2 men shot after causing disturbance at CTA Red Line station in South Loop
The men, 20 and 25, were on a stationary train causing a disturbance when a male offender fired shots, police said.
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The men, 20 and 25, were on a stationary train causing a disturbance when a male offender fired shots, police said.
The shooting happened in the 3800 block of West Gladys Avenue around 10:42 a.m.
A weapon was recovered and police are questioning a person of interest.
The teen was a passenger inside a car, in the 8700 block of South Marquette Avenue around 12:40 a.m., when someone in a gold-in-color Kia SUV fired shots, according to police.
The victim was driven to Trinity Hospital and was transferred to Comer Children's Hospital in serious condition with a gunshot wound to the chest.
A weapon was recovered and police are questioning a person of interest.
Police said an argument during a basketball game inside the gym spilled out into the parking lot just after 8 p.m.
Bullet holes were left in the side of the white tow truck after the shooting at California Avenue. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
Police say an argument during a basketball game inside the gym spilled out into the parking lot just after 8 p.m.
The driver’s coworkers said he was recovering, as Illinois State Police continued to investigate the shooting. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
Francisco Antonio Miranda, 39, was arrested on Thursday, in the 4800 block of West Cermak in Cicero, by members of the Chicago Police Department and the Great Lakes Fugitive Task Force.
A woman called around 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday to report someone had broken into her home in Joliet, police said.
Joliet police said they arrested a man they said broke into a home and fatally shot a woman inside.
Police say the shooting happened in the area of the 2000 block of East Touhy Avenue.
Carlos Sanchez, 24, was shot and killed this week not far from Back of the Yards College Prep, where he was a star on the soccer field. CBS 2's Marybel Gonzalez reports.
Sources said the teen attends nearby Phoenix STEM Military Academy which is just blocks from the Blue Line stop.
CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot reports from Stroger Hospital where the boy is being treated. A fire department spokesperson said the teen was brought here in stable but serious condition
Sanchez was shot dead outside his alma mater, Back of the Yards College Prep.
The 14-year-old boy died at the scene, while the 65-year-old man was pronounced dead at the hospital.
The shooters fled west on 61st Place in a gray vehicle. No one was in custody late Tuesday.
A 16-year-old boy opened fire and struck three others, and he too was also shot, in the incident in the Brainerd neighborhood.
Police found the victim and his bullet-ridden car at a car wash nearby.
The ages of the victims range from 16 to 63.
The victim was shot in the torso and was taken to Stroger Hospital in fair condition.
One man is dead following a triple shooting in the Humboldt Park neighborhood early Saturday morning.
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Police said the ages of the victims in this weekend's shootings range from 15 to 70.
According to Chicago police, the victims were shot following an argument between an unknown male and a group of other males on a CTA Bus that turned into a fight.
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Chicago police said the suspect shot and wounded another man hours before his arrest.
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It was Thanksgiving Eve 2020, and Melissa Lamesch was excited about the upcoming birth of her first child. Investigators would learn there was someone who was not as enthused — the expectant father, firefighter Matthew Plote.
Police said the ages of the victims in this weekend's shootings range from 15 to 70.
According to Chicago police, the victims were shot following an argument between an unknown male and a group of other males on a CTA Bus that turned into a fight.
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