Cook Co. sheriff's deputy shot, killed at gas station on Chicago's South Side
An off-duty Cook County Sheriff's deputy died after a shootout during a robbery attempt at a gas station in Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood.
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An off-duty Cook County Sheriff's deputy died after a shootout during a robbery attempt at a gas station in Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood.
Elgin police called the incident "isolated" and said all parties were accounted for. Kris Habermehl reports from CBS News Skywatch.
A Wisconsin was convicted and sentenced to time served Monday for threatening to shoot state lawmakers in 2022 if they passed a bill allowing teachers to carry firearms.
The ages of the victims range from 3 months to 53.
Hundreds rallied across the country Sunday night in memory of Sonya Massey, who was shot and killed by a sheriff's deputy in Springfield.
The outbound Dan Ryan Expressway between Roosevelt Road and 18th Street reopened Sunday evening after a shooting disrupted traffic for hours.
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Chicago police said the boy was on the sidewalk when shots were fired.
Late Friday, no one was in custody. Detectives were investigating.
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A teenager was killed and a man was gravely wounded in a shooting Friday morning in the Brighton Park neighborhood.
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The Davey Tree Expert Company said the victim was one of its employees who was on a jobsite at the time.
A person of interest, who has not been identified, was taken into custody, police confirmed Friday morning.
The shooting happened just before 9:30 p.m. in the 7100 block of South State Street in the Park Manor neighborhood.
A driver in a white car drove the victim to Jackson Park Hospital, where they dropped him off and left him.
The victim lost control of his car and hit the 19-year-old pedestrian.
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Two years before dozens of decomposing bodies were found inside the South Chicago Chapel funeral home, police in nearby Evergreen Park found two bodies in the owners' minivan outside their home.
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More than 100 Black-owned businesses were showcased at Soldier Field Sunday for Black on the Block.
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A family member said they spoke with him the night before he went missing, but didn't pick up on anything strange before he went missing.
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