Boy, 17, Shot In South Shore
The teen was outside in the 7300 block of South Blackstone Avenue about 4:35 p.m. when a male got out of a passing vehicle and shot him in the lower left leg, police said.
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The teen was outside in the 7300 block of South Blackstone Avenue about 4:35 p.m. when a male got out of a passing vehicle and shot him in the lower left leg, police said.
The homicide happened Saturday afternoon in the the Rogers Park neighborhood on the North Side. At 12:30 p.m., Eric Jordan, 25, was walking in the 1600 block of West Howard when someone walked up and shot him, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.
A 28-year-old woman killed herself late Sunday night, after breaking into a home in southwest suburban Bridgeview, and shooting an ex-girlfriend and the ex-girlfriend's father.
The man, 28, was found on the sidewalk in the 5400 block of South Paulina Street about 1:20 a.m. with gunshot wounds to his lower abdomen and left buttocks, according to Chicago Police.
Shortly after midnight, the 24-year-old was walking on the sidewalk in the 800 block of West Sunnyside Avenue when a gray car drove by and someone inside opened fire, according to Chicago Police.
The man was standing in an alley in the 0 – 100 block of East 100th Street about 11 p.m. when he heard shots and felt pain, according to Chicago Police.
At 3:58 p.m., the men, ages 20 and 21, were standing on the sidewalk near an alley in the 6600 block of South Union Avenue when a white minivan drove by and someone inside fired shots, police said.
The video, from 2014, reportedly shows a white police officer shooting a black suspect 16 times. CBS 2 Chief Correspondent Jay Levine reports.
The father of a 20-year-old model who was shot and killed in Englewood earlier this month has announced an increased reward for information leading to his daughter's killer.
The fatal shooting happened about 10:35 a.m. in the West Garfield Park neighborhood. Lee M. Fields, 33, was found in the 4400 block of West Monroe Street with two gunshot wounds to the lower abdomen, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.
Police said the shooting happened around 9 a.m. in the 9000 block of South Bishop Street.
About 10:35 a.m., the man was found in the 4400 block of West Monroe Street with a gunshot wound to the torso, police News Affairs Officer Bari Lemmon said.
About 4:15 p.m. Wednesday, officers on patrol near Lake Street and Dodge Avenue heard gunfire coming from a block east on Darrow Avenue, according to Evanston police. They drove there and saw two people run into a home in the 1800 block of Lake, police said.
About 7:50 p.m., the 23-year-old was shot in the hand during an attempted robbery in the 11200 block of South Avenue H, police said. The shooter ran off without getting any of the man's property.
The 38-year-old man was found shot in the driver's seat of a car about 10 p.m. after the car crashed into the side of a building in the 100 block of East 127th Street, police News Affairs Officer Ronald Gaines said.
An angry Cook County judge berated a Chicago Police officer who was in court Tuesday after being charged with firing five shots at an off-duty suburban cop who tried to pull him over for driving drunk.
Most recently, a man was shot in the West Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side. The 45-year-old was driving in the 4500 block of West Lake about 10:10 p.m. when someone in an SUV shot him in the left arm, according to Chicago Police. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where his condition stabilized.
She was sitting on the front porch of a home in the 6700 block of South Parnell Avenue at 6:35 p.m. when shots were fired and she was struck, according to Chicago Police.
Shortly before 6 p.m., he was walking in the 1100 block of North Hamlin Avenue when someone in a passing vehicle started shooting, according to Chicago Police.
Three men were shot in the West Side Austin neighborhood Tuesday afternoon, leaving two in serious condition.
John J. Gorman, 53, is charged with aggravated discharge of a firearm, a felony, Cook County prosecutors said. He's being held in the Cook County Jail, records show. Gorman could face up to 15 years in prison if convicted.
The 28-year-old man was sitting in his vehicle near the Atlantis Gentleman's Club in the 1800 block of East Lincoln Highway at 3:10 a.m., when a man wearing a mask walked up to his vehicle, according to the Cook County Sheriff's Office.
The 40-year-old man was standing on the sidewalk in the 6200 block of South Vernon Avenue at 6:52 p.m. when two men approached from a gang way and shot at the man, police said.
Tyshawn Lee, 9, was targeted and executed in an alley last week because of his family's alleged gang ties, police say.
The latest homicide happened late Saturday in the South Side Englewood neighborhood. Michael A. Johnson, 43, was found with a gunshot wound to the head about 10:45 p.m. sitting in the driver's seat of a parked vehicle in the 700 block of West 59th Street.
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Three people were killed in a shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego, and two suspected shooters were found dead inside a vehicle nearby, police said.
Funeral arrangements were announced Monday afternoon for fallen Chicago firefighter Steven Decker, who died during a training exercise last week.
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An attorney for Chicago Ald. Jim Gardiner (45th) on Monday called an ethics investigation into the alderman's conduct a malicious "travesty."
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State Rep. Josh Turek and State Sen. Zach Wahls squared off Thursday over which candidate can flip Iowa's open Republican-held Senate seat, as millions in outside spending reshapes the primary's final stretch.
Sens. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois and Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin say their concern is there may be more emergency exit doors than flight attendants in the event of an evacuation.
Ald. Jim Gardiner (45th) is suing the city of Chicago, its inspector general's office, and the Board of Ethics, accusing them of defamation.
Consumer and environmental advocates said Monday that they found overcharges buried in the most recent rate-hike request by Nicor.
One week away from Memorial Day weekend and the unofficial start of the summer travel season, with gas prices remaining high, negotiations were set to resume Monday at the largest oil refinery in the Midwest.
Chatham residents say they're losing a vital resource as Walgreen's prepares to close its store near 86th and Cottage Grove.
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A person suspected of having hantavirus in Winnebago County, Illinois, turned out to be a false alarm, officials said Monday.
The DuPage County Health Department has confirmed its first positive tests for West Nile virus in pools of mosquitoes this year.
The Kane County Health Department was set Monday to offer a free mental health awareness webinar.
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Engineers at Northwestern University have created a wireless polygraph to detect stress.
DraftKings announced Monday that it is closing its sportsbook operation at Wrigley Field after only about two years.
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U.S. prosecutors allege a man with multiple aliases used the name of the famed Astor family to scam a Mexican billionaire out of $450 million.
The Chicago-born house music track, which began as a personal poem in 1982 and became a defining anthem of the city's house music scene, has been selected for permanent preservation by the Library of Congress.
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Some youngsters got a behind-the-scenes look at the magic of making opera Sunday at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Matt DeCaro, an actor who was a familiar face on the Chicago stage for many years, died this weekend.
Isolated showers and storms Monday night, and breezy. Lows in the upper 60s.
Two Americans were arrested in Japan after one of them climbed into Punch the monkey's zoo enclosure. Punch shot to social media fame after he was abandoned by his mom and bonded with a stuffed animal.
President Trump revealed on Monday afternoon that he had planned to attack Iran on Tuesday, but is now holding off because “serious negotiations” are underway toward a peace deal.
One person is dead and two others are hurt after a home explosion in far northwest suburban Wonder Lake. The cause of the blast is under investigation.
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Two rounds of swift but strong thunderstorms blew through the area, toppling a small plane at Midway Airport and leaving some power outages and damage in their wake.
Gov. JB Pritzker lobbed some strong words about the Chicago Bears straight at Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Monday morning.
Ald. Jessie Fuentes (26th) has filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration, accusing federal agents of assault and false imprisonment, after she was arrested inside a hospital in the Humboldt Park neighborhood during Operation Midway Blitz last October.
One person is dead, and two others were hospitalized, in a home explosion in Wonder Lake, Illinois, far northwest of Chicago Sunday night.
Three people were killed in a shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego, and two suspected shooters were found dead inside a vehicle nearby, police said.
Pothole complaints continue everywhere, but especially on one street in the Pullman neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago.
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Murakami added his 17th homer in the fifth, a two-run shot to center off Jameson Taillon that traveled an estimated 428 feet.
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