Robbery Of West Town Specialty Store Caught On Camera
Two thieves made off with several thousand dollars' worth of goods from a West Town specialty store in a bold robbery Friday afternoon.
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Two thieves made off with several thousand dollars' worth of goods from a West Town specialty store in a bold robbery Friday afternoon.
Police are searching for a man who sexually assaulted and robbed a woman Friday afternoon in the Calumet Heights neighborhood.
Two people were killed and at least 15 others were wounded in shootings across Chicago since Friday evening.
A Portage Park shooting early Saturday left a person critically wounded on the Northwest Side.
A woman was killed and a man was injured in a shooting early Saturday in the South Side Englewood neighborhood.
Police are warning residents on the West Side of a recent string of home and apartment burglaries.
Three people suffered minor injuries early Friday, when someone in another vehicle shot up their car on the Dan Ryan Expressway, the 19th shooting so far this year on Chicago area expressways, matching last year's total for the entire year.
Three men were killed and at least eight other people were wounded in shootings across Chicago between Thursday afternoon and early Friday, police said.
About 1 a.m., the 38-year-old was shot in the chest and abdomen in the 4200 block of South Calumet Avenue, police said.
Michael Wims Jr., 29, was charged with one count of aggravated battery causing great bodily harm after he was identified as the man who stabbed a 57-year-old man in the neck about 4:35 p.m. Thursday in the 200 block of South Michigan Avenue, police said.
Illinois State Police shut down the outbound lanes of the expressway for more than three hours after someone drove up next to another vehicle, and fired several shots near 57th Street around 1:10 a.m.
The pews were full at St. George's Catholic Church when Pfleger spoke, and the house was divided. Although he said he was not speaking only about guns, ISRA officials urged as many members as possible to show up, and called the speech a gun control recruitment event.
The man was shot several times about 12:45 a.m. following an altercation with another man, 22, inside an apartment complex in the 8500 block of West Bryn Mawr Avenue, according to police at the scene.
The most recent shooting happened Thursday night, after a teen who took himself to a hospital told investigators he was shot in the South Side Chatham neighborhood.
A male was critically wounded in a stabbing near the Art Institute Wednesday afternoon.
A woman wearing a piece of tape over her nose tried to rob a west suburban bank Saturday morning, but left empty-handed.
Bond was set at $75,000 for a 49-year-old man facing more than 20 felony charges after several "abused" pit bulls were found living in "deplorable" conditions at his home on the Far South Side last week.
The man was shot multiple times about 4:45 a.m. in the 100 block of South Springfield Avenue, police. He was standing on the sidewalk when a gunman approached and opened fire.
The 31-year-old man was driving south in the 1000 block of North Lake Shore Drive at about 1:35 a.m. when a gray Ford Mustang drove past him and someone inside opened fire, police said.
The 24-year-old woman was outside in the 12300 block of South Normal Avenue shortly after 1 a.m. when she heard shots and realized she'd been hit, police News Affairs Officer Ronald Gaines said.
Both robberies occurred in the 4300 block of North Francisco Avenue, according to an alert from Area North detectives. The first was on May 27 at 2:50 a.m., while the second occurred on June 7 at 3:50 p.m.
Devonte Terry, 19, was shot in the back and found unresponsive in the 5600 block of South Artesian Avenue at 12:44 a.m., police and the Cook County medical examiner's office said.
The man was shot about 11 p.m. in the 5300 block of South Justine Street when a dark vehicle drove by and someone inside opened fire, striking the man in the arm and leg, police said.
Two men who stole a vehicle in the Pilsen neighborhood Tuesday night tried to escape police capture by driving away, but crashed into a squad car and pole instead, injuring themselves and an officer.
The shooting happened in the 1800 block of North Monitor Avenue about 2:45 p.m., police said. The victims, a 19-year-old man and boy whose age wasn't immediately available as of 11 p.m., were taken to West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park by family members.
