Man Charged With Fatally Shooting Fiancee While Teen Daughter At Home
Rory Watson, 57, faces a first-degree murder charge in connection with the fatal shooting of 56-year-old Beatrice Jones, according to Cook County prosecutors.
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Rory Watson, 57, faces a first-degree murder charge in connection with the fatal shooting of 56-year-old Beatrice Jones, according to Cook County prosecutors.
The most recent shooting happened at 11:20 p.m. in the South Side Gresham neighborhood, leaving one man dead and another wounded.
The latest fatal shooting happened about 2 a.m. Monday when a 28-year-old man was found shot to death on the Southwest Side.
The day's latest shooting happened about 11:30 p.m. in the Canaryville neighborhood on the South Side.
Someone began firing Dec. 15 near 78th and Ashland, and bullets hit a 28-year-old man in the ankle and also a 14-year-old boy who was on the bus.
A 13-year-old boy was shot and critically wounded about 8:30 p.m. in the Gresham neighborhood on the South Side.
In each incident, a weapon was shown before the victim's vehicle was stolen, according to Chicago Police.
Wednesday's latest shooting happened about 8:45 p.m. during a robbery in the Gresham neighborhood on the South Side.
In each incident, the victims were parking near their homes when they were confronted by armed suspects who forcibly took their cars.
The boy was holding a gun when it accidentally went off, striking him in his head, according to Chicago Police.
The day's latest shooting happened about 11:30 p.m. in the McKinley Park neighborhood on the South Side.
The weekend's latest fatal shooting happened about 12:30 p.m. Sunday in the South Side Gresham neighborhood.
A SWAT team was called after a man barricaded himself inside a Gresham neighborhood home Friday afternoon on the South Side.
Two 17-year-old boys, a 38-year-old man, and two women were wounded in a shooting in the 8000 block of South Marshfield around 1:15 a.m.
The day's latest shooting happened at 11:48 p.m. in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side.
Evergreen Park police initially tried to pull a vehicle over for a broken taillight, but the vehicle sped away, according to Chicago Police.
A 47-year-old woman was wounded in the most recent shooting, which happened at 7:54 p.m. in the South Side Gresham neighborhood.
The most recent fatal shooting happened at 3:38 p.m. in the West Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side.
A man was forced out of his vehicle and shot Thursday night in a South Side Gresham neighborhood carjacking near the Auburn Park Lagoon.
The holiday weekend's latest killing happened at 10:55 p.m. Monday in the LeClaire Courts neighborhood on the Southwest Side.
Four men were killed and at least 30 other people were wounded in shootings across the city's Labor Day weekend.
A SWAT team responded early Monday to a Gresham neighborhood apartment, where someone was barricaded inside, authorities said.
Police say the suspect crashed into a 38-year-old woman trying to cross the street around 8:30 Saturday night.
Ceasar Douglas was last seen in the 8300 block of South May, according to a missing person alert from Chicago Police.
The man was the latest of 368 people killed in gun violence this year, adding to the more than 2,096 people shot in the city this year.
Chicago's win was the team's first of the season after losing 4-0 to Angel City FC last weekend.
The Chicago Fire Department said it happened in a restaurant in the mall's pedway, in the stretch that connects the CTA Red and Blue lines.
Police said that the victim was approached by an unknown man, who attempted to lure the victim just before 10 a.m. on Saturday.
It was reported that the bus carrying 54 people exited northbound I-43 onto North Webster Avenue when it crossed the roadway and went over an embankment.
Bedard scored his team-leading 29th goal, and Nick Lardis connected as the Blackhawks lost their second straight.
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A 26-year-old man and two other men of unknown age were all in the driveway of an apartment complex when someone shot them.
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The shooting happened last Thursday as Gorman, 18, was walking with her friends near the pier at Tobey Prinz Beach at Pratt Boulevard to see the Northern Lights.
Two Illinois State University students were among six people wounded in a mass shooting in downstate Normal, Illinois, early Sunday.
It was reported that the bus carrying 54 people exited northbound I-43 onto North Webster Avenue when it crossed the roadway and went over an embankment.
The Chicago Fire Department said it happened in a restaurant in the mall's pedway, in the stretch that connects the CTA Red and Blue lines.
Chicago police on Sunday were looking for the driver behind a hit-and-run that left a teenage girl dead in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood.
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Chicago's win was the team's first of the season after losing 4-0 to Angel City FC last weekend.
Bedard scored his team-leading 29th goal, and Nick Lardis connected as the Blackhawks lost their second straight.
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Chicago police on Sunday continued to question a person of interest in the shooting that killed Loyola University student Sheridan Gorman in Rogers Park.
Two Illinois State University students were among six people wounded in a mass shooting in downstate Normal, Illinois, early Sunday.
Chicago police were investigating Sunday morning after a man was found shot in the head in the city's Auburn Gresham neighborhood.
One person was killed and two others were wounded in a shooting in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood Saturday night.
The ages of the victims range from 22 to 57, according to Chicago police.
