Man Wounded In Ashburn Shooting
Shortly before 5 p.m., the 19-year-old was in the 3400 block of West 79th Street when someone walked out of a gangway and shot him in the groin, police said.
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Shortly before 5 p.m., the 19-year-old was in the 3400 block of West 79th Street when someone walked out of a gangway and shot him in the groin, police said.
Raheem McCaskill, 21, and Ledonte Washington, 20, were each charged with one count of attempted robbery while armed with other dangerous weapon, according to police.
A former Cook County sheriff's police officer admitted in federal court Wednesday that he stole marijuana from a man he believed to be a drug dealer so that he could later sell the drugs for profit.
Chicago police continued to drain the Garfield Park lagoon on Wednesday, searching for more evidence after a child's severed head, hands, and feet were found in the water over the weekend. Officers also were going door to door in the neighborhood, to try and gather information that might help them solve the mystery.
The 24-year-old was stabbed in the left leg during a robbery attempt about 1:15 a.m. in the 7100 block of South Blackstone Avenue, according to Chicago Police.
Two men have walked up to people from behind and, in one instance, engaged victims in conversation before using force to take their belongings, according to a community alert from Chicago Police.
A 36-year-old Chicago man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for stealing construction vehicles in west suburban Aurora and selling a church van that wasn't his.
About 11:15 p.m., he was outside with a group of friends in the 6700 block of South Langley Avenue when he heard shots and felt pain, according to Chicago Police.
The most recent robbery happened about 3:25 a.m. Sept. 3 in the 9100 block of South Dobson Avenue, while the other happened about 10:20 p.m. Aug. 22 in the 9200 block of South Greenwood Avenue, police said.
Two armed robberies were reported by lawn care professionals in the 8000 block of South Coles Avenue, one at about 9:45 a.m. July 16; and the other about 9:45 a.m. Sept. 1, according to a statement from Chicago Police.
About 7:55 p.m., the 19-year-old was shot in the heel in the 9400 block of South Green Street, police said.
Police are searching for a man who sexually assaulted a young female jogger Sunday morning near southwest suburban Joliet.
Police in north suburban Lake County said Tuesday the three men recorded on various surveillance cameras near the scene of a police officer's slaying last week were not involved in the fatal shooting.
Three girls – ages 11, 12, and 17 – told police they were on the 300 block of South McLean Boulevard, when a man tried to grab the 11-year-old girl and drag her behind a dumpster.
Police began draining the lagoon at Garfield Park as investigators continue their probe of the death of a child whose body parts were found there over the weekend.
The final shooting of the weekend turned fatal in the Old Irving Park neighborhood early Tuesday on the Northwest Side. A 31-year-old man got into a fight shortly after 3 a.m. in the 3300 block of North Keeler with someone who then pulled out a gun and shot him in the chest, according to Chicago Police.
A 15-year-old boy was shot and critically wounded Sunday night in the University Village neighborhood.
An Indiana man charged with breaking into a home in southwest suburban Willowbrook and sexually assaulting and stabbing a 26-year-old woman has been extradited to Illinois, where he appeared in court Friday and was ordered held on $5 million bail.
A woman was shot to death early Sunday in the Woodlawn neighborhood on the South Side, police said.
Two Chicago men held up a southwest suburban bank at gunpoint last week, making off with more than $114,000 before they were arrested the next day.
A 14-year-old boy was wounded in a Humboldt Park neighborhood drive-by attack Saturday night on the West Side.
Six people were killed and at least 27 have been wounded in shootings across Chicago this Labor Day weekend.
A 15-year-old boy was critically wounded in a drive-by shooting in the Washington Park neighborhood on the South Side early Saturday.
One man was killed and two others were injured in a shooting in the North Austin neighborhood late Friday.
The FBI has been given several surveillance videos that might show the suspects in the killing of a Fox Lake police officer earlier this week, as Lake County authorities continue the search for the killers.
