
West Garfield Park residents want solutions on gun violence
A district council meeting was filled with neighbors calling for peace and asking everyone to step up to create a safer environment for families.
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A district council meeting was filled with neighbors calling for peace and asking everyone to step up to create a safer environment for families.
A West Side community came together to vow to tackle the growing violence in their neighborhood. On Wednesday night, police, the district council, and residents teamed up to take on the challenge. CBS 2's Marissa Perlman had a front-row seat to the heated conversation.
The shooting happened last week outside the Legler Regional Library near Pulaski and Wilcox.
The Chicago Police Department is hosting another public safety meeting after two juveniles were shot outside of a public library in West Garfield Park.
A security guard carried a 12-year-old victim inside and rendered aid until paramedics arrived. A 16-year-old was also shot in the leg.
The Chicago Police Department is hosting a public safety meeting Thursday after two juveniles were shot outside of a public library. One of the suspects may be a girl as young as 10 years old.
Adam Avizius, 37, was charged with one felony count of aggravated battery with a firearm.
After the 12-year-old boy was shot, he was carried into the library by a security officer – who attempted to render aid on him.
The shooting happened on Pulaski Road the Legler Regional Library, and the youngest victim was only 12. CBS 2's Charlie De Mar reports.
Fire crews were just arriving at the scene around 4:30 p.m.
Chopper 2 spotted a significant fire breaking out in a residence in West Garfield Park on Thursday afternoon.
Flames and smoke were seen pouring out of a building near Pulaski and Wilcox Avenue in West Garfield Park.
Fire officials say one woman was taken to Stroger Hospital. She's expected to be okay.
The victims were on the 4400 block of West West End Avenue, near Kostner Avenue, when someone shot them both.
Police say the woman was arguing with an unknown suspect when she was shot in the abdomen.
We have reached out to Chicago Police, asking what led to the crash and how their officer is doing.
We have reached out to Chicago Police, asking what led to the crash and how their officer is doing.
No one was hurt, but neighbors say it could have been much worse.
No one was hurt, but neighbors say it could have been much worse.
Two people are critically hurt following a shooting in the West Garfield Park neighborhood Thursday morning.
A 17-year-old boy is charged with shooting a man in the West Garfield Park neighborhood back in August.
A 16-year-old boy is facing charges in the shooting death of a man in West Garfield Park last year.
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A man is charged after robbing and carjacking another man in West Garfield Park back in August.
The suspects are believed to be armed.
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The teen was shot twice in the thigh and was taken to a local hospital in good condition.
Chicago Police said the suspects have been targeting working Chicagoans as they leave for, or arrive at, their jobs.
Temperatures will be in the upper 80s with mostly sunny skies.
The suspects are believed to be armed.
Chicago Police said the suspects have been targeting working Chicagoans as they leave for, or arrive at, their jobs.
CBS 2 spoke to a neighbor who escaped the fire.
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Temperatures will be in the upper 80s with mostly sunny skies.
It is unclear whether either of the two people charged in each shooting actually fired a weapon.
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