Robbers Target Victims Near Rogers Park CTA Stations
Police were warning CTA riders after three people were beaten and robbed as they left Red Line stations in Rogers Park.
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Police were warning CTA riders after three people were beaten and robbed as they left Red Line stations in Rogers Park.
In each robbery, the victim was walking from either the Morse or Loyola Red Line stations when they were approached by multiple people who hit them and took their property, according to a community alert from Chicago Police. The robbers took money, wallets, a back pack, work uniforms and a cell phone.
Police say he made his way into businesses at a Rogers Park commercial building last week.
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A 16-year-old boy was killed and an 18-year-old man was wounded in an Englewood neighborhood shooting about 4:45 p.m. on the South Side, police said.
The weekend's two latest homicides resulted from a mass shooting in the West Englewood neighborhood that left three more people injured late Sunday on the South Side.
A 35-year-old woman was found shot to death about 7:35 p.m. in the Avalon Park neighborhood on the South Side, police said.
The most recent fatal shooting happened Sunday afternoon in the Albany Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side.
The girl suffered a gunshot wound to the lower back about 2:45 a.m. in the 7100 block of North Clark, according to preliminary information from Chicago Police.
The latest homicide happened early Sunday in Chatham, where one man was killed and another injured on the South Side.
The 20-year-old was sitting in a vehicle in the 2300 block of West Arthur about 2 a.m. when three males walked up and one of them pulled out a handgun and opened fire, police News Affairs Officer Ronald Gaines said.
The body of the adult man, whose exact age was not known, was discovered about 5:35 a.m. on the beach in the 1200 block of West Touhy, according to preliminary information from Chicago Police.
Two commercial burglaries have been reported in the neighborhood since Jan. 26, according to a community alert from police.
Moise Kasongo of the 2000 block of West Jarvis Avenue was charged on a warrant for failure to appear, according to Chicago Police. Police initially said Kasongo was charged with aggravated battery/discharge of a firearm, but the Cook County state's attorney's office did not approve that charge.
The 20-year-old was shot twice in the chest about 11:50 p.m. in the 6800 block of North Ridge Boulevard, according to preliminary information from Chicago Police.
Ald. Joe Moore (49th) called the possible criminal nature of the fire, "very, very disturbing." He said detectives are looking for clues, including looking for any nearby video that might be helpful.
Eight firefighters were taken to hospitals with minor injuries, after battling an extra-alarm blaze at an apartment building in the Rogers Park neighborhood Monday morning.
Pengjun Shen, 28, who suffers from depression, has been missing from the 6800 block of North Sheridan Road since 1:30 p.m. on Jan. 4, according to a missing person alert from Chicago Police.
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Three postal carriers who have a combined 137 years with the U.S. Postal Service and military were given a little retirement send-off Wednesday morning at the Rogers Park post office.
A 26-year-old man has been arrested for robbing and raping a woman near a Red Line station in the Rogers Park neighborhood on Sunday.
The person turned himself in to detectives at 11 a.m. Monday, the morning after police released surveillance photos of the suspect, according to a Chicago Police source.
Several parents were demanding answers from the Chicago Public Schools on Thursday, saying their children's bus stop was moved to a more difficult and less safe location, without input from the community.
The homicide happened Saturday afternoon in the the Rogers Park neighborhood on the North Side. At 12:30 p.m., Eric Jordan, 25, was walking in the 1600 block of West Howard when someone walked up and shot him, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.
