13-year-old boy shot while riding in car on Chicago's South Side
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.
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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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Police say the bus, driven by a 28-year-old man, was heading westbound when it was hit by a Chevy Malibu.
Chicago police say officers responded to an auto accident where the U-Haul hit a black SUV.
Police say the man was in the alley, in the 6400 block of South Eberhart just before 4:30 a.m. when he heard shots and felt pain in his left elbow.
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Police said the girl was walking her dogs, in the 6100 block of West 62nd Street on Monday just before 4 p.m., when a man in a black SUV called out to her and asked if she needed a ride.
Surveillance video taken six months ago showed the moment Lancaster hit 14-year-old Jaquwaun Williams in the throat before allegedly threatening to beat him further.
Officer Craig Lancaster was charged with aggravated battery against the teen. Surveillance video showed the moment Lancaster hit the 14-year-old in the throat before allegedly threatening to beat him further.
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Each of the robbery calls was received about 90 minutes apart.
The boy was in a house in the 1100 block of East 91st Street, near University Avenue, when he was shot in the chest by three people who fired from outside the house, police said.
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Police said it happened last month on the far South Side. They said 41-year-old Lynn Resendez is charged with attempted murder and assault against an officer. Resendez had been on the run since September 2.
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The incident happened at Medgar Evers Elementary School in Ford Heights last Thursday, where the Cook County Sheriff's Office said a loaded gun was found in a student's backpack.
The victim was found unresponsive in the alley at 64th and Drexel Sunday morning and was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
Chicago police issued a warning about a string of vehicle break-ins involving Honda Civics on the South Side.
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Chicago police issued a warning about a string of vehicle break-ins involving Honda Civics on the South Side.
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A jewelry store in Chicago's Little India district was robbed at gunpoint Sunday evening.
A man was arrested and charged this weekend with a string of armed robberies and burglaries within a period of just over an hour earlier this month in Chicago.
The ages of the victims range from 17 to 40, according to Chicago police.
