Man Shot In Ashburn
The man, 22, was in an alley in the 8000 block of South California Avenue about 1:25 a.m. when a white sedan pulled into the alley and someone inside fired at him.
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The man, 22, was in an alley in the 8000 block of South California Avenue about 1:25 a.m. when a white sedan pulled into the alley and someone inside fired at him.
A South Side man who was behind the wheel of a minivan during the robbery and slaying of a 15-year-old boy in West Garfield Park in 2010 pleaded guilty last month and was sentenced to 23 years in prison.
A 36-year-old man from Palatine was in custody in Racine, Wis., on Tuesday, charged in the 1997 slaying of 14-year-old Amber Creek, whose beaten and nearly frozen body was found in a Wisconsin wildlife refuge.
About 7:20 p.m., three men, ages 27, 25 and 36, were in a convenience store in the 1600 block of West Howard Street when someone standing across the street opened fire.
The 24-year-old man was involved in an argument about 3:15 a.m. with a group of "several" males in a hallway near the exit of Hearts Night Club, 1115 N. North Branch St., when someone pulled out a handgun and shot the man in the chest.
Police in Racine County have arrested a suspect in the murder of Amber Creek. Her badly beaten and nearly frozen body was found near Burlington, Wis., in 1997.
A resident of the 100 block of Slocum Lake Road in Wauconda called police to his home about noon, believing that his roommate may be wanted by police and may have a stolen vehicle.
About one-quarter of victims of assaults failed to get counted in Chicago Police statistics for 2012, according to a just-released city Office of the Inspector General report.
The most recent fatal shooting occurred Saturday night in the South Side Burnside neighborhood.
Michael Flournoy III, 16, a sophomore who was on the football and wrestling teams at Simeon, was shot and killed near a relative's house Saturday night.
The woman, 32, was walking with two males at West 59th Street and South Campbell Avenue about 12:20 a.m. when two gunmen across the street opened fire.
- A teenage boy was shot to death Saturday night in the Burnside neighborhood on the South Side.
Two people were killed and at least 20 others were hurt in shootings across the city since Friday night.
Jeremiah Ellis, 28; and Ashley Patterson, 24, both of East Chicago, Ind., were arrested Friday in connection with a "takeover style" robbery at First Merchant Bank at, 4740 Indianapolis Blvd. in East Chicago, the FBI said.
Andre Alejandro, 25, pleaded guilty to the 2012 murder before Cook County Judge Thomas Gainer, according to court records.
Thieves busted out windows at a luxury retail store on the Gold Coast early Friday, and made off with hundreds of thousands of dollars in merchandise.
The 27-year-old man was found battered in the 7000 block of South Vincennes Avenue about 1:30 p.m. on March 26.
The man accused of holding a gun on 27-year-old David Campbell as he was tortured and killed in a north suburban Waukegan body shop in July 2011 was sentenced Thursday to 59 years in prison.
Romando Williams, 21, of the 7600 block of South Crandon Avenue, was charged with one felony count of aggravated battery/discharge of a firearm and one misdemeanor count of cannabis possession.
The man accused of killing a convenience store clerk and shooting a father of 10 asked for protective custody at his bond hearing Wednesday, but the judge denied his request.
The 44-year-old woman suffered a gunshot wound to the head about 8:25 p.m. after a male suspect fired shots into a gas station from the outside in the 900 block of North Pulaski Road.
Ciprian Tanase, 34, faces felony counts of aggravated DUI, failure to report an accident and driving on a revoked license, police said.
An Wednesday morning argument turned lethal after a Valparaiso man shot a Kouts man multiple times.
The 24-year-old was shot about 3:25 a.m. while she was traveling west in the 1200 block of Lawrence Avenue with two male passengers.
A man wanted in connection with the groping of two women in two south suburban Park Forest incidents may have attacked a teenage girl on Monday.
