10-year-old dead, teen in critical condition in Far South Side fire
A 10-year-old boy is dead, and a disabled teen was left in critical condition, after a fire in Chicago's Washington Heights neighborhood early Monday morning.
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A 10-year-old boy is dead, and a disabled teen was left in critical condition, after a fire in Chicago's Washington Heights neighborhood early Monday morning.
Firefighters found the 10-year-old in the house, and he was rushed to Roseland Community Hospital, where he died. His 18-year-old brother was taken to OSF Little Company of Mary Medical Center in Evergreen Park in critical condition.
London Woodard died, and his brother, Mikah Glass, was critically injured, in the fire in Chicago's Washington Heights neighborhood. Lauren Victory reports.
A 10-year-old boy identified as London Woodard is dead, and a disabled teen was left in critical condition, after a fire in Chicago's Washington Heights neighborhood early Monday morning. Lauren Victory reports.
A mother and fire were able to escape the flames in the house on Green Street, but their own two sons could not get out. Lauren Victory reports.
A 10-year-old girl is dead, and an 18-year-old man was left in critical condition, after a fire in a house on South Green Street early Monday morning. Lauren Victory reports.
A 10-year-old girl is dead, and an 18-year-old man was left in critical condition, after a fire in Chicago’s Washington Heights neighborhood early Monday morning.
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A 75-year-old man was in police custody early Sunday after two women were found shot to death in Chicago's Washington Heights neighborhood.
A 75-year-old man was in police custody early Sunday after two women were found shot to death in Chicago's Washington Heights neighborhood.
The 32-year-old victim was shot by a known person in a parking lot in the Washington Heights neighborhood, police said.
Chicago police said that a 32-year-old man was in a parking lot when he was approached by a known person who pulled out a gun and shot him in the abdomen.
Chicago fire officials said one person was taken to the hospital in an unknown condition.
The attack in the Washington Heights neighborhood on the South Side was caught on video.
The attack happened at 9:15 p.m. in the 9500 block of South Halsted Street in the Washington Heights neighborhood.
Firefighters returned to the block on Wednesday to talk to neighbors about what happened and distribute free smoke detectors
There was a large emergency response to the fire shortly after 4:15 p.m. in the 9400 block of South Lowe Avenue.
There was a large emergency response to the fire shortly after 4:15 p.m. in the 9400 block of South Lowe Avenue.
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