Cops Fatally Shoot Boy, 15, In Englewood
Chicago police shot and killed a 15-year-old boy during a foot chase in Englewood late Sunday night, on the heels of the most violent weekend in the city so far this year.
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Chicago police shot and killed a 15-year-old boy during a foot chase in Englewood late Sunday night, on the heels of the most violent weekend in the city so far this year.
A pedestrian killed by a hit-and-run driver early Friday in the South Side Englewood neighborhood has been identified, authorities said.
Officers responded at 3:40 a.m. to the 6000 block of South Yale Avenue to a report of a pedestrian struck by a car, and found a 40-year-old man dead at the scene.
At least seven people were injured in shootings across the city Thursday night and early Friday. A Chicago Police officer also shot a teen who ran from officers during a street stop early Friday in the Northwest Side Portage Park neighborhood.
He was walking through a gangway in the 6400 block of South Normal Avenue about 2:35 a.m., when shots were fired from a light-colored sedan.
Two people were killed and at least 10 others were wounded by gunfire across Chicago since Tuesday evening.
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A pit bull that had already attacked one person in the Englewood neighborhood Wednesday morning was shot dead by a Chicago Police sergeant as it attacked a 16-year-old boy on his way to school.
The outbreak of shootings came after a two-week period of relative calm and, once again, coincided with an improvement in the weather, as temperatures climbed into the 80s.
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Bond was set at $2 million Saturday for a known gang member who fatally shot a man in the South Side Englewood neighborhood last March.
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One man is hospitalized with a gunshot wound suffered in a late-afternoon confrontation on the South Side.
One man was beaten to death at a CTA station, a 16-year-old boy was fatally shot and at least 15 other people were wounded in separate acts of violence across the city this weekend.
Two men were taken to area hospitals after being stabbed in the South Side Englewood early Sunday.
Gresham District officers were patrolling in a squad car when they heard shots fired and saw a weapon being thrown from a vehicle, and gave chase.
The state Department of Children and Family Services are investigating the death of a four-month-old girl Saturday at her South Side Englewood neighborhood home.
A man died after being shot in the head early Friday in the Englewood neighborhood.
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Police say a man and a woman were last seen speaking with the victim before the shooting.
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