1 Killed, 16 Wounded In Shootings Monday
Two people were shot — one fatally — and two others were injured Monday night in the West Englewood neighborhood on the South Side, fire officials said.
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Two people were shot — one fatally — and two others were injured Monday night in the West Englewood neighborhood on the South Side, fire officials said.
Charges have been filed against a man and a 17-year-old boy in a police-involved shooting late Saturday night in which the man is accused of attacking the officer with a baseball bat.
The Touhy Avenue exit ramp on the northbound Edens Expressway was reopened Monday morning, after Illinois State Police found no evidence to confirm an earlier report of shots fired on the expressway near Lincolnwood.
Devon Lofton, 7, was taken to Comer Children's Hospital at the University of Chicago, after suffering a gunshot wound to the head around 3:45 p.m. Sunday in the 6700 block of South Aberdeen Street.
An off-duty Chicago police officer was wounded in an exchange of gunfire early Monday in the Washington Heights neighborhood, after a would-be robber told an accomplice to "shoot him."
He was riding in the backseat of an SUV going south in the 1200 block of North Homan just after 3 a.m. when a black car pulled up and someone inside fired shots, according to Chicago Police.
The girl suffered a gunshot wound to the lower back about 2:45 a.m. in the 7100 block of North Clark, according to preliminary information from Chicago Police.
David Calvin, 20, and Kevin Billingslea, 27, each face one felony count of aggravated discharge of a firearm at an occupied vehicle, according to a statement from Chicago Police.
The 25-year-old was standing in an alley in the 200 block of South Cicero about 11 p.m. when an armed male got out of a dark-colored minivan nearby and announced a robbery, according to Chicago Police. It was not immediately known what was stolen.
The 22-year-old man was sitting in a parked vehicle in the 8800 block of South Hermitage Avenue at 8:35 p.m. when a white four-door vehicle pulled up and someone inside fired shots, police said.
A man has been charged with shooting three people Friday afternoon in the Humboldt Park neighborhood on the West Side.
An off-duty Chicago police officer shot a man who he says attacked him with a baseball bat Saturday night in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood and both men have been hospitalized.
A suspect was killed and a Park Forest police officer critically injured in a shooting early Saturday morning, police said.
Six people were shot across Chicago from about midnight into early Friday, including four wounded in separate attacks within 25 minutes of each other.
Illinois State Police shut down all northbound lanes of I-57 for approximately three hours overnight, after a man was shot on the expressway in the Morgan Park neighborhood.
He was on a sidewalk in the 5000 block of South Paulina about 1:20 a.m. when someone opened fire from a blue van, according to Chicago Police.
About 1:30 a.m., he was walking in an alley in the 7600 block of South Sangamon when someone walked up and shot him in the jaw and arm, according to Chicago Police.
The fatal shooting Thursday evening also left two men injured in the Humboldt Park neighborhood on the West Side.
The most recent shooting happened at 11:15 a.m. in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood.
Officers were called to the scene of a crash in the 500 block of North Lake Shore Drive about 10:30 p.m., according to Chicago Police. They arrived to find a 22-year-old man inside a car with a gunshot wound to his lower back.
The 26-year-old man was shot in the abdomen about 8:40 p.m. in the 4100 block of West Dickens, police said.
The 35-year-old was driving through an alley in the 6700 block of South Artesian about 10:05 p.m. when two males in a nearby gangway shot him, police said.
Charges are pending against a 15-year-old boy after a 14-year-old boy accidentally shot himself in the knee early Wednesday in the Brainerd neighborhood on the South Side.
The 21-year-old was sitting in a vehicle in the 1000 block of West 97th Street about 12:30 a.m. when a white car drove by and someone inside opened fire, according to Chicago Police.
Most recently, a man was shot to death in the South Side Englewood neighborhood, police said. The 31-year-old was standing outside with a group of people in the 7000 block of South Morgan about 11:30 p.m. when several males walked up and someone opened fire.
Heavy rain in the Chicago area led to roadway flooding Saturday morning.
A man was injured after he was shot by people inside two different cars in the Garfield Park neighborhood early Saturday morning.
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