Two suspects in West Side carjacking caught in downtown parking garage
Charges were pending late Monday, and Area Three detectives are investigating.
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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.
A woman is dead, and police are looking for her killer, after a stabbing on a CTA platform in the Loop early Saturday morning.
A woman is critically hurt after being stabbed while on a CTA platform in the Loop Saturday morning.
Police say two Black males wearing dark clothing and ski masks entered the parked vehicles and took containers of mail and packages.
Police say two Black males wearing dark clothing and ski masks entered the parked vehicles and took containers of mail and packages.
The revolving door at the entrance to the bank was left with six different bullet holes.
Chicago office buildings are at an occupancy rate right around half of where they were pre-pandemic.
What does the future of the conventional American downtown look like, and did the pandemic change it forever? Studies show the COVID-19 pandemic caused a major shift in cities across the country. It's a shift some researchers indicate could be the beginning of the end for downtown areas, with remote work changing their landscape. So, what does it mean for Chicago? Will we see a pre-pandemic city again? And how do we stack up nationally? CBS 2 spent weeks working to answer those questions. Our team zoomed in locally, taking a close look at industries across Chicago, and hyper-focused in on the city's epicenter, The Loop.
Chicago was incorporated as a city in 1837.
A man is arrested and charged with hitting a 16-year-old girl on a CTA platform in the Loop in February.
