Group stabs clerk during robbery inside Loop convenience store
The suspects took an unknown amount of money and merchandise before fleeing eastbound on foot, according to police.
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The suspects took an unknown amount of money and merchandise before fleeing eastbound on foot, according to police.
One of the suspects produced a sharp object and stabbed him several times.
A Chicago woman who helped the couple get to safety said she tried flagging down several police cruisers that did not stop.
The Chicago Police Department has opened an internal investigation into officers' response to an attack in the Loop on Saturday night. A couple was visiting from South Carolina and walking downtown, trying to find a restaurant. Video circulating online shows they were cornered outside of Macy's.
The couple remains noticeably shaken up – trying to find moments to smile after what they went through.
The video of the vicious attack near a T-Mobile store on Wabash Avenue has been shared millions of times online.
The mom, who asked that we keep her anonymous, trusted her son. So on a surprisingly nice April day, she allowed her son to go downtown with friends – rather than giving her usual response.
Our non-stop news crews spotted several Chicago police officers Monday night outside a parking garage near Lake and Wells.
Our non-stop news crews spotted several Chicago police officers Monday night outside a parking garage near Lake and Wells.
Charges were pending late Monday, and Area Three detectives are investigating.
"I'm not going to use your language, which I think is wrong, to say that it was mayhem," Lightfoot said when a reporter asked her about the incidents.
There is no other way to describe it – what happened downtown Saturday night was scary. It took hours before the police got it under control.
Managers of nearby businesses who had a clear view said the crowds this past Saturday night started out peaceful and then quickly got out of hand.
"It's not the last time it's going to happen."
"It's not the last time it's going to happen."
There have been multiple reports of gunfire, fights and bottles being thrown at CTA buses.
It's one of the dozens of protests we're expecting to see, across the country.
The federal government said the empty building is not structurally safe, and they're worried about a possible collapse.
A messy few weeks are coming up in the Loop because a building on State and Adams is set to be demolished. Demolition is scheduled to start next Friday, April 14, and last up to six weeks.
Police say he was identified as the suspect who, on March 6, attacked a 45-year-old woman before taking her car by force, in the 100 block of West Madison Street.
On July 16 and August 13, State Street will be closed to cars between Lake and Adams for a free block party.
It all happened during a busy afternoon rush hour, and five hours later, Brown Line service still was not back to normal.
Police said Samantha Maldonado named Alejandro Arellano as her killer before she died.
Alejandro Arellano, 31, is charged with one count of first-degree murder in the death of 26-year-old Samantha Maldonado, and was ordered held without bond Monday afternoon. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
Two people are recovering after a shooting in the Loop Saturday morning.
