5 Killed, 32 Wounded In Weekend Shootings Across Chicago
The most recent fatal shooting happened early Monday in the Brighton Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side, police said.
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The most recent fatal shooting happened early Monday in the Brighton Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side, police said.
In the most recent homicide, a 17-year-old boy was gunned down in the South Austin neighborhood on the West Side.
A 14-year-old boy was fatally shot early Saturday in the South Austin neighborhood on the West Side, according to Chicago Police.
He was on a sidewalk at 6:30 p.m. in the 1100 block of North Lawler when someone walked out of an alleyway and shot him.
A man was shot Friday night while trying to recover his girlfriend's stolen vehicle in the South Austin neighborhood on the West Side.
The latest shooting happened at 11:13 p.m. in the South Side Englewood neighborhood.
Police said the shooting happened around 11:10 a.m. near West End and Laporte avenues. Three teenage boys were standing on the sidewalk when two gunmen came out of a nearby alley and opened fire.
In each break-in, someone forced open the rear or front door of a home and stole property from inside, according to a community alert from Chicago Police.
One man is dead and two firefighters injured after a fire broke out in an apartment building in South Austin Friday night.
The fire occurred around 10 p.m. on the second floor of a transient hotel in the 300 block of North Central Avenue.
The homicide happened Saturday afternoon in the West Englewood neighborhood on the South Side.
A 25-year-old man was stabbed to death in the South Austin neighborhood Tuesday evening on the West Side, according to Chicago Police.
The 34-year-old was found fatally shot in the head about 6:24 p.m. in the 400 block of South Kilpartrick Avenue, police said.
The man was shot about 4 p.m. in the 0-100 block of South Leamington Avenue, police said.
gas man break forced homeowners out into the cold in the South Austin neighborhood late Tuesday afternoon.
A 16-year-old boy was shot to death in the East Chatham neighborhood on the South Side, police said. He was found at 1:07 a.m. in a hallway of an apartment building in the 800 block of East 83rd Street, according to Chicago Police.
Most recently, a man was shot in the West Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side. The 45-year-old was driving in the 4500 block of West Lake about 10:10 p.m. when someone in an SUV shot him in the left arm, according to Chicago Police. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where his condition stabilized.
A 50-year-old man was killed and a 38-year-old man was injured in a shooting in the North Lawndale neighborhood Wednesday night. About 9:50 p.m., the two men were standing on the sidewalk in the 3600 block of West 16th Street when two males walked up and opened fire, police said.
The officer shot the armed man multiple times after the man turned and raised his gun at the officer, according to police and union officials.
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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.
The 47-year-old woman told police she confronted a man who was wearing a mask and a hoodie, after he broke into her home in the 5000 block of West Van Buren Street around 6:15 p.m.
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A high school senior was killed in a fire in the South Austin neighborhood overnight. An 18-year-old male also was injured when he jumped from a second-floor window to escape the blaze.
Chicago police said the woman, along with two other suspects, fired multiple shots at officers while fleeing an attempted traffic stop in Brighton Park on April 25.
The suspect is facing multiple felony charges, including first-degree murder and aggravated unlawful possession of a weapon.
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Chicago police said the woman, along with two other suspects, fired multiple shots at officers while fleeing an attempted traffic stop in Brighton Park on April 25.
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