Security boost in Chicago's West Ridge Jewish community after suspected hate crime
A man was shot while walking to synagogue last weekend in the area, and the suspect has now been charged with terrorism and a hate crime. Charlie De Mar reports.
Watch CBS News
A man was shot while walking to synagogue last weekend in the area, and the suspect has now been charged with terrorism and a hate crime. Charlie De Mar reports.
Darius Johnson talked with Ald. Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth (48th) about the shooting, and also met a woman who said violence in the area was the reason she decided to move.
The 9-year-old girl and the man, 45, were standing on the sidewalk near the south playlot outside William C. Goudy Technology Academy when unknown gunfire rang out. Sabrina Franza reports.
The shooting happened in the south playlot outside William C. Goudy Technology Academy in Uptown. Kris Habermehl reports from CBS Skywatch.
Luis Flores was driving in West Town when a red car crashed into him, and the driver shot and killed him when he got out of his car.
Waukegan police said the teen, along with a 14-year-old boy, were handling firearms and pointing them at each other in the 1300 block of Walnut Street.
Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi, 22, had already faced six counts of attempted first-degree murder, seven counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm, and aggravated battery.
Police said Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi shot and wounded a Jewish man on the way to synagogue in West Ridge, then fired at police and paramedics and was shot by officers. Charlie De Mar reports.
Chicago police said the man was arguing inside the store with another person who then pulled out a gun and fired shots in the victim's direction.
The suspected gunman was apprehended a couple of blocks away.
Emotions ran high among the families and friends of the two victims. They said they were targeted for appearing homeless.
The fast food worker accused of killing two customers inside a South Side restaurant where he worked earlier this month appeared in court on Tuesday. Emotions ran high with tears from the victims' families who said the men were targeted for appearing homeless.
Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi, 22, is charged with shooting a man who was on the way to synagogue in West Rogers Park and then firing at police officers and paramedics. Charlie De Mar reports.
The suspect whom Chicago police shot and critically wounded on the city's North Side on Saturday after he allegedly shot a man and then opened fire on police and paramedics was charged with attempted first-degree murder.
The suspect whom Chicago police shot and critically wounded on the city's North Side on Saturday after he allegedly shot a man and then opened fire on police and paramedics was charged with attempted first-degree murder.
The shooting happened right outside the Loyola Red Line stop. Kris Habermehl reports from CBS Skywatch.
The ages of the victims range from 15 to 57.
Neighbors said the victim was on his way to synagogue in an area with a large Orthodox Jewish population.
Jewish residents in a North Side neighborhood said they fear the shooting that preceded a shootout with police on Saturday may have been a hate crime. Police said the suspect shot a 39-year-old man, then later turned the gun on police and paramedics. Officers then shot and critically injured the suspect.
Paramedics were attending to a 39-year-old man who had been shot in his shoulder when an unknown suspect shot a gun toward responding officers and struck a Chicago Fire Department ambulance.
The suspected shooter fired at officers multiple times, was hit by police, and taken to a hospital in critical condition.
Chicago police shot and critically injured a man who allegedly shot at police officers on the city's North Side Saturday morning.
Chicago police said the two men, both 22, were standing in a parking area when someone inside a dark-colored SUV fired shots.
The victim was struck in the head by gunfire and died at the scene. Another man was also hurt.
The shooting happened just after 12:30 a.m. in the 3500 block of North Belmont Harbor Drive.
