Teen killed, Laquan McDonald's cousin injured in Douglass Park shooting
A fire department source said the shooter was a lifeguard who was fixing a bike before he sprang up and began shooting.
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A fire department source said the shooter was a lifeguard who was fixing a bike before he sprang up and began shooting.
Officers found the victim, identified as 56-year-old Alonzo Smith, unresponsive in the front yard with a gunshot to the head and left hand.
A Chicago police officer fired a shot during a chase in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood on Thursday night.
The 14-year-old boy was shot in the neck. The second victim, a male of an unknown age, was shot in the back.
The victims were on a walkway in the park when they were all shot by an unknown person, police said.
The victims in the shooting in the Englewood neighborhood park were all left in serious condition.
"That officer is in a very, very tough place; unimaginable what that officer has to be feeling right now," Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling said.
Chicago police said the teen was walking on the sidewalk in the 3800 block of West Fillmore Street when an unknown man fired shots.
Just before 11 p.m., Chicago police said the teen was walking on the sidewalk in the 3800 block of West Fillmore Street when an unknown man fired shots.
There was no immediate word on whether anyone was struck during the shooting, but at least one ambulance was seen leaving the scene.
There was no immediate word on whether anyone was struck during the shooting, but at least one ambulance was seen leaving the scene.
The 15-year-old from Joliet was arrested and charged with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
The ages of the victims range from 11 to 63.
Several dozen people were in the home for a family gathering at the time.
The three victims were expected to survive the shooting.
Vilmer Alcaraz, 32, of Chicago, was arrested Friday afternoon in the 5700 block of South Cicero Avenue.
The Anderson County Sheriff's Office says hundreds of people were gathered near a VFW in the city of Anderson when a fight broke out in the street and shots were fired.
Police said, shortly before 5:30 p.m., the boy was in Franklin Park, in the 1400 block of South Tripp Avenue, when an unknown person shot him in the lower back.
Jaylin Arnold, 27, of Chicago, was charged with felony counts including armed violence, possession of a firearm by a repeat felon, and possession of cocaine.
Police say a 21-year-old woman was in a car near Washington and Pulaski with another woman when they got into an argument and the other woman pulled out a gun.
It happened around 2:30 a.m. in the 2300 block of West Roosevelt Road.
A man was shot in the arm during a fight outside a Lou Malnati's restaurant in River North Friday evening, Chicago police said.
According to Highland Park officials, officers conducted a well-being check of a man in the roadway in the 900 block of Half Day Road just before 5 a.m.
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Brad Arnold, the founder and lead singer of the 3 Doors Down has died following "his courageous battle with cancer," the rock band announced Saturday on social media.
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Bad Bunny used his Grammy acceptance speech on Sunday to denounce U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and call for the end of the ongoing immigration crackdown.
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The peaceful protest marked one month since Renee Good was shot and killed by ice agents in Minneapolis, and part of a National Day of Action with the city.
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