Gangs, Weather, Reluctant Witnesses Drive Holiday Weekend Bloodshed
This year's Independence Day celebration, for many Chicagoans a four-day respite in the land of the free, was for others an ordeal in a killing field.
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This year's Independence Day celebration, for many Chicagoans a four-day respite in the land of the free, was for others an ordeal in a killing field.
One male was killed and another wounded Sunday afternoon in a shooting in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side, police said.
Police are searching for up to two suspects who robbed and attacked business owners and pedestrians on the Near West Side in the last two weeks.
A Gary teenager died Saturday morning after he was shot, according to the Lake County Coroner's Office.
Chicago Police have now charged a suspect with the shooting that left a five-year-old boy in critical condition.
A man was killed and seven others were wounded in a drive-by shooting Saturday on Chicago's West Side that the police said was gang-related.
As the mothers of several other murdered teens looked on, Tiffany Hardmon asked who gave the gunman the right to take her daughter Ashley from her.
Bond was set at $250,000 Saturday for a 21-year-old woman who authorities say was one of two people who robbed two employees of a Morgan Park neighborhood beauty supply shop last month of cash and thousands of dollars worth of hair extensions, after pepper-spraying them and beating them with a cell phone.
Nine men were killed and at least 48 other people, including two young boys, were wounded in shootings throughout the city so far this holiday weekend.
A suspect is in custody in connection with the shooting of a 5-year-old boy early Friday at a South Side park.
Two men have been charged with the murder of a man who was shot in the head Thursday and died a day later.
The four were gathered on a sidewalk in the 6000 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue when a male gunman walked up and opened fire about 12:35 a.m.
The man was standing on a porch about 9:40 p.m. in the 6200 block of South Marshfield Avenue when two males approached on foot and opened fire.
Six men were killed and at least 28 other people were wounded in shootings throughout the city so far this holiday weekend.
Dozens of people have been shot this long holiday weekend, including two boys who were just trying to enjoy family parties for the 4th of July.
A man said to be in his late teens was critically wounded Thursday during a confrontation with police in the Washington Park neighborhood on Chicago's South Side.
The violence began about 6:50 p.m. Wednesday when a gunman exited a green vehicle and shot 24-year-old Rayford Brown in the back in the 2400 block of East 79th Street.
He was in the 2400 block of East 79th Street about 6:50 p.m. when a male gunman got out of a green car and started firing, police said.
Two men were wounded when gunfire erupted during a Wednesday afternoon argument in the North Lawndale neighborhood.
Two people were shot to death just blocks apart on the West Side late Tuesday and early Wednesday morning in the Austin neighborhood.
A manhunt is underway by police in McHenry County for the ex-boyfriend of a woman left for dead this morning in her Crystal Lake home.
A street vendor was shot and killed early Tuesday at a gas station near an exit ramp from Interstate 57 in the Washington Heights neighborhood.
Two women were wounded by gunfire Monday during a drive-by shooting in the South Side Roseland neighborhood.
A man was shot and killed trying to outrun a gunman who opened fire on a group of people in a vehicle Monday night in the South Side Washington Heights neighborhood.
A man was killed in a shooting in the Washington Heights neighborhood on the Far South Side Monday night, police said.
