Teen Wounded In South Shore Shooting
About 8:35 p.m., an 18-year-old man was walking in the 1700 block of East 71st Street when someone got out of a dark-colored sedan and began shooting, police said.
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About 8:35 p.m., an 18-year-old man was walking in the 1700 block of East 71st Street when someone got out of a dark-colored sedan and began shooting, police said.
A teenage boy was shot and killed Thursday afternoon in the South Shore neighborhood. About 6 p.m., 16-year-old Amari Sutton was found outside in the 1400 block of East 73rd Street with gunshot wounds to the chest and neck, police said.
The 16-year-old boy was found outside in the 1400 block of East 73rd Street with gunshot wounds to the chest and neck on Thursday evening.
Police are searching for a suspect in the Wednesday night attempted robbery of a female South Shore commuter at the Miller South Shore Station in Gary.
Myron Mason, of the 8600 block of South Kingston, was charged with first-degree murder Wednesday night in the death of Mechelle Lewis. Prosecutors said Mason was angry because he believed the victim gave him a sexually transmitted disease.
Police said the 28-year-old woman killed shortly before 10 p.m. Tuesday, when her ex-boyfriend walked up and shot her while she was sitting in a parked minivan in the 7200 block of South Bennett Avenue.
A man turned himself in to police after he shot his ex-girlfriend to death and drove off with her two kids Tuesday night in the South Shore neighborhood.
The fatal shooting happened about 1:50 a.m. Wednesday in the Uptown neighborhood on the North Side. The 24-year-old woman was a passenger in a vehicle in the 4500 block of North Broadway when gunfire erupted and she was struck in the head.
About 7:20 p.m., the teen was in the 7300 block of South Blackstone Avenue when he was shot in the back, police said.
The leak happened just before 11 p.m. near 80th Street and Crandon Avenue. A 20- to 24-inch underground main was leaking, filling the air with the smell of gas, and creating some tense moments as neighbors were told to evacuate their homes.
Nicole Broughton said her daughter, Kendra, was found safe Friday morning. Kendra had spent the night at a friend's apartment without telling her mother, and was reunited with her mom Friday morning.
About 12:25 a.m., a 19-year-old woman driving an SUV eastbound on 79th Street near Crandon Avenue swerved to avoid a crash with a westbound vehicle and struck a commercial building, police said.
Christopher Garcia, 26, faces one count each of first-degree murder, murder while committing another forcible felony and attempted robbery with the discharge of a firearm, according to a statement from Chicago Police.
About 3:20 p.m., the three were standing outside in the 2200 block of East 79th Street when another male walked up and opened fire, police said.
Two men were killed and a boy was injured in a South Side shooting Tuesday afternoon, police said.
Now, the local alderman is taking action, CBS 2's Jim Williams reports.
In the most recent fatal shooting, a man was killed and another was wounded Wednesday afternoon in the South Shore neighborhood on the South Side.
Two males were shot — one fatally — Wednesday afternoon in the South Shore neighborhood.
Nine people were shot throughout the city on Tuesday, including two teenagers who were waiting for a bus.
The 20-year-old was shot multiple times about 9 a.m. in the 7400 block of South Euclid Avenue, police said, citing preliminary information.
In the most recent shooting, a man was seriously wounded in the West Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side.
Over the span of seven years, the same neighborhoods continued to log more homicides than the rest of the city.
The sizable drop in homicides in 2013 is great... as long as you don't live in one of the neighborhoods that saw an increase.
Anthony Gates, of Riverdale, has been charged with two counts each of attempted murder and aggravated battery.
