Woman found dead in house fire on Chicago's South Side
A death investigation is underway for a woman who was found dead after a house fire in Chicago's Washington Park neighborhood early Saturday morning.
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A death investigation is underway for a woman who was found dead after a house fire in Chicago's Washington Park neighborhood early Saturday morning.
At 5:53 a.m., the victims — men ages 18 and 19 — were in a business in the 100 block of East 51st Street when a man came up and shot them both, police said.
A boy was killed in a Chicago shooting on the city's South Side Wednesday morning, police said.
The teenage girl was inside a home on the block when she suffered a gunshot wound to the chin, police said.
The victim was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition.
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Xavier Tousant, 22, was charged with one felony count of first-degree murder.
Chicago police said that the woman was sitting inside a vehicle with two other people when an unknown sedan pulled up alongside them.
An apartment fire in Washington Park left multiple people displaced. Video from the scene shows heavy flames and smoke coming from the building.
The victim's identity was not released as of Saturday.
The victim, 20, was found with a gunshot wound to the head and was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
A gun was recovered at the scene, police said. Charges were pending late Monday.
The victims were in a home in the 5300 block of South Wabash Avenue when they were shot multiple times in their bodies.
The double homicide happened in a residential building on Wabash Avenue in the Washington Park neighborhood.
Surveillance video shows an off-duty officer notice someone approaching and pointing a gun in their direction. The officer is seen pulling their service weapon, and an exchange of gunfire followed.
Surveillance video shows an off-duty officer notice someone approaching and pointing a gun in their direction near 57th Street and Michigan Avenue.
Chicago police said that just before 2 a.m., the officer was confronted by an armed person in the 100 block of East 57th Street, and the two exchanged gunfire.
Police said a stolen car was speeding when it slammed into another car and a CTA bus.
Police are not using the word “chase” to describe what happened before a stolen Jeep hit another vehicle and a bus in the Washington Park neighborhood. Megan Hickey reports.
The Chicago Transit Authority said two cars crashed into each other, and then a bus.
The victim was hit in the neck and shoulder and was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition.
Police said the 39-year-old man was in a car in the 6000 block of South Prairie Avenue when he was shot.
The younger man who fired the shot holds a Firearm Owners Identification Card and a Concealed Carry License.
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Marshal Shepherd, 19, was charged with two felony counts of attempted first-degree murder and one felony count of home invasion.
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The vigil is said to honor the families and the loved ones impacted by the funeral home's investigation after 56 decomposing bodies were found piled inside the business.
One teen was killed and three others were wounded in a shooting in the south Chicago suburb of Crest Hill overnight Saturday into Sunday.
The Edgewater Music Festival was under way this weekend on Chicago's north lakefront.
Why has the family that runs South Chicago Chapel, where 56 decomposing bodies were found this month, never faced criminal charges, despite a history of mishandling human remains?
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One teen was killed and three others were wounded in a shooting in the south Chicago suburb of Crest Hill overnight Saturday into Sunday.
A man was killed, and two other people were wounded, in a shooting in Chicago's Bronzeville community late Saturday night.
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