Chicago Police warn of group of robbers armed with metal pipes, brass knuckles
Two or three robbers in black hoodies and ski masks demanded passcodes for victims' phones in 10 incidents.
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Two or three robbers in black hoodies and ski masks demanded passcodes for victims' phones in 10 incidents.
A pregnant mother had sought an order of protection before she and her 11-year-old son were attacked in their Edgewater neighborhood home on Wednesday. The stabbing attack resulted in the boy's death.
The car was recovered shortly after near the 3300 block of West Devon Avenue, police said.
The robberies happened between Jan. 19 and Feb. 8 in the Bowmanville, Rogers Park, West Ridge, Irving Park, and Edgewater neighborhoods
Police believe he hit four businesses - two in December and two in February.
Surveillance video shows the suspect pull a gun and grab money from the cash register.
"We heard seven, eight, nine gunshots all in succession."
Three of the victims were transported to Ascension St. Francis Hospital in Evanston and were listed in critical condition. A fourth person was transported to Swedish Covenant Hospital in serious condition.
The husband and wife said they were walking back from Cody's Public House bar when they were approached by two men.
The owners of a smoke shop in Forest Glen were recovering after three men targeted their business around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday morning.
No one is in custody in any of the incidents.
She was taken to Lurie Children's Hospital and was later pronounced dead.
The victim, who has a FOID card and concealed carry license, and then the offender exchanged gunfire.
CBS 2's Mugo Odigwe reports the offender fled in one of two sedans parked nearby. Police said it's unknown whether the offender was hit.
The burglaries happened on Jan. 7 in the Logan Square, Uptown, and Edgewater neighborhoods between 5:30 and 6 a.m.
CBS 2's Sabrina Franza reports parents at the North Side school said they were pleased with the way the no-power situation was handled for the students.
CBS 2's Marissa Perlman reports that CPD Supt. Larry Snelling said officers were responding to an attempted crash-and-grab burglary at the Prada store in the 100 block of East Walton Street just after 4 a.m.
This comes after another rideshare driver was shot during an attempted carjacking in the Austin neighborhood Wednesday night.
The victim, a 44-year-old woman, was sitting in her car when a black SUV, possibly a Jeep, pulled up next to her. One person jumped out and pointed a gun at her - demanding her possessions, police said.
According to Vasquez, someone set fire to several trash dumpsters in the Lincoln Square and Ravenswood area on Wednesday.
Chicago police said the victim was driving his car when an unknown offender fired shots in his direction from a passing car.
The victims, both 27, were walking on the sidewalk when an occupant in a brown sedan fired shots.
The burglars fled the scene with a cash register from one business and an electronic device from the other.
The victim was on the ninth floor of the building and suffered smoke inhalation. The fire was contained to one unit.
The burglaries happened within 20 mins between 3:40 a.m. and 4 a.m. in the 6000 block of North Broadway.
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A panel for the U.S. Central District Court of California ruled Democrats can proceed in using their redrawn congressional maps for the 2026 midterm elections.
U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) and Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago President Kari Steele met Wednesday to talk about securing federal funding owed to the district for the Thornton Composite Reservoir.
U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (D-Illinois) on Wednesday formally introduced three articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson held a roundtable discussion Wednesday morning with leaders within the Chicago Police Department and violence prevention partners.
The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in favor of Illinois Rep. Michael Bost, a Republican.
Police in the west Chicago suburb of Geneva are warning of a scam involving spoofed phone numbers.
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Part of the Indiana Toll Road has been shut down near South Bend, after a string of crashes involving nearly 30 vehicles on Wednesday afternoon.
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U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (D-Illinois) on Wednesday formally introduced three articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
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Two teens stood charged Wednesday with carjacking a man at gunpoint in Chicago's Edgewater neighborhood this week, and one of them was also charged in two different robberies at CTA Red Line stops last year.
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