Suspects sought in multiple carjackings, burglaries on North, South Sides
The robbers were only described as wearing hooded sweatshirts, masks, and gloves.
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The robbers were only described as wearing hooded sweatshirts, masks, and gloves.
The incidents happened between Sept. 15 and Oct. 9. During the evening and early morning hours.
Police said the robbers would lure victims using the apps by asking them to come to a specific address to meet. The locations were either abandoned or vacant buildings.
Evidence markers were placed on the sidewalk where the victim, only described as a male, was walking along with a car with shot-out windows.
The victim was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition with a stab wound to the back.
The victim was hit in his left leg and was taken to the University of Chicago Hospital in good condition.
The teen suffered multiple gunshot wounds to his body and was taken to the University of Chicago's Comer Children's Hospital in critical condition, police said.
Light the Line was formed by Elizabeth French, the mother of fallen Chicago police officer Ella French, and Carlos Yanez Jr., her police partner who was also seriously wounded.
Six of those incidents happened on Saturday, and three more on Sunday—all happening during the early morning hours.
Police haven't confirmed if the incidents were related, but officers did recover the truck used in the electronics burglary in the 8500 block of South Laflin Street in Auburn Gresham.
Thieves stole cash and merchandise from a beauty supply store and an electronics store on the city's South Side early Thursday morning, according to police.
Chicago police said the victim was found with a gunshot wound to the neck around 2:40 p.m. in the 0-100 block of West 27th Street.
Davion Pryor appeared in court Saturday afternoon. Judge David Kelly was visibly emotional as he took on the case and stopped several times to collect himself. He called it a tragedy, as prosecutors alleged Pryor shot his mother, 43-year-old Tatanisha Jackson, in front of family members.
The robberies happened in the Gresham and Longwood Manor neighborhoods.
Police said the unknown offender used a rock to break the window or door to gain entry and take money from inside.
Chicago police said he was placed in police custody the same day, just before 10 p.m., in the 7000 block of South Cottage Grove.
The offenders entered and attempted to leave the scene but struck a post.
Marshal Shepherd, 19, was charged with two felony counts of attempted first-degree murder and one felony count of home invasion.
Jimier Williams, 25, and Jimmie Williams, 29, were charged with aggravated battery with discharge of a firearm and attempted first-degree murder.
Chicago police said the woman was inside a car at the intersection when she was struck in the back by gunfire by an unknown person.
A 44-year-old woman was seriously hurt after being shot while inside a car on the city's South Side Tuesday night.
Chicago police said around 2:13 a.m., a 29-year-old man self-transported to the University of Chicago Medical Center after being shot in the 10500 block of South Cottage Grove in the Roseland neighborhood.
Two unknown people are barricaded inside a residence at the 10500 block of South Cottage Grove after a man was shot and critically hurt.
The crash happened around 12:15 a.m. at the Heart of the Lamb Outreach Ministries in the 200 block of East 79th Street.
Thieves struck four stores Chicago’s South Side early Friday morning, leaving a hole in the roof of one of them. Tara Molina reports.
