More Than 1,000 Recreate MLK's March In Chicago, 50 Years Later
St. Sabina pastor Michael Pfleger had just finished his junior year in high school, and he was there when Martin Luther King got a hostile reception in Marquette Park.
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St. Sabina pastor Michael Pfleger had just finished his junior year in high school, and he was there when Martin Luther King got a hostile reception in Marquette Park.
It was an ugly moment. Fifty years ago, Dr. King came to advocate for fair housing practices. Infamously, he got hit by a stone in the head. CBS 2's Sandra Torres reports.
A 38-year-old man was fatally shot about 6:40 p.m. in the South Shore neighborhood, according to Chicago Police.
Most recently, Two people were shot to death Tuesday night in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side, police said.
The most recent shooting happened late Wednesday in the West Englewood neighborhood on the South Side.
Bond was set at $1 million for one of two men who were shot by an off-duty Cook County sheriff's deputy who witnessed them shooting at a vehicle Sunday night in the Southwest Side Marquette Park neighborhood.
An off-duty Cook County Sheriff's deputy shot two purported gang members Sunday night, after they allegedly shot at a car in Marquette Park.
The weekend's latest homicide happened Sunday morning in Englewood on the South Side.
The most recent homicides happened early Sunday in the Brainerd neighborhood on the South Side.
The most recent homicide happened Sunday afternoon in the Park Manor neighborhood on the South Side.
Most recently, a man was killed and another man was wounded in a shooting late Tuesday in the South Side Pilsen neighborhood.
The latest fatal shooting happened Sunday morning in the Marquette Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side.
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.
A 16-year-old boy was gunned down in the weekend's latest fatal shooting, which happened about 7:50 p.m. Sunday in the Rosemoor neighborhood on the Far South Side.
Chicago saw more than a weekend's worth of gun violence in one day Tuesday, with one man left dead and 17 people wounded in shootings, according to police.
CBS 2's Vince Gerasole gives us a sneak peek.
Three teenagers were shot outside of a high school Friday afternoon in the Marquette Park neighborhood.
Most recently, a man with a gunshot wound to the abdomen showed up at a Near West Side hospital early Monday. He was shot in the abdomen and was dropped off at the hospital, police said. Investigators could not immediately say where the shooting occurred.
About 9:50 p.m., the teen was sitting on a front porch in the 7100 block of South Francisco Avenue when someone walked up and shot him several times in the side and leg, police said.
On a hot summer day like today one might want to cool off in Lake Michigan, with the assurance that lifeguards have your back.
A police source said divers were searching for human remains after detectives received information that a man may have murdered his girlfriend, dismembered her and disposed of her body in the lagoon at the Southwest Side park.
Chicago police spent a large part of the day Tuesday at Marquette Park with the Water Department draining a lagoon on the east end of the park, and on Wednesday. Sources said investigators were searching for the body of Laneesha Miller, who disappeared three weeks ago.
About 9:30 p.m., the man was shot in the ankle in the 6500 block of South Maplewood Avenue, police said.
The most recent shooting happened about 11:40 p.m. in the North Lawndale neighborhood on the Southwest Side. A 14-year-old boy was outside in the 2200 block of South Central Park Avenue when an SUV drove past and someone inside fired shots in his direction.
Vandals have hit Marquette Park Golf Course for the third time in the last week and a half Tuesday morning.
