Chicago rideshare passenger shot and killed on city's South Side
A rideshare passenger was shot and killed in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood, and the shooter is still on the loose.
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A rideshare passenger was shot and killed in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood, and the shooter is still on the loose.
Police say a man would use the online selling platform to either sell or buy cell phones.
Police say a man used the online market, to sell or buy cell phones. When victims arrived near 63rd and Morgan, the man pulled out a gun and demanded the victim's money and cell phone.
According to police, the victim was standing outside when he was approached by an unknown male who pulled out a firearm and shot the victim one time in the upper chest area.
Chicago police said around 12:44 a.m., officers responded to an unresponsive man lying in the street in the 6600 block of South Green Street.
The victim suffered head trauma and was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition, where he died a short time later.
When the victims arrived to meet up with the man near 63rd and Morgan, the man pulled out a gun and demanded the victim's money and cell phone.
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Robert Austin, 42, was arrested and charged with three felony counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm at an occupied vehicle.
The victim was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.
There is no word about what led to the outage or when service is expected to resume.
He's already attacked people at four locations.
Police said the man claims he's selling a BMW on Facebook Marketplace. Then when he meets the victim, he pulls out a gun and robs them.
Witnesses said the crash resulted in a light pole hitting the worker, who was taken to the hospital.
The car that crashed in Englewood had been wanted out of south suburban Riverdale for more than a day. CBS 2's Marybel Gonzalez reports.
A Chicago Public Schools Safe Passage worker was among those injured in the crash at 63rd Street and Stewart Avenue. CBS 2's Shardaa Gray reports.
A white vehicle hit a light pole in the crash in Englewood. CBS 2's Shardaa Gray reports.
Chicago police said just after 6:30 p.m., the 53-year-old man was dropping off food, near 57th and Sangamon, when someone shot him in the chest.
A delivery driver was killed in a shooting and crash Monday night in Englewood. Chicago police said just after 6:30 p.m., the 53-year-old man was dropping off food, near 57th and Sangamon, when someone shot him in the chest.
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He was taken by the Chicago Fire Department to the University of Chicago Medical Center with a gunshot wound to the chest and was later pronounced dead.
There were two robberies in Englewood which the victims were trying to buy a dirt bike or motorcycle through Facebook Marketplace.
The robberies both happened Saturday, Jan. 20, a city block apart in Englewood.
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