Man Dies After Austin Shooting
A man died Saturday night after he was shot while sitting in a car in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side.
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A man died Saturday night after he was shot while sitting in a car in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side.
A man died Saturday after he was shot multiple times in the McKinley Park neighborhood on the South Side.
The shooting happened about 5:45 p.m. at Pumpkin's Place, 1426 S. 5th Ave., according to Maywood Police.
Bellwood police said two men in their 20s were shot about 10:45 p.m. Thursday in the 1000 block of Bellwood Avenue. Another man was shot around the same time at another location.
Officers responding to calls of a person shot in the 0-100 block of South Mason Avenue about 10:40 p.m. found a 23-year-old man unresponsive in a stairwell.
Officers were called early Monday to the 1700 block of Hickory Street, where four people had gotten into a fight during a party, and a teenage boy had fired multiple shots at a man.
Melvin L. Martin, 29, allegedly approached a 27-year-old man sitting in a vehicle in the 800 block of East 82nd Street a few minutes after 1 a.m. Wednesday and announced a robbery. He took the man's wallet before firing multiple times and running away.
Lake Superior Court jurors on the road-rage murder trial of a former Cook County, Ill., correctional officer heard how evidence was collected at the scene where the victim's car crashed into a gas pump.
A crime scene reconstructionist cast doubt Wednesday on Allan Kustok's explanation of how his wife died, saying it was unlikely that Anita "Jeanie" Kustok could have shot herself with a revolver that her husband gave her for their 34th wedding anniversary.
The two men, 19 and 23, were standing on a sidewalk about 8:20 p.m. in the 1000 block of North Massasoit Avenue when another male approached and started shooting at them.
About 8:40 p.m., two men -- ages 37 and 43 -- were walking on the sidewalk in the in the 1500 block of East 67th Street when two male suspects exited a red sedan and fired shots at the men.
Erick Maya, 23, allegedly shot 15-year-old Briana Valle to death outside her home in Romeoville. He also allegedly shot Valle's mother.
A former Cook County correctional officer on trial for murder in a road-rage shooting in Hammond, Ind., told police he thought the other driver was reaching for a gun.
Anthony Tucker, 41, was charged one count of first-degree murder, one count of felony robbery armed with a discharged firearm and two felony counts of robbery armed with a firearm after a fatal shooting Feb. 9 in the 4500 block of West Monroe Street.
As the murder trial of Allan Kustok gets underway Tuesday with jury selection, one fact is not in dispute: A revolver he gave his wife several weeks earlier for their 34th anniversary was used to kill her.
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Erick M. Maya, 23, of 5600 Park Avenue, Cicero, was charged with two counts of attempted murder, two counts of aggravated battery with a firearm and one count of unlawful use of a weapon by a felon.
Officers responding to a call of shots fired about 9 p.m. found the man, thought to be in his 30's, dead in an alley in the 300 block of North Parkside Avenue.
A teenage boy has been charged with murder in connection to a shooting late last year that left one man dead and another seriously wounded in the South Shore neighborhood.
A 17-year-old has been charged as an adult with murder, in connection with the robbery of an off-duty Cook County Sheriff's sergeant Monday night that left another suspect dead.
Romeoville Police Chief Mark Turvey said investigators haven't yet determined a motive for the shooting of a 33-year-old woman and her 15-year-old daughter as they were getting ready to go to school.
Five people, including the gunman, were shot during an apparent robbery attempt at a social club for seniors in Gary, Ind., late Wednesday night.
About 8:20 p.m., the 14-year-old boy was walking with two other people in the 6100 block of South Vernon Avenue when a white van drove up and someone inside fired shots.
Heavy rain and gusty thunderstorms are ahead of the Chicago area on Tuesday.
A Concealed Carry License holder shot an armed person during an attempted robbery in Orland Park on Tuesday morning, police said.
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Nicor customers will get a break on their bills this fall after Illinois Attorney General Kwame Roul reached an agreement with the utility to cut $140 million from its requested rate hike.
Drivers in Chicago and beyond were paying the highest gas prices ever recorded for the Labor Day holiday as millions of Americans were making their way home on Monday.
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Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul filed a lawsuit Thursday against ABC Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Electric Inc., alleging deceptive business practices.
Cook County homeowners are again facing a sharper increase in property taxes this year than businesses, the Office of Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas announced Monday.
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A new report from the University of Illinois Chicago said federal immigration enforcement led to $1.26 billion in unspent money at retail establishments and restaurants in Cook County.
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More than 100 Black-owned businesses were showcased at Soldier Field Sunday for Black on the Block.
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The stage was set and the air was humid as rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, took the stage for the first of two Chicago concerts at Soldier Field Thursday night.
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A Concealed Carry License holder shot an armed person during an attempted robbery in Orland Park on Tuesday morning, police said.
A judge on Tuesday was expected to place two shuttered Chicago-area safety-net hospitals into receivership.
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A Concealed Carry License holder shot an armed person during an attempted robbery in Orland Park on Tuesday morning, police said.
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Providence Catholic High School in southwest suburban New Lenox has fired football coach Tyler Plantz, despite the team's 4-0 start to the season.
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A $30,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest and indictment of the person who shot and killed a 911 dispatcher in the Back of the Yards neighborhood last week.
A 15-year-old girl returned to court Monday to face murder charges, after authorities said she was one of a few people responsible for pushing a man out of a moving Chicago Transit Authority Red Line train.
An 85-year-old man from Crown Point, Indiana, was arrested this past weekend on accusations of shooting his wife.
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CPD says six people were standing outside near an alley when two unknown vehicles approached. Multiple armed suspects got out and fired shots at the victims.
