City Announces Plans To Convert Old Rail Line In Little Village, Pilsen Into 'Paseo' Path
The city of Chicago announced Sunday afternoon plans to convert an old railroad line into a four mile multi-purpose path in Little Village and Pilsen.
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The city of Chicago announced Sunday afternoon plans to convert an old railroad line into a four mile multi-purpose path in Little Village and Pilsen.
Most recently, a man was shot to death in the South Side Englewood neighborhood, police said. The 31-year-old was standing outside with a group of people in the 7000 block of South Morgan about 11:30 p.m. when several males walked up and someone opened fire.
The male, whose age was not known, was shot in the arm at 2:37 a.m. in the 3000 block of South Komensky, according to preliminary information from Chicago Police.
Several people had to jump from the second story of a Little Village two-flat, after a fire started inside, and flames blocked their only exit.
Most recently, a man was shot to death in the Wicker Park neighborhood Wednesday evening.
A 14-year-old boy was shot Friday evening in the Little Village neighborhood on the Southwest Side.
Chicago Police Interim Supt. John Escalante was the first police officer to respond to an armed robbery Thursday evening at a beauty supply store in the Little Village neighborhood on the Southwest Side.
Guillermo Camarillo is the son of undocumented immigrants. CBS 2's Sandra Torres reports.
Outraged parents staged a sit-in overnight at a Little Village elementary school to protest a planned merger with a neighboring high school.
A man was found shot to death in the street about 9:20 p.m. in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side.
The 18-year-old was walking about 8:30 p.m. in the 2300 block of South Trumbull Avenue when someone in a dark-colored SUV started yelling "gang slogans" at him, police said. That person exited the car and shot the man in both legs.
Someone walked up to a 35-year-old man about 4:30 a.m. in the 2600 block of South Homan Avenue and shot him in the abdomen, according to Chicago Police.
The latest homicide happened early Sunday in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side. About 2:15 a.m., 29-year-old Tyree White was outside with a 28-year-old woman near West 59th Street and South Wentworth Avenue when someone walked up and opened fire.
A man was fatally shot late Saturday in the Little Village neighborhood on the Southwest Side, according to police.
A 37-year-old man was fatally shot after he and another person broke into a Little Village neighborhood home late Wednesday on the Southwest Side, police said.
On Saturday, demonstrators pelted the home of Ald. George Cardenas (12th) with rocks and other debris. Three people – 23-year-old Efrain Montalzo, 29-year-old Javier Ramos, and 25-year-old Billie Kincaid – were charged with misdemeanor mob action, police said.
A 27-year-old man was in the back seat of a van about 2:40 a.m. in the 3300 block of South Pulaski Road when someone in a white SUV started shooting, according to Chicago Police.
A 17-year-old boy and an 18-year-old man have been charged with fatally shooting a man last November in the Little Village neighborhood on the Southwest Side.
The woman walked into the branch at 3636 W. 26th St. at 4:16 p.m. and announced a robbery, according to Chicago Police and the FBI.
The most recent fatal shooting happened Sunday night in the South Side Englewood neighborhood. Jimmy Jenkins, 28, was found unresponsive at 7:55 p.m. in a gangway in the 900 block of West 59th Street, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.
Chicago Police have released a surveillance image of a suspect in a homicide earlier this month in the Little Village neighborhood.
Police said the 34-year-old woman was bitten on the arm, neck, and face around 11 a.m. in the 2300 block of South Whipple Street.
Most recently, a man was shot to death early Monday in the West Side Austin neighborhood. Rashad Stokes, 29, was standing on the sidewalk in the 4800 block of West Madison about 1:30 a.m. when a male walked up and fired shots, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.
A 45-year-old woman was fatally shot in the Little Village neighborhood early Saturday.
There is a lot of buying power in Chicago's Mexican American community and new numbers show it's fueling the economic center of Chicago's Little Village neighborhood.
