Man Charged With Shooting Aurora Woman To Death
Christopher Whetstone, 45, was charged Wednesday in connection with the death of Rachel Taylor, 22, of the 1000 block of Garfield Avenue.
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Christopher Whetstone, 45, was charged Wednesday in connection with the death of Rachel Taylor, 22, of the 1000 block of Garfield Avenue.
Officers responding to a call of shots fired about 1:25 a.m. found the 27-year-old man lying in the street with a gunshot wound to the head in the 3900 block of West Congress Parkway.
About 7:35 p.m., 20-year-old Arin Williams was shot while he was in the bathroom of a restaurant in the 800 block of North Lake Street. About 8:25 p.m., 22-year-old Rachel Taylor was shot in the abdomen in the 500 block of Charles Street.
Two male suspects were seen running east from the restaurant, police said. Aurora police are investigating.
Police said the girl was waiting for a bus near 102nd Street and Commercial Avenue shortly before 8 a.m., when a man walked up and demanded her cell phone.
The woman, 22, was walking on the sidewalk in the 12700 block of South Morgan Street about 12:30 p.m. when she "heard shots and felt pain."
Marquise Harris was fatally shot late Saturday by a friend of his girlfriend after the couple argued at a gathering in the South Side Woodlawn neighborhood.
Five people were shot early Sunday in northwest suburban Elgin.
Joseph Brittman, 19, suffered a gunshot wound to the back during an argument about 3 p.m. Wednesday in the 6400 block of South Campbell Avenue.
The 56-year-old was shot about 7 p.m. in the 1700 block of 72nd Street, police said.
The man was shot in the leg about 8:10 p.m. in the 3800 block of West Chicago Avenue.
Two people are dead – including a teenage boy – and at least eight other people have been wounded in shootings across Chicago since Friday afternoon.
Police have charged the cousin of the slain teen – a 13-year-old boy – with first-degree murder.
Two men have been charged in connection with a New Year's Day shooting in which police shot at least one person in the Roseland neighborhood.
A homicide investigation is underway after a 16-year-old boy was shot and killed Sunday morning in the South Side Bronzeville neighborhood, police said.
A man who died after being shot multiple times in the Far South Side Roseland neighborhood Friday afternoon is the city's first homicide of 2014.
Two men were critically wounded early Saturday in a Douglas neighborhood shooting on the South Side.
A Miller, Ind. man scheduled for trial Jan. 13 on burglary, escape and other charges has been arrested on murder and criminal recklessness charges.
A man shot by a Chicago Police officer after allegedly raising a gun toward officers early Wednesday -- the city's first reporting shooting of 2014 -- has been charged with aggravated assault and unlawful use of a weapon.
Darius D. Marshall of Dolton surrendered to authorities Monday and is accused of first-degree murder and attempted armed robbery, according to police.
At least one person was shot by police and two others were injured in a police-involved shooting early New Year's day in the Roseland neighborhood.
A man is in custody for allegedly shooting and killing his son early Tuesday in the Armour Square neighborhood on the South Side.
Around 2 a.m., four men left a West Side bar in a sedan after getting into a verbal altercation with another group of men. While sitting at a stoplight, an SUV pulled up and someone inside fired shots at their car before driving away.
The most recent fatal shooting happened about 2 a.m. Monday at a stoplight in the 1300 block of West Cermak Road.
The 35-year-old was in an alley about 1:50 a.m. in the 6900 block of North Sheridan Road when two men got out of a dark-colored vehicle and approached, demanding money.
