2 killed, 7-year-old boy among 2 injured in Chicago
CBS 2's Darius Johnson reports four people were shot, two fatally, in Chicago's East Garfield Park neighborhood Sunday afternoon, according to CPD. One of those victims is a 7-year-old boy.
Watch CBS News
CBS 2's Darius Johnson reports four people were shot, two fatally, in Chicago's East Garfield Park neighborhood Sunday afternoon, according to CPD. One of those victims is a 7-year-old boy.
Among the victims is a 7-year-old boy who suffered a graze wound to the head.
The boy's mom, LaParis Jordan, has identified him as 7-year-old Aden Corothers. She said he was in good spirits as he was about to go get stitches Sunday evening and he would be kept at the hospital overnight for observation.
Joseph L. Tobias, 26, was arrested by Chicago police Friday morning in the 1900 block of West Ogden Avenue.
Chicago police arrested Tyquaries Young, 26, around 8:17 a.m. Friday, in the 1500 block of South Homan Avenue.
The victim found a gun inside the home and was discharged once - hitting the child in the chest, according to police.
Police found a gun inside the home where the boy was shot and killed.
The victim was taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition.
An investigation is underway after a teenage boy was found shot in the head in the East Garfield Park neighborhood Saturday morning.
An unknown male suspect approached her from behind and sexually abuse her, police said.
A groundbreaking will start the work on a new affordable housing development called Fifth City Commons - in honor of the Fifth City neighborhood.
A groundbreaking will start the work on a new affordable housing development called Fifth City Commons - in honor of the Fifth City neighborhood.
Both were shot multiple times throughout the body.
The victim suffered multiple gunshot wounds, police said.
The incident happened near Fulton Boulevard and Homan Avenue where paramedics were on the scene.
Chopper 2 spotted the aftermath of a multi-car crash in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on Wednesday evening. The incident happened near Fulton Boulevard and Homan Avenue where paramedics were on the scene.
The victim self-transported to Stroger Hospital in fair condition.
The fire started around 5:15 a.m. on the back porch of a vacant three-story apartment building at Carroll and Central Park avenues.
An abandoned apartment building caught fire Tuesday morning in the East Garfield Park neighborhood.
Police arrived at the crash and found two cars had collided at the intersection.
Police say she was identified as the suspect who stabbed and seriously hurt a 23-year-old woman, in the 700 block of South Albany Avenue.
A surveillance photo shows the suspects walking in an alley.
Police warning of a series of meetup robberies involving delivery and rideshare drivers in the East Garfield Park neighborhood.
Three times this month, a man called for food delivery or a rideshare. When the drivers showed up, the man pulled a gun and took food or cash, then drove off in the victim's car.
It will be built on vacant city land next to the Kedzie Avenue Green Line station in East Garfield Park.
