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A gunman wielding an assault-type rifle and a handgun opened fire inside a crowded gay nightclub early Sunday, killing at least 50 people before dying in a gunfight with SWAT officers, police said. It was the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.
The 24-year-old victim was at the beach in the 5100 block of North Simonds Drive when someone approached him and fired shots.
The male victim was driving in the 6700 block of South Jeffery at 2:49 p.m. when someone in a dark SUV fired shots, police said.
Dion Robinson faces one count of first-degree murder, one count of attempted murder and one count of unlawful use of a machine gun by a felon, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County state's attorney's office.
The most recent fatal shooting was an 18-year-old man who was shot to death in West Englewood about 8:10 p.m., police said.
The 37-year-old man was driving in a vehicle in the 5800 block of South Wabash at 12:40 a.m. when he heard shots and realized he'd been hit, according to Chicago Police.
A 17-year-old boy has been charged in the shooting of a 6-year-old girl in the Logan Square neighborhood.
A Chicago man filed a $15 million federal lawsuit against the city and the police officer who shot him several times in 2014, only to be arrested and charged with murder within minutes of announcing the complaint.
A man from south suburban Richton Park has been charged with shooting two people in the Hegewisch neighborhood on the Far South Side over the weekend.
A man was left in serious condition after he was shot in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on the South Side Tuesday night.
The 21-year-old was walking in the 2900 block of West Armitage about 2:50 a.m. when another male walked up and fired shots, according to Chicago Police.
Officers were called at 7:47 p.m. for reports of gunshots in the 7600 block of Orchard Lane, according to a statement from Woodridge police.
The girl was critically wounded Monday night in a shooting in the Logan Square neighborhood on the Northwest Side.
The family of Eugene McSwain has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit, seeking answers. CBS 2's Pam Zekman reports.
The girl was playing outside her home in the 2100 block of North Bingham Street around 8 p.m., when someone drove up and started shooting. Witnesses heard up to 15 shots.
A man with ties to the Chicago area has been charged with killing a police officer with a car in Memphis, and shooting three other men.
Most recently, a man was killed and a woman was injured early Monday in a South Loop shooting, police said.
Police said a 27-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman were in a pickup truck in the 2400 block of South Michigan Avenue around 4 a.m., when two people approached and shot them.
Violent crimes — from homicides and rapes to robberies — have been on the rise in many major U.S. cities, yet experts can't point to a single reason why and the jump isn't enough to suggest there's a trend.
The latest homicide happened Sunday morning in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood on the South Side.
Florin Mulosmani, 24, faces one count of first-degree murder for the attack that happened about 5:15 a.m. May 28 in the 6300 block of West Montrose Avenue, according to Chicago Police.
Earlier in the day, election results for the union leaders were announced.
The attack happened at 6:49 p.m. in the 2900 block of West Armitage Avenue, police said.
Robert Simon allegedly told police he killed 35-year-old Babette Miller with a .22 caliber handgun after an argument in their apartment
Bullets struck a CTA bus in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood after someone on a bicycle opened fire early Thursday.
