New Gage Park location proposed for ousted discount mall vendors
The new location is a vacant Kmart, and more than 40 ousted vendors from the Little Village Discount Mall are set to move in. CBS 2's Marissa Perlman reports.
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The new location is a vacant Kmart, and more than 40 ousted vendors from the Little Village Discount Mall are set to move in. CBS 2's Marissa Perlman reports.
Ald. Byron Sigcho Lopez (25th) hopes this will be a fresh start for these families.
Dozens of vendors who were kicked out of the Discount Mall building in Little Village will officially have a new home. The news comes amid an ongoing battle over leases at the Discount Mall, a place some of these vendors have been running their businesses for decades
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Robert Santos is described as a teen who loved his family.
The family of 18-year-old Robert Santos says he tried protecting them while they were driving in a car when shots rang out Monday. CBS 2’s Charlie De Mar sat down with Santos’ family on Tuesday.
Funeral arrangements have been announced for fallen Chicago Police Officer Andrés Mauricio Vásquez Lasso, who was shot and killed on Wednesday in Gage Park.
Prosecutors alleged the suspect, Steven Montano, tried to hide his firearm before encountering and shooting Officer Andres Mauricio Vasquez Lasso.
Charges were filed against the suspect, 18-year-old Steven Montano, on Thursday evening in the death of Officer Andres Vasquez-Lasso.
The 32-year-old officer was shot and killed while responding to a domestic dispute in the Gage Park neighborhood on Wednesday.
Vasquez-Lasso was shot and killed in the line of duty on Wednesday in Gage Park.
In that previous arrest, the 18-year-old was offered "an alternative to traditional prosecution," due to his age and lack of any previous criminal record. CBS 2's Sabrina Franza reports.
Officer Vasquez-Lasso was shot and killed upon responding to a domestic call in Gage Park on Wednesday. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
The 18-year-old suspect in the shooting that killed Officer Andres Vasquez-Lasso had previously been arrested on in connection with a shooting, but his charge was later modified to resisting arrest. CBS 2's Sabrina Franza reports.
The 32-year-old officer was shot and killed Wednesday in Gage Park. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
The officer responded to a domestic incident and was shot by an 18-year-old suspect, police say. CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports from Mount Sinai Hospital, and Marissa Perlman reports from the scene.
The officer was killed in a shootout with an 18-year-old suspect after responding to a domestic incident, according to Chicago Police Supt. David Brown. CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports from Mount Sinai Hospital, and Marissa Perlman reports from the scene.
Chicago Police Supt. David Brown and Mayor Lori Lightfoot hold a news conference on the tragic incident in Gage Park Wednesday.
Police were gathered at Mount Sinai Hospital, where the officer was taken Wednesday night. CBS 2's Jermont Terry is outside the hospital, Marissa Perlman is at the scene, and Kris Habermehl is in Chopper 2.
The officer was shot at 52nd Street and Spaulding Avenue Wednesday afternoon.
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The rope had been there for a few months.
The city came down and cut down the rope from a parkway tree after the homeowner refused to do so.
Suspect turns himself in, charged in Gage Park shooting
Fire officials said there was a high CO reading from a faulty furnace within the apartment.
