Man shot in leg on West Side
The shooting happened around 9:45 p.m. in the 5100 block of West North Avenue.
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The shooting happened around 9:45 p.m. in the 5100 block of West North Avenue.
The victim, Zet Rodriguez-Lara, was described as a great father to his 6-month-old daughter, a friend, a son, and a brother.
As Chicago police continued to investigate the fatal shooting of a 24-year-old father last Friday, the two people arrested in connection with the shooting over the weekend were no longer in police custody.
The ages of the victims range from 16 to 68.
Six people approached the victim while he was near his car in the 5600 block of South Prairie Avenue
Joliet police said around 9:12 p.m., officers responded to a residence in the 200 block of Henderson Avenue for a report of two people who were shot.
"I tried to keep him alive for his kids," said a woman who provided first aid after the shooting.
Police said three men were near the sidewalk when they were approached by the four suspects, who pulled out handguns and fired shots.
Police said three men were near the sidewalk outside a liquor store when they were approached by the four men, who drove up in two cars, ran toward the store, and started firing.
Investigators marked at least 38 shell casings on the scene.
A home security camera captured a person running down Pittsburgh Avenue, away from the spot where the 24-year-old father had been shot in the chest.
Officers responded to a person shot and found the unidentified victim, between 18-25 years of age, with multiple gunshot wounds to the body in the rear stairway of a residential complex.
The victims were unable to provide further details of the incident.
The shooting happened around 4:30 a.m. in the 7400 block of South State Street in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood.
"Nicole had a lot of potential in her life."
The victim was walking around 7 a.m. when an unknown offender shot him in the chest, Chicago police said. He was taken to Loyola Hospital, where he died.
Friends and family members gather at a Near West Side apartment complex, still seeking justice one year since 44-year-old Nicole Watson was killed with no arrests.
A 24-year-old man was shot and killed while walking to work on Chicago's Northwest Side Friday morning.
Chicago police said the robbers targeted liquor and convenience stores and even restaurants, but in one case, a store employee fired back at one of the robbers.
A 24-year-old man was shot and killed while walking to work on Chicago's Northwest Side Friday morning.
The victim was taken to Loyola Hospital in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the chest and was later pronounced dead.
Initial reports from the Florida sheriff's office said the deputy who fired the fatal shot that killed 23-year-old Roger Fortson acted in self-defense, but the family says the deputy went to the wrong apartment.
The man accused of shooting his neighbor in the southwest suburbs is now being charged with a hate crime. John Shadbar, 70, appeared before a Will County judge on Thursday and was denied release. The Will County State's Attorney's Office outlined what they said was a clear history of issues between him and Melissa Roberson, a white woman who has two Black sons. Prosecutors said Shadbar would regularly antagonize them with racial slurs.
The man charged with shooting his neighbor in the southwest suburbs is now being charged with a hate crime. John Shadbar, 70, appeared before a Will County judge on Thursday and was denied release. The Will County State's Attorney's Office outlined what they said was a clear history of issues between him and Melissa Roberson, a white woman who had two Black sons. Prosecutors said Shadbar would regularly antagonize them with racial slurs.
Andrei Taylor, 27, was given the sentence during his appearance in federal court on Wednesday.
