Girls, 11 And 12, Shot; 'Kids Can't Play In A School Playground'
Two girls were in critical condition Monday morning, after they were shot in separate attacks less than an hour apart over the weekend.
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Two girls were in critical condition Monday morning, after they were shot in separate attacks less than an hour apart over the weekend.
Raymond Homolka, 60, faces one count of first-degree murder after his wife, 60-year-old Mary Homolka, was found dead with a single gunshot wound to the head, according to a statement from the Orland Park Police Department.
Takiya Holmes, 11, and Kanari Gentry-Bowers, 12, were both shot in unrelated incidents less than an hour apart on Chicago's South Side.
Ladarren M. Ball, 32, was found guilty of murder and sentenced to 39 years in prison for a fatal shooting in the West Side neighborhood.
Five people were killed and at least 16 others — including two girls, ages 11 and 12 — have been wounded in shootings across the city since Friday evening, according to Chicago Police.
A man was shot by his girlfriend's ex-boyfriend early Sunday in the Old Town neighborhood on the Near North Side.
A woman was killed and three more people were wounded in a Saturday night shooting in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side.
The girl was sitting in a vehicle when gunfire was heard and she was discovered with a gunshot wound to her head.
Authorities found 60-year-old Mary Homolka dead in the garage from a gunshot wound to the head.
Two people were killed and at least six more wounded in shootings across the city to start the weekend, according to Chicago Police.
State police say a north suburban man fired a gun into the air while he was driving on the Kennedy Expressway during the Thursday evening rush while two children sat in the back seat.
A man was shot dead on an Austin neighborhood porch early Saturday on the West Side, according to Chicago Police.
A 24-year-old man was shot and seriously wounded early Saturday inside an Austin neighborhood apartment on the West Side.
A security guard shot and critically wounded a man outside a Lawndale neighborhood liquor store early Saturday on the West Side.
The family of a Minnesota man who was shot by an Amtrak police officer on Wednesday say he is paralyzed and clinging to life at Stroger Hospital.
Alex, who asked CBS 2 to only use her first name, was shot on Feb. 11, 2016 in Humboldt Park while walking to her bus stop.
The family of the man shot and seriously injured Wednesday by an Amtrak police officer said the 25-year old from Minneapolis did not deserve to be shot while traveling through Chicago.
Police said the teen was with someone else in an alley in the 5300 block of West Foster Avenue around 9 p.m., when a dark-colored sedan drove up, and someone inside fired shots.
No one was hurt in the shooting or chase, according to police, who said they found guns in the SUV, which had been reported stolen.
The man's brother said he fled from a police officer who ordered them against a wall, but didn't show his badge. He said his brother feared being robbed by a fake cop.
A man sentenced to life in prison for a fatal shooting he took part in as a minor on Halloween 1990 was resentenced Wednesday to 50 years in prison.
The family of a man killed by Forest Park police are demanding a thorough investigation. They dispute the officers' story and they have hired a civil rights lawyer to get answers.
A South Side man has filed a federal lawsuit against the city, and five Chicago police officers, accusing the officers of using excessive force when they shot him during a traffic stop two years ago, after he called 911.
Most recently, a 28-year-old man was shot in the leg in an East Garfield Park drive-by shooting about 9:15 p.m. on the West Side.
Police tell CBS 2 the shooting is believed to have occurred elsewhere, not at the Rand Road store where a victim reportedly ended up.
