Chicago police search for 2 people involved in hit-and-run on South Side
Chicago police are searching for two people who ran from the scene of a deadly car crash in West Woodlawn. A 6-month-old girl was a victim of that crash.
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Chicago police are searching for two people who ran from the scene of a deadly car crash in West Woodlawn. A 6-month-old girl was a victim of that crash.
The 6-month-old baby was being taken to Comer Children's Hospital by her parents for breathing problems when the crash happened.
She was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in unknown condition.
Chicago police tell us the 52-year-old woman was confronting those thieves from her apartment window when one of the men turned and shot her in the shoulder.
Quijuan Waters, 21, of Oswego, Illinois, was arrested by Chicago police officers in the 5600 block of South Wabash Avenue.
The shooting happened around 10:43 p.m. at the Garfield station in the 200 block of West Garfield Boulevard.
The victim suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the body and was pronounced dead on the scene.
The Medical Examiner's Office said the teen was shot in the neck and chest before being left in the truck of the car that was set on fire.
The teen was a passenger inside a car, in the 8700 block of South Marquette Avenue around 12:40 a.m., when someone in a gold-in-color Kia SUV fired shots, according to police.
The victim was driven to Trinity Hospital and was transferred to Comer Children's Hospital in serious condition with a gunshot wound to the chest.
The 16-year-old boy was charged with felony counts of robbery
Police said a 16-year-old boy then took out a gun and fired shots – striking three people. He too was shot.
The woman was taken by the Chicago Fire Department to the University of Chicago Medical Center in good condition.
Chicago police officers responded to a person shot and found a woman, 30s, who was shot in the neck and back.
Jaylan Jackson, 18, and Dangelo Jackson, 21, were charged with four felony counts of armed robbery. Dangelo received an additional charge of having narcotics.
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