Police Warn Of Armed Robberies In Hyde Park
In three incidents, the robbers approached a person on the street, pulled out a gun and took their property, according to a community alert from Chicago Police.
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In three incidents, the robbers approached a person on the street, pulled out a gun and took their property, according to a community alert from Chicago Police.
Joseph Smith, 23, was walking in the 5500 block of West Potomac Avenue about 6:15 p.m. when someone walked up and fired shots at him, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.
About 6 p.m., the two were in the 4500 block of South Shields Avenue when they were shot, police said.
The man charged with raping and killing a suburban teenager 30 years ago made his first court appearance on Monday, when he was ordered held without bond.
Police said two teenagers were outside around 7:30 p.m. Saturday, when a car drove by, and someone inside started shooting. Tyjuan Poindexter, 14, was shot in the head, and died at the scene. A 15-year-old boy was shot twice in the leg, and was being treated at the University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital.
A man has been arrested in Michigan, accused of the violent assault and kidnapping of a woman from her home in south suburban Lansing.
Officers responding to a call of shots fired about 9:40 p.m. in the 10100 block of South Calumet Avenue found the man unresponsive on the ground with a gunshot wound to the abdomen, police said.
About 8:20 p.m., he was walking with a friend in the 1600 block of North Central Avenue when he heard a shot and realized he'd been struck in the abdomen, police said.
He was shot in the face and thigh in the 8400 block of South Hermitage Avenue at 10:35 a.m., according to police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.
About 6 p.m., he was standing with a group of people in the 1200 block of North Keeler Avenue when two people walked up and started shooting, according to Chicago Police.
Early Sunday, officers responding to a call of shots fired in the 11700 block of South LaSalle Street found the 31-year-old man inside a car parked in an alley, police said.
The boys, ages 16 and 17, were shot at 1:49 p.m. in the 0-100 block of West Pershing Road, police said.
The 19-year-old was shot in the left arm about 11:55 a.m. in the 700 block of West 99th Street, according to preliminary information from Chicago Police.
Most recently, a man was shot while riding in a vehicle in the Heart of Chicago neighborhood. The 24-year-old was a passenger in the front seat of a vehicle traveling eastbound in the 2100 block of West Cullerton about 3:25 a.m. when another male walked up and shot him, police said.
Xavier Pacheco, 27, was armed with a gun when he broke into the apartment in the 1100 block of Birch Street, according to Elgin police.
About 6:45 p.m., he walked into the store at 1109 Maple Ave., placed his hand behind his back and demanded cash from the employee at the register, according to Lisle police.
The video shows a person in a light colored shirt hanging out the window of the white car as the SUV approaches. Police said people in both vehicles were exchanging gunfire, when one of the bullets hit lobby window of Branden Zollar's apartment building.
Taylor J. Cano, 24, has been charged with two counts of first-degree attempted murder, aggravated discharged of a firearm, aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and unlawful possession of weapon by a felon, according to a statement from Oswego police.
Three teens on bicycles zooming down Church Street started shooting. CBS 2's Dorothy Tucker reports.
Police said the two men were in the 11500 block of South Church Street around 8:45 p.m., when three people rode up on bicycles, fired shots, and fled the scene.
John Enochs, 21, a former IU business student, turned himself in to police last week, after a warrant was issued for his arrest. He has been charged with two counts of rape, in two separate cases.
About 12:15 a.m., the 28-year-old was standing on the street in the 700 block of West 117th Place with several males when two other males walked up and fired shots, according to Chicago Police.
About 9:25 p.m., the teen was standing on the street in the 7300 block of South Winchester Avenue when three males walked up and shot him in the right knee, police said.
A South Side man is facing several drug charges after police say they found a duffel bag full of drugs and cash during a traffic stop in the South Chicago neighborhood Wednesday night.
The man, 20, was standing on the sidewalk in the 1600 block of South Karlov Avenue about 11:20 p.m. when he heard gunfire and realized he'd been shot in the upper left back, according to Chicago Police.
