4 men injured in shooting on Chicago's West Side
The four men were on the sidewalk in the 4900 block of West Ferdinand Street when three armed people got out of a vehicle and shot them.
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The four men were on the sidewalk in the 4900 block of West Ferdinand Street when three armed people got out of a vehicle and shot them.
The shooting happened Saturday just before midnight at an unofficial high school alumni gathering in a shopping center parking lot in the 100 block of West 87th Street. Shardaa Gray reports.
The shooting happened on Saturday just before midnight in the 100 block of West 87th Street, just off the Dan Ryan near the CTA Red Line stop.
Officers responded to a report of a person shot in the 8200 block of South Houston Avenue, where they found a 20-year-old man with a gunshot wound to his neck.
The victims between 20 and 38 years old were taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center.
Chicago police said officers responded to a person shot and found a man, whose age was not released, and a 37-year-old woman in an alley who were hit by gunfire.
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The victim was hit multiple times in the body and was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
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A Chicago man has been charged with robbing two women at gunpoint and shooting one of them earlier this week in the Lakeview neighborhood.
A Chicago man has been charged with robbing two women at gunpoint and shooting one of them earlier this week in the Lakeview neighborhood. Suzanne Le Mignot reports.
Chicago police said the teen was walking outside when a man fired multiple shots in her direction and left the scene.
The boy, approximately 11 years old, was on the sidewalk in the 7100 block of South Union Avenue when he was struck in the arm by unknown gunfire.
The boy, approximately 11 years old, was on the sidewalk in the 7100 block of South Union Avenue when he was struck in the arm by unknown gunfire.
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Vásquez Lasso was shot and killed in March of 2023 while responding to a domestic violence call in Gage Park.
Officers found a 41-year-old man outside on the ground with multiple gunshot wounds.
Chicago police are investigating both shootings. No arrests have been made.
The now-21-year-old defendant, Steven Montano, is charged with first-degree murder, as well as charges of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and opening fire near a school building. Tara Molina reports.
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