Portage Park mass shooting suspect held without bail
Samuel Parsons-Salas, 32, was charged with the murder of three people, and the attempted murder of a fourth.
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Samuel Parsons-Salas, 32, was charged with the murder of three people, and the attempted murder of a fourth.
Under a plea agreement, he was expected to be sentenced to 10 to 16 months in prison, but the final decision was up to the judge.
What began as a typical fare for an Uber driver ended with the woman being robbed and stranded. It happened this past weekend. CBS 2's Andrew Ramos spoke to the victim in a story you'll only see on 2.
A judge ruled that the man charged with murdering three people and critically wounding another in the mass shooting outside of a party in Portage Park over the weekend would be held without bail.
A third victim was hospitalized with a gunshot wound to the head and listed in critical condition.
The unknown suspect approached the woman and demanded money or he would shoot her, implying he had a firearm.
Authorities said two men in a stolen car caused the crash and ran away.
Chicago police are asking for the public's help to identify a suspect in a robbery that took place Monday on the CTA Green Line train. Police said the suspect robbed a woman on the train traveling westbound from Morgan to Ashland. The incident happened in the 1600 block of W. Lake Street around 6:50 p.m. on Monday.
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The FBI and Oak Park police are looking for the people responsible for robbing an armored truck. It happened Monday morning just before 9 a.m. outside a Chase Bank near Madison and Clinton Avenue.
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Chicago police are asking for the public's help to identify the person they said pepper sprayed and robbed a CTA bus driver last month. The incident occurred in the 6300 block of South Stony Island on Nov. 9, police said.
Police sources said detectives have been showing photos of the suspects to witnesses in more than a dozen carjacking.
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A scam caller pretending to be from Chase Bank changed everything.
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Richard Allen's attorneys also said their client was the one who reached out to police first about the crime in 2017.
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The alleged carjackings and robberies all took place in mid-late August, according to Chicago police
Prosecutors also said they believe multiple witnesses saw the suspect that day near the crime scene.
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This week marks Identity Theft Awareness Week, and Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza emphasized some safety tips Monday for avoiding and dealing with identity theft.
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Protesters on Tuesday were cranking up the heat on Peoples Gas over a recently proposed rate hike that would add an additional $10 to $11 a month to utility bills.
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Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital announced this week that it is planning to open a new pediatric hospital in the west Chicago suburb of Downers Grove.
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Leaders from Cook County, the Illinois Department of Human Services, and the Greater Chicago Food Depository denounced changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Wednesday.
The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center has received a grant from The Ralph Lauren Corporate Foundation for a new cancer center.
Chicago's Lurie Children's Hospital said Tuesday that it is no longer initiating gender-affirming medical treatment for minors.
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January may be the coldest time of the year, but Chicago is already looking forward to summer farmers' markets.
A development proposal issued this month calls for the replacement of a building housing a Giordiano's pizzeria in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood with a new mixed-use building with 28 residential units.
United Airlines flight attendants picketed outside Chicago's Willis Tower Thursday morning as they fought for a new contract.
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A $10,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest after a Chicago city employee was found shot to death Friday morning inside an apartment in the West Ridge neighborhood.
The 2026 Chicago Auto Show kicks off at McCormick Place on Saturday.
A man was shot in the leg inside a home on Chicago's West Side early Saturday morning.
Police in Chicago's south and southwest suburbs are teaming up to target thieves targeting video gambling machines, which have become an increasingly popular target for burglary crews.
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