Police Warn Of Austin Robberies
Police are warning residents about a series of robberies targeting lone female victims reported this month in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side.
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Police are warning residents about a series of robberies targeting lone female victims reported this month in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side.
Angelo Bennett said all he's ever wanted to do since he was charged with murdering a gentlemen's club manager was apologize to the slain man's family. He got his chance on Wednesday.
Men dressed as women were caught on video stealing thousands in high-end merchandise Wednesday afternoon.
Police seek a man who allegedly tried to abduct a girl early Wednesday in the West Side Austin neighborhood, reports WBBM's Bob Roberts.
As her daughter recovers from brain surgery, a young mother makes a plea for those who shot her this weekend, reports WBBM's Nancy Harty.
Bullets riddled a McKinley Park home late Tuesday night, following an argument between two men, and a 61-year old woman was shot in the neck.
A man was robbed early Wednesday just off the Magnificent Mile, a few blocks from the scene of another robbery attempt a few minutes later.
The most recent shooting happened about 11:40 p.m. in the North Lawndale neighborhood on the Southwest Side. A 14-year-old boy was outside in the 2200 block of South Central Park Avenue when an SUV drove past and someone inside fired shots in his direction.
Mayor Emanuel attended a luncheon honoring police officers for valor and service above and beyond the call and he acknowledged this was a weekend with far too many shootings and deaths.
The FBI has announced a $5,000 reward for information leading to the animal rights extremist or extremists who set fire to several carriages at an historic stable in the Old Town neighborhood in February.
In the wake of a holiday weekend in which at least 55 people were shot in Chicago – 12 of them fatally – a Cook County Commissioner was calling for city- and county-wide action to quell gang violence.
The weekend's most recent fatal shooting happened Monday night in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side, police said. About 7:50 p.m., a 17-year-old boy was shot in the back and the leg in the 4900 block of West Erie, police said. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he died.
A man was shot to death Sunday afternoon in the Humboldt Park neighborhood on the West Side, police said.
A woman was shot to death and two men were wounded in a shooting at a West Englewood party on the South Side early Sunday, according to police.
A McKinley Park man has been charged with murder for a Thursday night shooting in the Bridgeport neighborhood that left one man dead and another wounded on the South Side, police said.
A man was discovered shot to death in an alley Saturday night in the Albany Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side.
A man died after he was found shot in the head Saturday afternoon in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side, police said.
Family and friends of St. Rita High School student who was shot to death more than six years ago returned to the neighborhood where it happened, passing out flyers hoping to get some leads for police, reports WBBM's Mike Krauser.
A four-year-old girl wounded in the head was one three people injured in a shooting on the South Side
Six people were killed and at least 23 others—including a 4-year-old girl—have been wounded in shootings across Chicago this Memorial Day weekend, police said.
A 34-year-old man was fatally shot in the Wicker Park neighborhood early Saturday.
A 20-year-old man was fatally shot early Saturday on the Near West Side, police said.
A 15-year-old boy was shot while riding in a car early Saturday on Lake Shore Drive.
A southern Illinois judge has granted Drew Peterson's request to delay his trial on charges that the former suburban Chicago police sergeant plotted to kill the prosecutor who helped convict him in his third wife's death.
The fatal shooting happened Thursday morning in the South Chicago neighborhood. Ramon Gartman, 33, was discovered unresponsive in the 8400 block of South Commercial at 11:48 a.m. with a gunshot wound to his face, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.
