Off-Duty Cook County Sheriff's Officer Among 3 Shot In Gold Coast
An off-duty Cook County sheriff's officer working security at a Gold Coast bar was among three men shot in a fight near a parking garage early Saturday on the Near North Side.
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An off-duty Cook County sheriff's officer working security at a Gold Coast bar was among three men shot in a fight near a parking garage early Saturday on the Near North Side.
About 7 p.m., Husain Parr was walking in the 7000 block of South Princeton when someone in a dark-colored SUV opened fire, hitting him in the chest and both legs, police and the Cook County medical examiner's office said.
The latest shooting happened about 10:30 p.m. on the Far South Side, where someone in a passing black car shot a 16-year-old boy in the abdomen in the 400 block of East 133rd Street, police said.
A crowd had gathered near 75th Street and Rhodes Avenue to remember a 20-year-old woman who had been shot and killed earlier in the week, when rival gang members walked up and opened fire around 8:15 p.m.
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The family of a man who was shot and killed by an off-duty Robbins police officer was speaking out for the first time on Tuesday, saying Chicago police have not been transparent about the shooting in West Pullman.
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A man was shot early Monday in the Portage Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side.
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The shooting happened on the sidewalk just outside Spencer Elementary Technology Academy.
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Four people were shot outside a convenience store Sunday afternoon in the West Englewood neighborhood on the South Side.
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A man was shot to death late Saturday in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side, police said.
A man was shot to death Saturday afternoon on the West Side, police said.
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A man was shot Saturday morning while driving in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side.
our men have been killed and at least 44 other people wounded in shootings since Friday evening across the city.
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One person was killed, and another was injured after two shootings less than a mile apart on Tuesday night.
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One person was killed, and another was injured after two shootings less than a mile apart, just steps away from a teen gathering.
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