Employee hurt in shootout with would-be robbers at West Town liquor store
The victim was shot in the left arm and was taken by the Chicago Fire Department to Stroger Hospital in fair condition.
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The victim was shot in the left arm and was taken by the Chicago Fire Department to Stroger Hospital in fair condition.
Kameron Freeman, 29, was arrested on Thursday and charged with one felony count of murder and one felony count of armed robbery with a firearm.
Chicago police said two armed men entered the store and announced a robbery. That's when the employee, a 45-year-old man, exchanged gunfire with the robbers before they left the scene on foot.
Police said they do not have any evidence that Xavier Tate Jr. targeted Officer Luis Huesca because he was an officer.
The victim self-transported to Holy Cross Hospital and then taken by ambulance to Mt. Sinai Hospital in critical condition.
A water bottle, DNA, and fingerprint evidence helped detectives track down the accused killer of Chicago Police Officer Luis Huesca, police said on Friday. Xavier Tate Jr., 22, was arrested on Wednesday in west suburban Glendale Heights, more than a week after Huesca, a six-year Chicago Police Department veteran, was shot and killed returning home from his shift on April 21.
The argument between two drivers quickly spiraled out of control when a silver SUV smashed the driver's side door of a black sedan and nearly missed a woman.
A road rage incident nearly took a deadly turn on DuSable Lake Shore Drive and 66th Street Wednesday afternoon when one driver sideswiped another, and then shots rang out. It was all captured on video.
A 29-year-old man was shot in the stomach and leg and later died at the University of Chicago Hospital.
Two men were shot in the incident at 67th Street and Blackstone Avenue.
Craig Messiah-Smith, 24, was Monday afternoon, just minutes after police said he shot two women inside a home in the 7400 block of South Ellis Avenue.
Shaunaria Watson was extradited to Chicago, police said.
A U.S. Marshals Service fugitive task force was attempting to serve a warrant in Charlotte when the shooting started, the police said.
They were shot near the sidewalk in the 1200 block of North Keeler Avenue around 1 p.m., according to Chicago police.
The ages of the victims range from 14 to 39.
Officer Huesca was shot and killed on April 21 as he was returning home from his shift.
"We will never feel the same," Luis Huesca's mother said.
It's a painful and emotional process that happens in the shadow of what has become an intense manhunt for his killer.
Steven Moore, 30, was charged with three counts of attempted murder.
Miram Chapman, 42, was arrested and charged with multiple felonies, including attempted first-degree murder
Andrean High School was placed on a temporary lockdown due to the incident taking place in close proximity.
Earlier this week, Reed's family filed a federal lawsuit against the City of Chicago and the five police officers involved in the shootout.
Xavier Tate Jr., 22, is charged with first-degree murder in an arrest warrant filed Friday.
Xavier Tate, Jr. 22, is still at large and is charged with first-degree murder in an arrest warrant filed Friday.
Chicago police say the girl was a passenger inside the car when shots were fired nearby by an unknown person.
