Questions about gun detection tech after woman is shot dead at CTA stop
The woman was shot and killed Tuesday night following a quarrel at the 69th Street Chicago Transit Authority Red Line stop. Tara Molina reports.
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The woman was shot and killed Tuesday night following a quarrel at the 69th Street Chicago Transit Authority Red Line stop. Tara Molina reports.
Mariah Ivy, of Steger, Illinois, died one day after jumping out of a third-floor window in the 8000 block of South Manistee Avenue in Chicago.
The northbound lanes of the Dan Ryan Expressway were closed for a time overnight for a shooting investigation.
The security guard charged in the nightclub shooting death of 21-year-old Zulma Calderon Pacheco in suburban Stone Park has been released on electronic monitoring, while her family filed a wrongful death lawsuit.
Zulma Calderon-Pacheco was with her boyfriend at the Mansion Nightclub in Stone Park when she was shot, and Kevin Henley Jr., who was working as a security guard at the club, is now charged in her death. Sabrina Franza reports.
The 13-year-old boy found shot to death on Chicago's South Side has been identified by the Cook County Medical Examiner.
The family of a 21-year-old woman who was shot and killed at a Stone Park nightclub last week is suing the club and the security guard now charged with involuntary manslaughter in her death.
A 13-year-old boy was found dead after a Chicago shooting in Lawndale after his mother reported him missing, police and Ald. Monique Scott said.
Kevin Henley Jr., 35, of Chicago’s South Side, was arrested Monday in the killing of Zulma Calderon-Pacheco. As Asal Rezaei reports, CBS News Chicago has learned Henley should not even have been working at the club that night.
There was no 911 call made after the shooting, and one alderwoman said she believes ShotSpotter technology, which was removed last year, would have helped in this case. Tara Molina reports.
Alderwoman Monique Scott (24th) said he was found in a backyard. She confirmed that ShotSpotter technology was in place in the neighborhood where the boy was found and says it could've helped police and first responders find him sooner, and she's not alone.
Kevin Henley Jr., 35, of Chicago’s South Side, was arrested Monday in the killing of Zulma Calderon-Pacheco.
Two groups got into a fight in a liquor store in the 1900 block of West 51st Street, when a 22-year-old woman pulled out a gun and started shooting.
Police said Sunday that the woman, Angeles Flores of south suburban Riverdale, was charged with three counts of attempted first-degree murder and one count of aggravated discharge of a firearm in an occupied building.
The ages of the victims range from 9 to 61.
The victims, all teenage boys or young men, were outside a residence in the 4200 block of West Crystal Street when they were shot.
Chicago police said a 21-year-old man and a 20-year-old woman were inside a third-floor apartment when an unknown person entered, pulled out a firearm, and fired shots in their direction.
Chicago police said a 21-year-old man and a 20-year-old woman were inside a third-floor apartment when an unknown person entered, pulled out a firearm, and fired shots in their direction.
The victims, all teenage boys or young men, were outside a residence in the 4200 block of West Crystal Street when they were shot.
East Chicago police said around 11:16 a.m., officers responded to the 3700 block of Dahlia Street for a report of shots fired.
Police said several people were inside a liquor store in the 1900 block of West 51st Street around 10:20 p.m. when two groups got into an argument that turned into a physical fight.
A 46-year-old woman and her son were walking near the AMC River East movie theater Sunday night when the woman was shot in the arm.
The shooting left a woman visiting Chicago wounded, and surveillance images of the suspects have now been released. Marissa Sulek reports.
The boy was arrested on Wednesday in the 3000 block of 15th Street in Rockford, Illinois. He was charged with one felony count of first-degree murder.
Chicago police said a man was seriously injured in a shooting as he boarded a CTA bus in the city's Chatham neighborhood Thursday afternoon.
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The man is facing several charges including assaulting a peace officer and attempted murder.
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The ages of the victims range from 23 to 46, according to Chicago police.
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