Marchers honor MLK with peaceful retracing of March into Marquette Park
People from different backgrounds joined for a journey towards peace.
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People from different backgrounds joined for a journey towards peace.
Thousands came together Saturday morning to honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Chicago Freedom Movement.
Three people were found dead Friday morning inside a home in the Marquette Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side of Chicago.
A woman's life was saved at Marquette Park over the weekend thanks to a group of bystanders who found her lying unconscious by the lagoon.
The two takeovers occurred two hours apart in Marquette Park and in the South Loop.
Chicago police responded to both scenes, but no one was arrested and no reports were generated.
A crash left one person dead and three others injured in Marquette Park on Chicago's Southwest Side early Monday.
The crash happened in a road inside the park off Kedzie Avenue.
The incident happened just before 6 p.m. in the 6700 block of South Western Avenue.
The driver hit and killed a 54-year-old woman who was crossing the street near 67th and Western and didn't stop, police said.
Police said a 30-year-old man was found unresponsive in the water around 9:40 a.m. in the 3300 block of West Redfield Drive.
Last June, 30-year-old Brian Rodriguez was shot and killed. Now Cook County Crime Stoppers is offering a $10,000 reward for information.
Lezly Martinez was last seen at 4:39 p.m. Thursday in the 7200 block of South Troy Street.
Police said the 23-year-old man was sitting in his car when someone opened the passenger side door and shot him.
It happened just after 11:30 p.m. in the 2600 block of West 66th Street.
The off-duty officer was taken to a local hospital for observation, police said.
The car has two white racing stripes down the center. It's believed to have an Indiana temporary registration license plate.
It's believed to have an Indiana temporary registration license plate.
Chicago police said just before 3 a.m., the girl was walking in the 2800 block of West 71st Street when a black BMW pulled up and an occupant from inside fired shots.
It will feature local food vendors, live music, and dance classes.
This is the last pop-up until the downtown Taste of Chicago which will run from Sept. 8 to 10.
Peoples Gas eventually shut off the leak.
Police say the men, 25 and 30, were outside when an unknown suspect approached and fired shots in their direction.
Police say the men, 25 and 30, were outside when an unknown suspect approached and fired shots in their direction.
The 16-year-old is charged with assaulting another boy earlier this month and carjacking a man in September.
