Police investigate St. Charles home invasion
When a 25-year-old man showed up at the house to help, there was an exchange of gunfire.
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When a 25-year-old man showed up at the house to help, there was an exchange of gunfire.
Samuel Parsons-Salas is being held without bond in a shooting that killed three people and critically wounded a fourth in Portage Park. Parsons-Salas was also involved in a home invasion that left two people dead in 2009, and the mother of one of the victims says the latest shooting could have been prevented. CBS 2's Sabrina Franza reports.
We have been trying to get in touch with neighbors all day – but everyone with whom we spoke said the crime was so quiet, they had no idea it was even happening.
There are still three more suspects wanted in the home invasion and robbery in Englewood, in which two men were pistol-whipped -- one of them 74 years old. CBS 2's Sabrina Franza reports.
Three men still remain at large in connection with the home invasion, in which two men were pistol-whipped. CBS 2's Sabrina Franza reports.
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