Chicago shooting: 12-year-old boy shot near West Side sidewalk
The boy was transported to Stroger Hospital where he was initially reported in good condition.
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The boy was transported to Stroger Hospital where he was initially reported in good condition.
"This was a senseless act of violence that should not have escalated to the loss of Mr. Khamo's life," Chicago Police Supt. David Brown said.
Sean Dunnavant is charged in the murder of West Ridge liquor store owner Salim Khamo. CBS 2's Marissa Perlman reports.
Sean Dunnavant, the suspected shooter in the murder of Salim Khamo, has a lengthy criminal history. CBS 2's Marissa Perlman reports.
Sean Dunnavant, 53, is charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of 66-year-old Salim Khamo, owner of J & K Food & Liquor. CBS 2's Marissa Perlman reports.
The victim was taken to Christ Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Akeem was washing his hands in the bathroom of his Humboldt Park home when he was struck and killed by a stray bullet Wednesday night. CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports.
The gunman had come on a bus from Minneapolis and had waited for the victim to arrive, police said.
Akeem was washing his hands in the bathroom of a Humboldt Park home when a stray bullet struck him. CBS 2's Tara Molina talked to his uncle.
Police said a 24-year-old woman was shot in the body and backside, before the shooter, a 26-year-old man turned the gun on himself.
The boy was in the bathroom when a bullet came through the window and struck him.
He was rushed to University of Chicago Medical Center with multiple gunshot wounds and later died from his injuries.
Chicago Police Deputy Chief Ron Pontecore has an update after a stray bullet left a boy critically wounded Wednesday night.
The woman was on the sidewalk when she was hit in the head and left leg, police said.
The woman was on the sidewalk when she was hit in the head and left leg, police said.
Police said a relative who turned himself in was questioned by detectives, and police do not believe the shooting was intentional.
A family member has been released without charges, after accidentally shooting and killing an 8-year-old boy was shot and killed Monday evening in the Bronzeville neighborhood.
Police said the victim parked in front of the station, got out of the car, and walked toward the station, when someone walked up and shot him several times.
A Greyhound employee was shot and killed late Monday morning outside the company's West Loop bus station.
A man and woman were in a car in the southbound lanes of DuSable Lake Shore Drive near 45th Street when they were shot.
Police said the suspect approached the woman and demanded items from her.
Late Monday, police weren't saying much about the circumstances that led to the shooting or who pulled the trigger. CBS 2's Charlie De Mar reports.
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A Greyhound employee was shot and killed late Monday morning outside the company's West Loop bus station. Chicago Police Deputy Chief Jill Stevens said, shortly before 11:30 a.m., a man parked in front of the Greyhound station at Harrison and Jefferson streets, got out of his car, and started walking toward the station, when someone walked up and shot him several times.
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Chicago police were involved in a shooting Thursday afternoon in the South Chicago neighborhood, according to the Civilian Office of Police Accountability.
Police in Kenosha, Wisconsin on Thursday were investigating a shooting that left one teen dead and another injured, while a third teen suffered a head injury.
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A 17-year-old boy is charged in a shooting that wounded seven teens downtown right after the city's Christmas tree lighting ceremony.
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Chicago police were involved in a shooting Thursday afternoon in the South Chicago neighborhood, according to the Civilian Office of Police Accountability.
An Oswego, Illinois man has pleaded guilty to phishing hundreds of women's to get access to their Snapchats and steal, sell, trade and keep nude photos.
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Chicago police were involved in a shooting Thursday afternoon in the South Chicago neighborhood, according to the Civilian Office of Police Accountability.
Police in Kenosha, Wisconsin on Thursday were investigating a shooting that left one teen dead and another injured, while a third teen suffered a head injury.
Chicago police on Thursday were investigating two attempted burglaries involving ATMs in two city neighborhoods in the early-morning hours.
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A 17-year-old boy was charged Thursday in a shooting that wounded seven teens in front of the Chicago Theatre downtown right after the city's Christmas tree lighting ceremony in November.
