South Side Parade Urges Dads To Take Kids To School On First Day Of Class
Washington Park hosted a big back-to-school fair Saturday, and some of those attending first took place in a symbolic anti-violence march.
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Washington Park hosted a big back-to-school fair Saturday, and some of those attending first took place in a symbolic anti-violence march.
Bishop James Dukes wants Washington Park and Jackson Park to be renamed, and a statue of George Washington removed.
The day's latest incident happened about 8 p.m. in the West Garfield Park neighborhood.
The weekend's first fatal shooting happened about 10:40 p.m. Saturday in the South Side Englewood neighborhood.
A boy has been charged with fatally shooting a man in May in retaliation for a Facebook post about the suspect's dead friend.
In each incident, one or two men have approached the victims, showed a handgun and demanded or forcibly taken the victims' property.
Most recently, a man was found shot to death Monday night in the South Side Grand Crossing neighborhood.
According to police, a man walked up to an apartment at 53rd and King around 5:30 a.m., and fired 5 to 6 shots into the window.
The latest killings happened within 20 minutes of each other in Humboldt Park and Gresham, according to Chicago Police.
A female and three males face misdemeanor charges of battery to a peace officer, reckless conduct and resisting arrest, police said.
Two women, ages 32 and 41, were killed in a Washington Park neighborhood shooting about 10:30 p.m. on the South Side.
In the last week, 103 people have been shot in the city, according to Chicago Sun-Times data, and 1,636 have been shot this year.
Three people were killed and at least 12 others were wounded in shootings Tuesday across Chicago.
At least 71 people have been shot in the last week, leaving 11 dead. Nearly 1,300 people have been shot so far this year, 222 fatally.
A 27-year-old man was gunned down at 7:52 p.m. in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side.
Two men were shot while walking down the street early Friday, when they were caught in the crossfire of a gunfight in Washington Park.
The latest homicide happened about 11:45 p.m. in the Far South Side Fernwood neighborhood.
A 17-year-old boy was among two people killed and eight wounded in shootings Tuesday across the city, according to Chicago Police.
A man, thought to be in his mid-20s, was gunned down at 7:42 p.m. in the Washington Park neighborhood on the South Side, police said.
A man barricaded himself inside a Washington Park neighborhood church Sunday afternoon, prompting a Chicago Police SWAT response.
The violence brought the city's toll to at least 980 people shot, 170 fatally, since the start of the year, according to Sun-Times data.
A missing 9-year-old boy was found Friday morning, after he failed to return home from school in Washington Park on Thursday.
Chicago police were looking into a string of carjackings in recent weeks, although it's unclear if there's any connection between the attacks.
A 37-year-old was walking on the sidewalk at 11:13 p.m. in the 7900 block of South Phillips in the South Shore neighborhood when four males got out of a dark-colored vehicle and opened fire, according to Chicago Police.
About 1:45 a.m., the gunman went into the 27-year-old victim's apartment in the 5200 block of South Michigan and shot him in the left leg, according to Chicago Police.
