2 Dead, 21 Others Shot In City Shootings Since Friday Night
Two people were killed and at least 20 others were hurt in shootings across the city since Friday night.
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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.
A woman was wounded in a Humboldt Park neighborhood shooting on the West Side Wednesday night.
Chicago Police are investigating a pastor's wife's claim that she was robbed early Wednesday morning by a suspect impersonating a utility worker on the West Side.
Joey Jones, 31, has been charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of 57-year-old Omar Maslat, a cashier at a convenience store in the 2400 block of West 63rd Street. He's also been charged with attempted murder in the shooting of 50-year-old Brion Payne in Uptown.
A 51-year-old woman and her two grandsons were shot while standing outside in the South Shore neighborhood. A neighbor said gunfire is so common, she wonders if she and her daughter might have to start wearing body armor.
The man, thought to be in his 50s, was shot in the chest about 6:15 a.m. in the 2400 block of West 63rd Street.
The first three months of the year saw 6 fewer murders than the same time frame in 2013--a 9 percent drop--and 55 fewer murders than 2012.
Jareem Jackson, 22, was found shot in the abdomen and lying in a doorway in the 2500 block of East 84th Street about 6:05 p.m.
About 9:30 p.m., the 26-year-old was found with two gunshot wounds to the head in the 11300 block of South Forest Avenue.
Taxi drivers in the northern suburbs have taken up a cause to remember a fellow driver who was shot to death while on the job.
The lone fatality occurred Friday afternoon in the Grand Boulevard neighborhood on the South Side.
A 13-year-old boy was shot Saturday afternoon in the Washington Park neighborhood on the South Side.
Chicago Police fatally shot a 19-year-old man after he pointed a gun at them, according to Fraternal Order of Police spokesman Pat Camden.
