Family wants justice after stray bullet kills 7-year-old Akeem Briscoe
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.
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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.
The shooting at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School prompted hundreds of students to leave the building, many of them running.
A night of racing turned deadly after a shooting in Brighton Park where police said someone opened fire, hitting five people and killing three of them. Arthur Lurigio, professor of criminal justice and psychology at Loyola University Chicago, told CBS 2 he agrees that a crowd like the one seen on Sunday required a more robust response.
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.
A Greyhound employee was shot and killed late Monday morning outside the company's West Loop bus station.
It happened in the 700 block of E. 131st Street.
Several donut circles were still visible Sunday at the intersection of Archer and Kedzie.
The ages of the victims range from 12 to 61.
Police said four people were standing near the street when someone in a dark colored sedan started shooting.
The suspect's parents are also facing prosecution, accused of making a gun accessible to their son and ignoring his need for mental health treatment.
