CPD issue alert of armed robberies within minutes on South, Southwest Sides
Police say a group of five or six males drove up in a vehicle and stopped in the street near the victims before exiting with a firearm.
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Police say a group of five or six males drove up in a vehicle and stopped in the street near the victims before exiting with a firearm.
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It starts at 10 a.m. in Cornell Square Park near 50th and Wood Street in Back of the Yards.
The young band members say they are still confused about what caused the officers to approach them.
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Chicago police arrested 31-year-old Cornillus Acker on Thursday, in the 600 block of North Springfield Avenue.
Police said he suffered multiple gunshot wounds around the body and was pronounced dead at the scene.
The shooting happened just after midnight, in the 8200 block of South Albany Avenue in the Wrightwood neighborhood.
The robberies happened Friday morning within an hour between 6:40 and 7:40 a.m. in the Brighton Park, Gage Park, Englewood, and Back of the Yards neighborhoods.
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David Kunesh, known as "Shred," spoke to us just hours after being released from the hospital.
Police say in each incident, three suspects would throw an object through the glass door of the business and take property from inside.
The teen was charged with five felony counts of armed robbery.
The shooting happened around 8:15 p.m. in the 6300 block of South Artesian Avenue in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood.
The victim was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.
The victims crashed into a truck after the shooting in the Wrightwood community, and one of them later died.
Police say in each incident, three suspects would throw an object through the glass door of the business and take property from inside.
Brandon Harris, 25, was arrested Wednesday by the Great Lakes Regional Task Force, in the 7700 block of South Coles Avenue.
Police say the officer was involved in a confrontation with an armed individual in a vehicle when they produced their firearm and discharged their weapon.
Video shows a black convertible Lexus lodged halfway inside the store on 87th and Vincennes.
The owner thinks the thieves had some high tech to help get away with their loot.
The owner tells us the burglars made off with around $10,000 in goods and it all happened really fast.
Lisbet, Antunez, 46, was last seen in the vicinity of the 5200 block of South Hoyne Avenue in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on May 3.
Javier Valencia, 22, is charged with one felony count of aggravated vehicular hijacking with a firearm.
The burglaries happened during the months of March and April in the Bridgeport and McKinley neighborhoods.
