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Three people have died and two others are injured, following a string of shootings early Wednesday, just hours after Chicago police announced plans to deploy hundreds of extra officers to neighborhoods most plagued by gun violence.
Two people were killed, and one other was seriously injured early Wednesday, after a shooting ended in a crash in the West Garfield Park neighborhood.
According to Chicago Police, a suspect was shot by an officer in Chicago's West Garfield Park neighborhood Tuesday night.
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She'Nyah O'Flynn was staying with a cousin in Chicago while visiting from Covert, Michigan for a relative's graduation.
Police said the victims were standing in a vacant lot near Pulaski and Fifth Avenue around 2:50 a.m., when four men walked up and started shooting.
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The fire started around 3 a.m. Tuesday at a three-story apartment building at the corner of Monroe and Kildare.
At least one person was killed and 12 others were wounded in shootings across Chicago on Tuesday as summer-like weather returned to Chicago.
Paramedics rushed the victim to Stroger Hospital in critical condition.
Police said Kenneth Baines, of the Homan Square neighborhood, walked into a church near Kostner and Maypole around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, and announced a robbery.
Police said the men were sitting in a car near Van Buren and Pulaski around 4:10 p.m. Thursday, when two people walked up and opened fire.
Around 3:15 a.m., the Fire Department responded to a blaze at a two-story apartment building near Pulaski and Wilcox.
Miracle Wheeler was last seen near the 4400 block of West Van Buren, according to an alert from Chicago Police.
Two people were wounded in the most recent shooting, which happened early Tuesday on the South Side
The most recent shooting happened Sunday evening when a man was wounded in a West Pullman neighborhood shooting on the Far South Side.
Six people were injured Thursday when a man driving a stolen SUV ran a red light and crashed with three other vehicles in West Garfield Park.
The most recent fatal shooting took the life of a 29-year-old man on the Northwest Side.
At 9:02 p.m., a man was found shot to death in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side.
The day's latest shooting happened shortly before 10:30 p.m. in the Edgewater neighborhood on the North Side.
The day's latest shooting happened at 8:26 p.m. in the Humboldt Park neighborhood on the West Side.
A 26-year-old man and a 49-year-old man were in the 0-100 block of South Pulaski when a silver sedan drove by and someone inside opened fire.
The day's latest shooting happened at 9:54 p.m. in the West Garfield Park neighborhood.
The most recent fatal shooting happened about 2:20 p.m. in the East Garfield Park neighborhood.
The shootings, all falling within a span of six hours, included a homicide about 2:35 p.m. in the South Chicago neighborhood.
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The McHenry County Sheriff's Office said that a 2024 Toyota Tacoma was traveling westbound on Butternut Drive when the driver failed to negotiate a curve.
CPD says a Jeep sports utility vehicle crashed into the front of the gas station and an unknown number of suspects exited, went inside and stole the ATM.
A woman suffered a gunshot wound to her leg and the officer was also injured due to a ricochet from the gunfire, police said.
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The Manhattan District Attorney's Office had ordered it to be seized so it could be returned to Fritz Grunbaum's family. However, an appellate court panel of judges ruled that the judge and the Manhattan District Attorney's Office inappropriately cited a penal law to seize the drawing.
A fire broke out at an apartment building overnight in northwest suburban Hanover Park, leaving some residents on the second and third floors to jump to safety.
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Organizers said the decision to cancel was difficult, but the "safety of the swimmers, volunteers, staff, and spectators remains the highest priority."
The confrontation between protesters and the agents was caught on video, showing one of the agents using what appeared to be pepper spray.
Heavy rain and storms are prompting flooding concerns in the Chicago area.
The McHenry County Sheriff's Office said that a 2024 Toyota Tacoma was traveling westbound on Butternut Drive when the driver failed to negotiate a curve.
CPD says a Jeep sports utility vehicle crashed into the front of the gas station and an unknown number of suspects exited, went inside and stole the ATM.
A woman suffered a gunshot wound to her leg and the officer was also injured due to a ricochet from the gunfire, police said.
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Williams got hurt while scrambling toward the sideline deep in Vikings territory with about 7 1/2 minutes left.
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