Man Critically Wounded In Little Village Shooting
About 9:50 p.m., the 19-year-old was walking in the 2300 block of South Rockwell Street when a black SUV pulled up and someone inside opened fire, striking him several times, police said.
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About 9:50 p.m., the 19-year-old was walking in the 2300 block of South Rockwell Street when a black SUV pulled up and someone inside opened fire, striking him several times, police said.
James Jones, 21, tried to protect his 46-year-old mother Alicia Jones on the front porch of their home when a gunman opened fire from a gangway about noon Saturday in the 8400 block of South Colfax, according to their family and authorities.
Two males were killed in the most recent fatal shooting early Sunday in the West Side Austin neighborhood, police said. The two were driving in the 1600 block of North Cicero about 3:50 a.m. when a light-colored vehicle pulled up alongside and someone inside fired shots.
Police are warning residents about a man who tried to lure a 14-year-old girl into a car Wednesday morning in the Little Village neighborhood on the Southwest Side.
A man was shot to death in the Little Village neighborhood early Saturday, police said.
Late Wednesday night, one man was killed and another man was injured in a shooting outside of a Logan Square neighborhood store on the Northwest Side, police said.
A third man has been charged with injuring an infant and a toddler last week by throwing objects at a family's vehicle in the Little Village neighborhood on the Southwest Side.
Two young men have been charged with felonies, after injuring two children when they threw a fire hydrant cap through a car window.
Minutes after a jury returned guilty verdicts for 21-year-old Juan Barraza, Cook County Judge Stanley Sacks convicted 19-year-old Luis Hernandez for Aliyah Shell's murder.
Police are searching for a man who put his arm around a 13-year-old girl's neck and then chased her when she escaped on her way to a Little Village School last week on the Southwest Side.
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A west suburban man was killed in the most recent fatal shooting Wednesday afternoon in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side.
A teenage boy was shot and killed Thursday afternoon in the South Shore neighborhood. About 6 p.m., 16-year-old Amari Sutton was found outside in the 1400 block of East 73rd Street with gunshot wounds to the chest and neck, police said.
Police say the 40-year-old victim was in his own car near 31st and Komensky when two suspects walked up and fired shots in his direction.
The most recent fatal shooting happened early Sunday in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood on the Northwest Side. About 6:30 a.m., a 34-year-old woman and a man – thought to be in his 20s – were walking in the 2700 block of North Lavergne when someone got out of a car and opened fire, police said.
Crews responded to the 3200 block of South Kedzie Avenue about 8 a.m. No one was injured, according to Fire Media Affairs spokesman Will Knight. The building was set to be demolished, Knight said.
A man suspected of robbing a Near West Side bank last week held up another bank branch Monday, officials said.
Manuela Rodriguez, of the 2800 block of South Avers Avenue, has been charged with one count of first-degree murder in the death of 7-month-old Rose Herrera.
A 52-year-old woman was taken into custody Monday morning in connection with the murder of a 9-month-old girl in the Little Village neighborhood.
The 16-year-old was charged with one felony count of aggravated battery with discharge of a firearm and one misdemeanor count of criminal trespass to a vehicle, police said.
Two people were shot Tuesday night and a Chicago Police officer opened fire on the gunman in the Little Village neighborhood on the Southwest Side.
A robbery Sunday evening in the Austin neighborhood left a man dead and an 8-year-old boy injured. Ron Hernandez, 45, was standing on the sidewalk about 5:55 p.m. in the 5200 block of West Washington when someone walked up and announced a robbery, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.
A man was shot to death Friday afternoon in the Little Village neighborhood on the Southwest Side, police said.
A teenage boy was shot Tuesday evening in the Little Village neighborhood on the Southwest Side.
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