Boy, 17, Shot To Death In North Lawndale
A 17-year-old boy was shot to death Friday evening in the North Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side.
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A 17-year-old boy was shot to death Friday evening in the North Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side.
A South Side man has been charged after Chicago Police officers shot him early Wednesday in Englewood when they say he pointed a gun at them.
Michael Moore, co-owner of Hollywood Boulevard Cinema in Woodridge, says he wants to make sure his customers feel secure.
A 20-year-old man dubbed "Harvey's Most Wanted Criminal" was taken into custody Friday, charged with murder and attempted murder in a shooting that killed a teenager and wounded his mother.
The 20-year-old was standing in the 3000 block of North Kedzie Avenue at 11:54 p.m. when an unknown person pulled up in a vehicle and yelled gang slogans before shooting, police said.
The 35-year-old told investigators he was walking in the 4900 block of South King Drive at 2:30 a.m. when he heard shots and felt pain, police said.
About 9:45 p.m., a 19-year-old man was walking in the 3700 block of South Michigan Avenue, when a vehicle pulled up and a gunman got out and opened fire, police News Affairs Officer Ron Gaines said. Chicago Police Headquarters is about two blocks north at 3510 S. Michigan Ave.
Aurora resident Gabriel G. Martinez, 22, faces counts of attempted murder, aggravated discharge of a firearm and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, Aurora police said in a statement.
About 10:10 p.m., the man was standing in the 2400 block of West Van Buren when someone got out of a gray car and fired shots, striking the man in his abdomen and leg, police said. The shooter then got back in the car and drove off onto I-290.
The 16-year-old was standing outside in the 4400 block of West Jackson Boulevard just after midnight when he heard shots and felt pain, police said.
About 9:40 p.m., the 20-year-old was shot in the nose and ear in the 900 block of East 130th Street, police said.
About 5:52 p.m., the 31-year-old was standing in the alley of the 6900 block of South East End Avenue when another person walked up and shot him in the ankle, police said. He also suffered a graze wound to his arm.
Chicago police officers shot a man who allegedly pointed a gun at them early Wednesday in the Englewood neighborhood, although some residents said police shot an unarmed man during a memorial for a friend who died in a crash three years ago.
A bullet-riddled car found on the Eisenhower Expressway in Chicago early Wednesday might have been shot in west suburban Bellwood.
The fatal shooting was in the Washington Park neighborhood. About 9:40 p.m., a 26-year-old man was found shot in the head in the 5900 block of South State Street, police said. He was dead at the scene.
Just after midnight, she was on a sidewalk in the 3600 block of West Douglas Boulevard when two males walked up and one of them opened fire, police News Affairs Officer Hector Alfaro said.
The fatal shooting happened late Monday in Rogers Park on the North Side. A 36-year-old man was walking on the sidewalk in the 7400 block of North Rogers Avenue about 11 p.m. when several males approached and opened fire, police said.
About 11 p.m., the 36-year-old was walking on the sidewalk in the 7400 block of North Rogers Avenue when several males approached and opened fire, police said.
The 16-year-old boy and 20-year-old man were standing on a front porch about 11:30 p.m. in the 8400 block of South Loomis Boulevard when a dark-colored car drove by and someone inside opened fire, police said.
About 10:40 p.m., the 19-year-old was standing on the sidewalk in the 6200 block of South Evans Avenue when a dark-colored car drove by and someone inside fired shots, police said.
The boy was standing on the sidewalk in the 300 block of East 132nd Place about 11:30 p.m. when a red SUV drove by and someone inside opened fire, police said.
All outbound lanes of the Eisenhower Expressway were temporarily closed in the western suburbs after a vehicle's window was shot out during Monday's evening rush hour.
Lorenzo Davis is a former supervising investigator for the board. He says he was fired eleven days ago for refusing to change his findings on six shootings.
In the most recent fatal shooting, a 25-year-old man was shot repeatedly late Saturday in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side. Officers responding to a call of shots fired about 10 p.m. in the 500 block of North Avers found Elbert Farris on the ground outside with multiple gunshot wounds.
Police said officers responded to a street brawl near the intersection of Halsted Street and Clybourn Avenue around 4:30 a.m. When they arrived, the officers saw one man beating another with a baseball bat.
