Off-Duty Chicago Police Officer Shot In Bronzeville
The officer was shot in the head around 1:30 a.m. near 37th and Prairie.
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The officer was shot in the head around 1:30 a.m. near 37th and Prairie.
Eric Logan's relatives filed the lawsuit Wednesday in federal court. It accuses Sgt. Ryan O'Neill of using excessive deadly force when he shot Logan on June 16.
A 15-year-old girl was shot on Chicago's South Side Tuesday afternoon, police say.
Jon Elliot Poole is charged with first-degree murder in the shooting of Sound Bar security guard Thurman Bailey on March 8. He was arrested last week by U.S. Marshals in Georgia, where he'd moved after the shooting.
St. Joseph County Prosecutor Kenneth Cotter filed a petition Monday asking a judge to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the June 16 shooting of 54-year-old Eric Logan by South Bend police Sgt. Ryan O'Neill.
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Four people, including a woman who is seven months pregnant, were shot early Friday morning in the Parkway Gardens neighborhood, near 63rd & King Drive.
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Three people were shot on a CTA bus Monday afternoon in the Chatham neighborhood, according to the Chicago Fire Department.
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A man was killed early Monday, after an argument in a parking lot in the Lakeview neighborhood led to a shooting a few blocks away.
A man was killed late Sunday night, after a shooting led to his car crashing and flipping onto its roof in the South Chicago neighborhood.
A 16-year-old girl was shot in the Morgan Park neighborhood Sunday afternoon, police said.
A 34-year-old man was fatally shot outside of The New Dating Game lounge in Calumet Heights early Sunday morning.
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Storms also left debris from trees and homes scattered in some areas.
It is unclear how the fire started and whether there were any displacements.
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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce were married as they celebrated their wedding with hundreds of guests Friday at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Renowned singer-songwriter and Chicago-area native John Prine will be honored with a mural at the Old Town School of Folk Music in the Lincoln Square community.
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Storms also left debris from trees and homes scattered in some areas.
Two Chicago police officers were shot on the city's South Side Friday evening during a struggle after a traffic stop. The driver was also shot and critically injured.
It is unclear how the fire started and whether there were any displacements.
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