the 400 block of East Oakwood Boulevard, faces two counts of robbery armed with a firearm and one count of unlawful use of a weapon by a felon, all felonies, according to Chicago Police.
Police were warning residents in the Logan Square neighborhood of two recent robberies, including one in which they kidnapped the victim.
The 24-year-old woman was walking in the 6400 block of South Honore Street about 8:40 p.m. when she heard shots and felt pain, police said.
Branden M. Napolitan, 26, faces counts of first-degree murder, aggravated battery and theft for the attack at the apartment he shared with 53-year-old Daryl K. Fox, according to Woodstock police and the McHenry County coroner's office.
CBS 2 Chief correspondent Jay Levine says an issue first raised by Mayor Emanuel about camera shy cops has spread from city hall to city streets and all the way to the White House.
Two tourists who were robbed at Oak Street Beach over the weekend were speaking out about their experience, after fighting back and helping police catch one of the muggers.
Most recently, a man was shot to death early Monday in the West Side Austin neighborhood. Rashad Stokes, 29, was standing on the sidewalk in the 4800 block of West Madison about 1:30 a.m. when a male walked up and fired shots, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.
A DePaul University sophomore was charged with sexually assaulting a 22-year-old woman with developmental disabilities. Joseph Annel, 19, of the 1200 block of West Fullerton Avenue, was charged with criminal sexual assault and appeared in court Sunday.
Renard Winfield, 44, was convicted in July 1998 of six counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault in Cook County and had been held at the Pontiac Correctional Center, about 100 miles southwest of Chicago, according to the Illinois Department of Corrections.
An 89-year-old woman was found stabbed to death in a home in Washington Park early Monday, when firefighters responded to an apartment building fire.
Rashad Stokes, 29, was standing on the sidewalk in the 4800 block of West Madison Street about 1:30 a.m. when a male walked up and fired shots, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.
