Alderman calls for more patrols after man is shot, killed in Lincoln Park
Kevin Patel was shot in the chest and killed on Lill Avenue Wednesday night. Marissa Sulek reports.
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Kevin Patel was shot in the chest and killed on Lill Avenue Wednesday night. Marissa Sulek reports.
No motive has been released yet in the shooting that killed two people and wounded at least five others. As Kati Weis reports, we’re learning more about the suspected gunman.
The shooting on Lill Avenue took the life of Kevin Patel, who was found bleeding on the sidewalk Wednesday night. Sabrina Franza reports.
The man was shot on a quiet residential block of Lill Avenue Wednesday night. Sabrina Franza reports.
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Police said the shooting happened in a train car, but did not immediately provide further information.
An investigation found the shots were fired from a residence on the block and a bullet went into he victim's home.
The victim suffered two gunshot wounds, one to the right thigh and one to the left shin.
The victim, a 45-year-old man, was in the common area of a building when he was approached by an unknown male offender.
A witness told officers that a man and a woman were seen leaving the scene heading eastbound on foot.
A 13-year-old boy was shot and wounded in a CTA Red Line train car on Wednesday night.
Police found a 28-year-old man on the sidewalk on Lill Avenue.
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Treyvon Winfield, 18, was near his car at 115th and Morgan streets around 8 p.m. Tuesday, when a man came up and started shooting.
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The victim was shot in the buttocks and was taken to the University of Chicago's Comer Children's Hospital in fair condition.
The victim was shot in the buttocks and was taken to the University of Chicago’s Comer Children’s Hospital in fair condition.
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