Woman who crashed Jeep in West Town had been robbing people all morning, police say
Mercedes Jackson, 26, was arrested on Thursday.
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Mercedes Jackson, 26, was arrested on Thursday.
The car had been stolen in Downers Grove. Police said charges were pending against the driver.
According to the people who live in the area, the SUV has been sitting in the bike lane outside 880 N. Milwaukee Ave., near Willard Court, for days.
Police told us neighbors should call 311 to report a vehicle that has been abandoned.
"Thirty to 45 more seconds, I'd have died of smoke inhalation out there, because it filled up that fast - that fast," said Mike Perry.
Four teenagers were injured in the shooting on the patio of the La Michoacana Ice Cream Shop across the street from the school at Milwaukee Avenue and Addison Street.
CBS 2's Jackie Kostek also spoke to a taco shop owner who said one of the victims hid in front of his shop. A total of four teenage boys were injured in the Wednesday shooting, as CBS 2's Jackie Kostek reports.
Four teenage boys were injured in the broad-daylight shooting on the patio of an ice cream shop outside the Northwest Side school, and one was left in critical condition. CBS 2's Jackie Kostek reports.
One 15-year-old boy was left in critical condition.
Police are searching for evidence and will have extra patrols at arrival and dismissal at the Northwest Side school starting Thursday. CBS 2's Charlie De Mar reports.
No one was in custody in the shooting as of early Wednesday evening. CBS 2's Charlie De Mar reports.
The shooting took place on the patio of an ice cream shop across from the school at Milwaukee Avenue and Addison Street. CBS 2's Charlie De Mar reports.
The shooting did not happen inside the school in the Old Irving Park neighborhood, but the school did go on lockdown. CBS 2's Charlie De Mar reports.
Phil Pinkawa, 57, of the 2900 block of North Troy Street, was arrested at his home on Thursday.
Back on April 6, chunks of concrete hit Annie Shea Wheeler, 22, in the head.
Nearly two weeks after chunks of falling limestone fell on her, fracturing her skull, as she was walking home in Wicker Park, Columbia College student Annie Shea Wheeler is still suffering symptoms of a concussion, and can't remember the moment she nearly died. CBS 2's Shardaa Gray reports.
Attorneys from Romanucci & Blandin filed an emergency complaint on behalf of the 22-year-old woman against the owner of the building at 1227 N. Milwaukee Ave.
New details emerged Thursday about a crumbling Wicker Park building, in front of which a woman was critically injured when part of the façade fell a day before. CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot reports.
New details emerged Thursday about a crumbling Wicker Park building, in front of which a woman was critically injured when part of the façade fell a day before.
Witnesses told CBS 2 the sound of concrete and a heavy sign crashing through the scaffolding around the building could be heard blocks away. CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports.
The 25-year-old woman was taken to Stroger Hospital of Cook County in critical condition.
A man has been charged with firing the shot that wounded another man at the Wicker Park music venue The Point over the weekend.
A man was shot and critically wounded in Norwood Park late Sunday, when another man demanded the keys to his Range Rover at gunpoint and the victim refused.
Five people were shot Wednesday evening as someone fired out the window of a car during a chase through the Fulton River District.
A driver hit the gas instead of the brake in Niles Wednesday afternoon and crashed into a building.
