Plainfield Murder Trial Pushed Back To January Over Juror Issues
Gabriela Escutia, 24, of the 2700 block of Snowmass Court, faces two counts of murder in the death of 18-year-old Javier Barrios.
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Gabriela Escutia, 24, of the 2700 block of Snowmass Court, faces two counts of murder in the death of 18-year-old Javier Barrios.
"Even with the best policing in the world, without laws that help keep illegal guns off the streets and laws that provide real punishment for the dangerous criminals who carry them, we'll continue to face an uphill battle," McCarthy said.
Demarco Lyons, 22, was walking on the sidewalk in the 300 block of West 60th Place about 2:45 p.m. when an unknown man approached him and shot him once in the chest.
A man was shot and killed in Austin early Sunday morning.
Three men were shot near a bar in Englewood early Sunday.
Nobody is in custody for any of the shootings as area detectives investigate.
A 30-year-old man was shot and killed Saturday evening in north suburban Evanston.
A 38-year-old Highland man was shot to death Friday night near the Game Time Bar, 2949 165th St., in Hammond's Hessville section, the Post-Tribune is reporting.
A south suburban man was charged with the armed robbery of a wireless store Tuesday in northwest suburban Mount Prospect.
A male was stabbed in the Clearing neighborhood on the Southwest Side Saturday morning.
Three men were hurt in a shooting in the South Side Chatham neighborhood Tuesday afternoon.
A teenage boy was hurt in a shooting near a Chicago Public Schools Safe Passage Route in the Woodlawn neighborhood Monday afternoon.
One man is dead and another seriously wounded following a shooting Monday morning in the Edgewater neighborhood on the North Side, police said.
A South Side woman from the Woodlawn area tried to throw a Molotov cocktail at a relative's sister's minivan Saturday but was thwarted by another relative, Chicago Police said.
Two men were shot Sunday in the Logan Square neighborhood.
A shooting inside an East Chicago, Ind., home that left one man dead and his eight-month pregnant girlfriend hospitalized Saturday morning may have been gang-related, the Post-Tribune is reporting.
Three men were stabbed early Sunday in the Rogers Park neighborhood on the North Side.
A 15-year-old boy is the second suspect charged with the fatal beating of a Southwest Side teen and carjacking on New Year's Day.
A man was fatally shot Saturday in the Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side.
A man is dead and at least 12 people have been wounded in separate South Side shootings since the Thanksgiving weekend began Wednesday night.
A Chicago police squad car was stolen early Saturday, then recovered a short time later in the Brighton Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side.
olice are investigating an apparent murder-suicide as a man and woman were found shot to death in Bolingbrook Friday evening. Sources tell CBS 2's Courtney Gousman that they were mother and son.
The most recent shooting happened early Friday when a man was shot through a window while he was sitting in a home in the South Shore neighborhood.
A man was stabbed multiple times trying to break up a fight early Friday in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side.
One man, 27, was shot twice in the right arm, police said. The second man, 24, was also shot, but details on his injury were not yet known.
