2 charged in Dolton mass shooting; including man free while awaiting murder trial
Torrey Lewis was awaiting trial for the 2017 murder of a disabled man at the time of the AutoZone shooting, and was free on electronic monitoring.
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Torrey Lewis was awaiting trial for the 2017 murder of a disabled man at the time of the AutoZone shooting, and was free on electronic monitoring.
Police said a 15-year-old boy got off a CTA bus near 115th Street and Wentworth in the West Pullman neighborhood just after 10 p.m. Tuesday and began walking on the sidewalk when someone walked up and shot him in the back. The shooter was wearing all black and a ski mask.
Police said a 15-year-old boy got off a CTA bus near 115th Street and Wentworth in the West Pullman neighborhood just after 10 p.m. Tuesday, and began walking on the sidewalk, when someone walked up and shot him in the back. The shooter was wearing all black and a ski mask.
Omotayo Kassim, 34, was charged with attempted murder, and aggravated discharge of a firearm from an occupied vehicle.
The victim was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in critical condition, while the firefighter was taken into police custody immediately after.
The victim was shot once in the back, and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition, police said.
The ages of the victims range from 16 to 41.
The 41-year-old man was in a parking lot around 1:41 a.m. in the 4700 block of West 47th Street, when he was in a fight with two women, Chicago police said.
Carol Stream police said officers encountered a "tense, uncertain, and rapidly evolving situation" that led officers to discharge their weapons at the alleged suspect.
In the last two weeks, six Chicago Public Schools students have been shot just steps from their schools.
In the last two weeks, six Chicago Public Schools students have been shot just steps from their schools.
The victim, a 30-year-old man, was taken to an area hospital in unknown condition.
At the scene, cars were left riddled with bullet holes – while police evidence markers numbered more than 40.
The victim was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in good condition, police said.
Four people were shot in an AutoZone parking lot in Dolton on Wednesday. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
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Police in Dolton have said nothing about the shooting this week outside an AutoZone on Sibley Boulevard. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
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The shooting that killed Daveon Gibson near Senn High School was one of just one of three that police are investigating in recent weeks that targeted or involved CPS students.
Daveon Gibson, 16, was shot and killed near Senn High School in Edgewater on Wednesday, and two other teens were wounded. This was the third incident in recent weeks in which CPS students were shot and killed near their schools, as CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports.
Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling said Wednesday that police will be present at schools following the attacks.
The most recent shooting killed a teenage boy near Senn High School in Edgewater, and police said there will be a stepped-up presence at arrival and dismissal times at Chicago schools. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
The most recent shooting happened in Edgewater near Senn High School and left a 16-year-old boy dead and two other teenage boys wounded. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling said three teenagers – all 15 or 16 years old – were walking along Thorndale Avenue when a vehicle pulled up, and several people got out with guns in hand and shot them all.
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