Man Charged With August Murder In West Garfield Park
Bond was denied on Sunday for a man charged with killing an 18-year-old man and wounding a teenage boy in a shooting in the West Garfield Park neighborhood in August.
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Bond was denied on Sunday for a man charged with killing an 18-year-old man and wounding a teenage boy in a shooting in the West Garfield Park neighborhood in August.
Police are warning residents of a series of robberies over the past two weeks in the West Garfield Park and East Garfield Park neighborhoods on the West Side.
Jaylyn Drounsaville, 21, was standing outside in the 3800 block of West Van Buren Street at 10:30 p.m. when someone approached and fatally shot him, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.
A 64-year-old woman was shot early Saturday when a bullet came through the window of a West Garfield Park neighborhood home on the West Side.
Firefighters responded to the blaze around 1:50 a.m. Wednesday at a two-flat in the 4100 block of West Maypole Avenue.
A man was killed and a 16-year-old boy was wounded in a West Garfield Park neighborhood shooting Friday evening on the West Side.
In the most recent fatal shooting, a man was killed and a woman was wounded Monday night in the West Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side, police said.
In the most recent fatal shooting, a man was killed and a teenage boy was critically wounded in a Sunday night shooting in the Lawndale neighborhood on the Southwest Side.
The latest fatal shooting was a gang-related attack at a Brighton Park neighborhood gas station just before 3 p.m., police said.
The men, 19 and 20, were sitting in a parked car about midnight in the 4000 block of West West End Avenue when a light-colored car pulled up, and someone inside fired shots, police said.
The 16-year-old was standing outside in the 4400 block of West Jackson Boulevard just after midnight when he heard shots and felt pain, police said.
The men were standing outside about 5 p.m. in the 4400 block of West Maypole when someone fired shots, police said.
Shots were fired at Chicago Police officers early Saturday in the West Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side.
A 16-year-old boy was shot to death and a 17-year-old boy was seriously wounded in a South Chicago shooting Monday evening. The two were standing outside in the 7900 block of South Merrill Avenue about 5:30 p.m. when a red vehicle pulled up and a male got out and shot them, police said.
A 50-year-old man was killed and a 38-year-old man was injured in a shooting in the North Lawndale neighborhood Wednesday night. About 9:50 p.m., the two men were standing on the sidewalk in the 3600 block of West 16th Street when two males walked up and opened fire, police said.
James E. Thomas, 49, was charged with one county of first-degree murder and one count of aggravated assault to a peace officer with a weapon, according to a statement from Chicago Police.
A woman was found dead early Tuesday in her West Garfield Park neighborhood apartment after her roommate posted on social media that he had killed her, police sources said.
About 2:30 a.m., the 49-year-old woman was found unresponsive inside a third-floor apartment in the 4300 block of West Flournoy Street, police said.
The man was shot multiple times about 4:45 a.m. in the 100 block of South Springfield Avenue, police. He was standing on the sidewalk when a gunman approached and opened fire.
About 12:45 a.m., officers on patrol heard gunshots and found the man lying on a sidewalk in the 4400 block of West Lexington Street, police News Affairs Officer Hector Alfaro said.
A 23-year-old man was fatally shot in the West Side Humboldt Park neighborhood Monday afternoon. About 2:25 p.m., a gunman approached 23-year-old Master G. Roberson in the 700 block of North Hamlin and opened fire, striking him in the head and chest.
The 28-year-old delivery driver was shot when a group of people approached him and announced a robbery about 9:10 p.m. in the 100 block of North Kildare, police said. About 40 minutes earlier, at 8:35 p.m., a different delivery driver went to the same address to deliver food but was robbed at gunpoint instead.
Police have released surveillance photos of suspects in two cellphone robberies on the CTA Green Line last week in the West Garfield Park neighborhood.
About 11 p.m., a Mercury Marquis traveling east in the 4000 block of West Lake crossed into oncoming traffic, hitting a Pontiac Grand Am head-on, police News Affairs Officer Michael Sullivan said.
About 5:15 p.m., the 48-year-old was on the sidewalk in the 800 block of South Pulaski Road when another male walked up and shot him several times, police said.
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