3 people shot in Morgan Park; 1 in critical condition
Chicago police are searching for suspects after a triple shooting in the Morgan Park neighborhood on Monday morning.
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Chicago police are searching for suspects after a triple shooting in the Morgan Park neighborhood on Monday morning.
The Chicago Police Department and the Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested the suspect on Friday around 8:30 a.m. in the 5800 area of State Route 154 in Pinckneyville, Illinois, 300 miles away from the crime scene.
Zavier Griffin, 21, faces 12 felony counts including first-degree murder.
It happened just after 12 p.m. on Nov. 6, 2023, in the 8900 block of od South Justine Street.
Results from water testing were expected Wednesday night. Officials hope to lift the boil order by Thursday morning.
The boil order was issued Wednesday as a precautionary measure for parts of Beverly, Morgan Park, and Auburn Gresham after a water main break at a pumping station Tuesday night.
The water main has since been repaired and is fully pressurized. However, the order was issued as a precaution.
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The Fire Department was working to extinguish the fire in the 2100 block of West 107th Place in Morgan Park Wednesday afternoon. Kris Habermehl reports from Chopper 2.
Gym members hope the heavy lifting of advocacy will save their gym from being the latest business closure on Chicago's South Side.
Plans to use the site in Morgan Park as a migrant camp were put on hold a week ago. The reasoning was that there was no serious need for the site.
City Hall said it needs to do a thorough investigation to make sure the site is safe.
Mayor Brandon Johnson and Ald. Ronnie Mosley (21st) confirmed "there are no immediate plans for" a migrant tent camp at 115th and Hasted.
Three Alderpeople sent a letter to Mayor Brandon Johnson on Wednesday demanding the resignations of seven of his appointed top staffers. The letter focuses on wasted taxpayer dollars and what they believe is failed leadership. Ald. Anthony Beale (9th) spoke to CBS 2 as one of the three who signed that letter.
This all comes after the state stepped in and nixed the migrant tent camp going up at 38th and California in Brighton Park.
A migrant tent camp in Brighton Park has been called off by the State of Illinois, but another one at 115th and Halsted streets may yet go ahead. CBS 2's Marybel Gonzalez reports.
The officer and agents were conducting an undercover investigation when Eugene McLaurin mistook them for rival gang members.
Ald. Ronnie Mosley (21st) agreed to back the plan after receiving an assurance from the mayor the lot in his ward would not be used as a migrant camp beyond Oct. 31, 2024.
Supporters of a bid to purchase a vacant Jewel site in Morgan Park to build a migrant tent camp agreed to delay a final City Council vote on Wednesday.
Sources have said the city plans to use the parking lot to set up a so-called "base camp" of winterized tents for up to 1,400 asylum seekers.
Chicago police said around 12:45 a.m., the 41-year-old woman was in an argument with the known offender, a 41-year-old man, who approached with a knife inside her residence.
"I want to see a moratorium on these type of businesses opening up in our city," said Ald. Matt O'Shea (19th). "This happens in communities all across the city of Chicago."
Ald. Matt O'Shea (19th) is also calling for a moratorium on such stores citywide. CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports.
Video footage shows two officers wrestling with Gordon-Hay over a gun, before two shots were fired.
