Man Shot By Skokie Police Charged
A man who allegedly threatened officers with a knife and was shot in the leg by police Saturday in north suburban Skokie has been charged, police said.
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A man who allegedly threatened officers with a knife and was shot in the leg by police Saturday in north suburban Skokie has been charged, police said.
Following a violent holiday weekend in Chicago, Police Supt. Garry McCarthy stressed that gun crime is still down, and sought to reassure parents of public school kids that Safe Passage routes will be secure when kids head back to school Tuesday morning.
The boy, 17, was standing outside in the 7400 block of South Chappel Avenue about 10 p.m. when gunfire erupted from a dark-colored SUV before it took off.
The two were standing on a corner in the 4800 block of South Winchester Avenue about 10:25 p.m. when the gunman walked up and opened fire.
The man was in the 4700 block of North Central Park Avenue, in the Albany Park neighborhood, when he was shot once in the side by a small-caliber gun.
The teens – a girl, 16, and an 18-year-old man -- were sitting on the porch of a home in the 8500 block of South Paulina Street when a car pulled up, and a passenger got out and opened fire.
The most recent fatal shooting happened about 8 p.m. Monday in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side.
The shooting happened about 5:30 p.m. in the 10500 block of South LaSalle Street.
A male was killed in a Monday afternoon shooting in the Woodlawn neighborhood, police said.
A man was found shot dead in his West Pullman neighborhood home on the South Side Sunday morning.
An off-duty Chicago cop shot and killed a burglary suspect late Saturday in Lincoln Park.
A Skokie police officer shot a man in the leg Saturday morning after a confrontation between the man and a business owner, and then later with police in downtown Skokie, Pioneer Press is reporting.
A man was shot in the head in the Old Town neighborhood Saturday afternoon about one block from Near North police district, police said.
A man is dead after suffering multiple gunshot wounds in the South Side Morgan Park neighborhood.
Police exchanged gunfire with a robbery suspect this morning on the Northwest Side and an officer was bitten by a police dog.
The 18-year-old woman was walking with a male friend in the 1000 block of West 97th Street about 2:50 p.m. when she heard shots and realized she had been hit.
Michael Bassaly, of Downers Grove, was denied bond when he appeared before a DuPage County judge Friday morning.
The 17-year-old boy was shot about 1 p.m. in the 7900 block of South Avalon Avenue.
Michael Zaky Bassaly was charged with first-degree murder in the death of 61-year-old Yvonne Zaky Bassaly, the DuPage County State's Attorney's office announced Thursday. He was expected to appear in court Friday.
Dwan Long was fatally shot in the chest when two men walked up and one of them opened fire about 8:05 p.m. in the 8200 block of South Avalon Avenue.
Three males were wounded in separate South Side shootings since Wednesday afternoon.
Authorities said they will likely file charges Wednesday in connection to a drug-related shooting Monday afternoon that left one teen dead and another man injured.
The 26-year-old, who has not yet been identified, was walking down a sidewalk in the 1600 block of West 59th Street when a male gunman opened fire.
The man was with friends in the 3700 block of West Ohio Street about 5:15 p.m. when they got into a "confrontation" with another group.
The 17-year-old boy was in the back of a vehicle in the 6200 block of South State Street when a gunman pulled up alongside the vehicle and opened fire.
