Family Of Man Killed By Police Claims Police Planted Gun
The family of 19-year-old Roshad McIntosh filed a federal lawsuit against the city and the Chicago Police Department on Wednesday, alleging wrongful death and civil rights violations.
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The family of 19-year-old Roshad McIntosh filed a federal lawsuit against the city and the Chicago Police Department on Wednesday, alleging wrongful death and civil rights violations.
The home invasion and shooting happened in the 8000 block of South Dante Avenue about 1:20 p.m. Tuesday, police said.
A South Side charter school is mourning the murder of one of its students.
About 7:20 p.m., Deonte M. Hoard and the 23-year-old man were shot in the 10500 block of South Yates Avenue, police and the Cook County medical examiner's office said.
Frederick Taylor, 23, is believed to be the last offender to be rounded up in the Oct. 25 shooting of a pizza-delivery driver, near 141st and Indiana. The trio allegedly ambushed the victim and robbed him before one of them shot the driver three times as he tried to flee.
A 16-year-old boy has been charged with shooting another teen to death Friday afternoon in west suburban Aurora.
Despite comparable resources to other big city's, Chicago's violence continues to outpace the likes of New York and Los Angeles -- why?
Otis Harriel, 47, was charged with first-degree murder and aggravated battery in connection with the April 26 shooting that killed 21-year-old Martarvian Emery and wounded a 19-year-old woman, police said early Friday.
About 7:20 p.m., Bernard Monroe found lying on the ground in the 11400 block of South Prairie Avenue with a gunshot wound to the head, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.
Officers responding to a call of a person shot at 4:10 a.m. in the 1700 block of West Touhy Avenue found the men shot in an alley, police said. Albert S. Turnage, 23, was shot in the chest and a 30-year-old man suffered gunshot wounds to the shoulder, arm, back and buttocks, authorities said. Turnage was later pronounced dead.
The men, ages 18, 20 and 24 were in a vehicle about 3:10 p.m. in the 4600 block of West Maypole when they were shot, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.
Derrius Drakes, 23, was standing outside about 4:30 p.m. in the 11300 block of South Parnell when someone shot him in the back, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.
Officers responding to a call of a person shot at 4:10 a.m. in the 1700 block of West Touhy Avenue found the men shot in an alley, police News Affairs Officer Hector Alfaro said.
Two men, 25 and 22, were on the sidewalk in the 5800 block of North Kenmore Avenue shortly after midnight when they were approached by four males who fired shots at them, police said.
Laquan McDonald was shot after he allegedly slashed the tires of several vehicles, including a police squad car, and allegedly refused officers' orders to drop his knife on Oct. 20, 2014.
A 28-year-old man was shot inside a McDonald's near 38th and Archer in the Brighton Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side Monday afternoon, authorities said.
The most recent fatal shooting happened Sunday afternoon in the West Englewood neighborhood on the South Side. Officers responding to a call of a person shot about 2:30 p.m. in the 2000 block of West 69th Place found a 26-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the hip, police said.
Roderick Myers, 24, was charged with aggravated discharge of a firearm at an occupied vehicle, a felony, police said.
About 9:30 p.m., a man was driving north on I-94 when he was shot by someone else near 75th Street, Illinois State Police said, citing preliminary information.
Deshawn Johnson, 26, faces counts of first-degree murder, attempted murder and armed robbery for the attack that happened about 7:10 p.m. on Oct. 31, 2014, according to Chicago Police.
About 11:40 p.m., the 31-year-old was sitting in an SUV parked in the 2000 block of West Fullerton Avenue when a gray pickup truck pulled up and someone inside fired shots, police said.
The shooting happened about 11 p.m. in the northbond lanes of I-94, between 111th Street and Stony Island Avenue, according to Illinois State Police Sgt. Alex Diaz. Two vehicles were involved in the incident.
Angelo Matthews, 26, is facing two counts of first-degree murder in connection with the double fatal shooting that happened on June 19, 2012, according to Chicago Police.
Carlos Luna, 18, faces felony counts of reckless discharge of a firearm and unlawful use of a weapon for the shooting that happened about 8 p.m. in the 1800 block of South Leavitt Street, police said.
Three people are accused in a shooting that injured two people last week during a drug deal gone bad in northwest suburban Wheeling.
