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Alfreda Giedroj 62, is charged with first-degree murder in the Oct. 6 slaying of her granddaughter, 6-month-old Vivian Summers.
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Alfreda Giedroj 62, is charged with first-degree murder in the Oct. 6 slaying of her granddaughter, 6-month-old Vivian Summers.
After leaving a nearby nightclub with a man, a woman was stabbed several times when two people attacked them in the 1500 block of North Damen Avenue.
The woman, thought to be in her 40s, suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the back about 10:15 p.m. in the 8800 block of South May Street.
A teenage boy is in serious condition after he was shot Wednesday afternoon in the Southwest Side Ashburn neighborhood.
The star prosecution witness in the Allan Kustok murder trial testified Tuesday that a close-range gunshot was the likely source of blood spatter found on the front side of Kustok's clothes on the morning his wife died.
McCarthy, who has been one of the most vocal critics of the law allowing Illinois residents to carry concealed firearms in public, warned there will be confrontations that could escalate into deadly shootings.
Brion M. Dowdell, 22, of the 8300 block of South Justine Avenue, faces one felony count of first-degree murder in connection with the fatal shooting in the 8000 block of South Elizabeth Street.
The victim, a 33-year-old man, was found on the sidewalk in the 9200 block of South Stony Island Avenue about 11 p.m.
A man found dead Friday afternoon in the basement of his Roseland home on the South Side was shot in the face, an autopsy found.
Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy said February's homicide total was one of the lowest ever, and continued a trend of dropping violent crime that started more than a year ago.
Brion M. Dowdell, 22, of the 8300 block of South Justine Avenue, faces one felony count of first-degree murder in connection with the fatal shooting on Sunday in the 8000 block of South Elizabeth Street.
Ideary Mooney, 38, faces one felony count of first-degree attempted murder after he opened fire in a barbershop about 2:45 a.m. in the 9000 block of South Ashland Avenue.
Herbert Goode, 66, owner of Silver Cloud Gallery, 20 W. Ohio St., was shot in the chest in what appeared to be a robbery, Chicago Police said.
The 29-year-old was walking with a friend in the 400 block of West 117th Street a few minutes after midnight when shots were fired.
Police in Riverside are saying shoeprints left in the snow led to the arrest of three men who committed several robberies throughout the western suburbs.
A man was shot to death early Sunday in the West Pullman neighborhood on the Far South Side.
Four men were killed and five other people were hurt in shootings on the city's South and West sides since Saturday morning.
An 18-year-old was killed Saturday afternoon in the New City neighborhood on the South Side.
Two men were shot early Saturday in the Grand Boulevard neighborhood on the South Side.
A man was gravely wounded after a shooting in a barber shop early Saturday in the Washington Heights neighborhood on the South Side.
A 46-year-old woman was killed, and her 25-year-old daughter was critically wounded, when they were shot during an apparent domestic dispute in the Back of the Yards neighborhood.
A man was critically injured in a shooting in the West Garfield Park neighborhood Thursday afternoon, police said.
Two men were standing in the front vestibule of an apartment building in the 300 block of North Central Avenue about 1:25 a.m. on Dec. 14, when Phillip Allison allegedly entered and opened fire.
The 23-year-old man was sitting in his SUV about 3:25 a.m. in the 6900 block South Eberhart Avenue when someone walked up and opened fire.
In court proceedings over the past week, Allan Kustok's defense attorneys have taken pains to portray Jeanie Kustok as a paranoid wreck who was terrified that someone would invade the couple's alarm-protected Orland Park home.
