Man Wanted For Woodlawn Kidnapping Attempt
Two children were walking to school near the 6100 block of South Rhodes Avenue on Monday morning, when a man apparently tried to lure them into his car.
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Two children were walking to school near the 6100 block of South Rhodes Avenue on Monday morning, when a man apparently tried to lure them into his car.
The woman, thought to be in her 40s, suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the back about 10:15 p.m. in the 8800 block of South May Street.
The 36-year-old was found lying between two parked vehicles in the 8300 block of South Brandon Avenue. He was initially thought to have been killed in a hit-and-run, police said, but his cause of death has not yet been determined.
Brion M. Dowdell, 22, of the 8300 block of South Justine Avenue, faces one felony count of first-degree murder in connection with the fatal shooting in the 8000 block of South Elizabeth Street.
The victim, a 33-year-old man, was found on the sidewalk in the 9200 block of South Stony Island Avenue about 11 p.m.
Brion M. Dowdell, 22, of the 8300 block of South Justine Avenue, faces one felony count of first-degree murder in connection with the fatal shooting on Sunday in the 8000 block of South Elizabeth Street.
Someone found the 2-year-old boy shortly before midnight Thursday night, wandering near the corner of 82nd Street and Avalon Avenue, and called police. The temperature was in the single digits at the time.
The 23-year-old man was sitting in his SUV about 3:25 a.m. in the 6900 block South Eberhart Avenue when someone walked up and opened fire.
The 16-year-old told police he was shot in the leg about 1:30 a.m. in the 5100 block of South Oakley Avenue.
The suit was filed Thursday in Cook County Circuit Court by a woman identified only as Jane Doe, claiming a teacher bullied her 5-year-old son by slapping the boy, calling him names in front of his class and throwing his artwork in the trash.
Four people were hospitalized after a domestic dispute turned into a car chase that ended in a crash in Englewood early Friday.
The 29-year-old man suffered a single gunshot wound to the chest about 1:30 a.m. in the 8100 block of South Marshfield Avenue.
The fire is in the lower-level area of an industrial building at 945 W. 38th St. Firefighters were searching for the source of the fire as of 10:45 a.m.
Willie Buie, 20, was standing in an alley in the 7600 block of South Wallace Street about 2:10 a.m. with a group of other males when a gunman at the end of the alley fired at him.
The 18-year-old was standing on the sidewalk in the 300 block of West Garfield Boulevard about 8:45 p.m. when a dark-colored sedan drove past, firing shots.
A 29-year-old woman driving a minivan west on 43rd Street ran a red light and smashed into a sedan carrying seven people heading north on LaSalle Street around 1:30 a.m.
The shooting happened about 12:30 p.m. in the 700 block of East 79th Street. One male was shot in the head and was dead on police arrival. The second male suffered gunshot wounds to the elbow and forearm.
Firefighters responded to the blaze about 12:33 a.m. inside a one-story bungalow in the 8300 block of South Maryland Avenue. The fire was struck out about a half hour later.
A 15-year-old boy was shot and killed in the Little Village neighborhood Sunday afternoon. The boy, whose identity was not immediately released, was shot in the abdomen and side about 4:50 p.m. in the 3000 block of South Kedvale Avenue.
Officers responded to a call of shots fired at a building in the 6900 block of South Racine Avenue about 1:30 p.m.
The incident occurred about 10:25 p.m. at the Wrightwood Metra station near 79th Street and Kedzie Avenue.
Flames and heavy smoke were already shooting through the roof of the Dollar & Up store near the intersection of East 75th Street and South Martin Luther King Drive when crews responded about 12:15 a.m.
A man died Wednesday evening after he was shot in the South Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side. Early Wednesday morning, another man on the West Side was killed in the East Garfield Park neighborhood.
The 18-year-old woman was at a party at an apartment building in the 2900 block of West 63rd Street when she got into an argument with a man about 10:15 p.m.
The 2-11 fire was reported about 10:30 p.m. in the 5200 block of South Lowe Avenue.
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