Cab Driver Shot And Killed In North Lawndale
The man, believed to be between 45 and 55 years old, was shot in the chest about 8:45 p.m. in the 1200 block of South Albany Avenue, police News Affairs Officer Amina Greer said.
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The man, believed to be between 45 and 55 years old, was shot in the chest about 8:45 p.m. in the 1200 block of South Albany Avenue, police News Affairs Officer Amina Greer said.
The shooting happened about 4 p.m. in the store's parking lot at 7050 S. Cicero Ave. in Bedford Park.
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An 87-year-old South Side man shot in the abdomen in the 1940s finally succumbed to his wounds Sunday.
A man fatally shot his "dear friend" on accident while playing with a gun Sunday night at their North Lawndale home, his attorney said.
About 3:20 p.m., the three were standing outside in the 2200 block of East 79th Street when another male walked up and opened fire, police said.
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About 7:30 p.m., the 37-year-old was in the 9800 block of South Bensley Avenue when a male walked up and opened fire, striking him several times in the leg and torso, police said.
Two men were killed and a boy was injured in a South Side shooting Tuesday afternoon, police said.
Larry Edwards, 24, was sitting in a parked car about 11:40 p.m. in the 9300 block of South Burnside Avenue when a group of people walked out of an alley and someone opened fire, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.
About 9:08 p.m., the man, 29, and woman, 22, were shot in the 5900 block of North Kenmore Avenue, police said.
Prosecutors said Cesar Garay, 20, a member of the Imperial Gangsters street gang, got into an argument Friday night with members of the Latin Kings street gang in the 10000 block of Carol Court in Rosemont.
John Jackson, 31, faces one count of aggravated battery with the discharge of a firearm and one count of aggravated discharge of a firearm into an occupied building, both felonies, according to a statement from Chicago Police.
The fatal shooting--the first of the new year--happened about 1:30 a.m. Saturday in the West Side Austin neighborhood.
The 20-year-old was shot after an argument turned physical in the 1300 block of South Kolin Avenue about 10:50 p.m., police said.
Police responded around 1:10 a.m. to Bueno's Bar at the intersection of Franklin Street and North Avenue, where 33-year-old Elpidia Munoz-Garcia had been shot in the face. Munoz-Garcia, a mother of two and co-owner of the bar, later was pronounced dead.
Most recently, two males were shot in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood on the Northwest Side Thursday night.
The number of murders in Chicago was down 3 percent compared the previous year. The number equates to the fewest since 1965.
Police are investigating a fatal shooting Wednesday afternoon in the Avalon Park neighborhood on the South Side.
Terrell Monroe, 22, and Marcae Rogers, 32, were charged each with one count of first degree murder, police said. The shooting happened Friday about 2:50 p.m. in the 300 block of East 47th Street. David Drayton, 23, was shot in the upper body and leg, police said.
The most recent fatal shooting was a double homicide that left another man injured Sunday afternoon in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side, police said.
A masked gunman shot two men early Sunday inside a fast food restaurant in the South Side Fuller Park neighborhood.
The shooting happened at 2:48 p.m. in the 300 block of East 47th Street.
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