Chicago man charged with robbing, shooting victim in West Pullman
Martel Erving, 41, was arrested on Tuesday by the Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force, in the 8500 block of South Crandon Avenue.
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Martel Erving, 41, was arrested on Tuesday by the Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force, in the 8500 block of South Crandon Avenue.
An armed robber shot the man in the face after demanding his belongings near 120th and Union.
Just a day after murder charges against her and her son were dropped, and they walked free from jail, Carlishia Hood is speaking out about their controversial arrest, and the viral video that led to their release. She's now suing the city and the officers who arrested her in a fatal shooting in West Pullman.
A woman is suing the city of Chicago and several police officers, after she and her teenage son were arrested in a deadly shooting, only to have the murder charges dropped days later. The decision to drop the charges came after video came to light showing a man punching her before her son shot him.
Miller said there were multiple mistakes by Cook County prosecutors.
CBS 2 Legal Analyst Irv Miller said prosecutors made multiple mistakes in charging Carlishia Hood and her 14-year-old son in the shooting that killed Jeremy Brown. CBS 2 Political Investigator Dana Kozlov reports.
A woman and her 14-year-old son have been released from custody after Cook County prosecutors dropped murder charges stemming from a fatal shooting at a West Pullman hot dog stand. A video posted to social media shows the man who was killed punching the woman in the head before the shooting. LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS STORY
Cook County prosecutors have dropped murder charges against a woman and her 14-year-old son in the shooting death of a man during a fight in a West Pullman restaurant, after video came to light showing that man punching the woman before her son shot him. Read more here.
A 14-year-old girl was shot in the neighborhood just before the rally started.
The group Cease Fire says there have been eight shootings in West Pullman since last month – and five people have been killed.
Chicago police arrested 35-year-old Carlishia Hood and the 14-year-old boy on Wednesday in the 700 block of East 111th Street.
Crews were fighting a large fire at two homes in the 12000 block of South Lafayette Avenue on Chicago's Far South Side. Chopper 2 was over the scene where two houses appeared to be on fire in the West Pullman neighborhood.
Chopper 2 was over the scene where two houses appeared to be on fire in the West Pullman neighborhood.
Crews were fighting a large fire at two homes in the 12000 block of South Lafayette Avenue on Chicago's Far South Side. Chopper 2 was over the scene where two houses appeared to be on fire in the West Pullman neighborhood.
She ran to a nearby business where she collapsed, according to police.
Firefighter Jermaine Pelt and Lt. Jan Tchoryk died while fighting different fires a day apart. CBS 2's Marissa Perlman reports.
Three other firefighters were also injured in the fire and were in fair to serious condition, and two civilians were taken to the hospital in good condition.
CBS 2's Tara Molina reports on the fire and the devastating loss.
The fire spread to three frame houses on South Wallace Street. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
Chicago police say the 14-year-old girl was inside her residence when she heard shots fired from outside and immediately felt pain.
A teenage girl is critically hurt after being shot while inside her home in the West Pullman neighborhood Saturday morning.
Surveillance video shows both vehicles blew through stop signs at 116th and Racine.
A fiery crash was caught on video in West Pullman. A stolen Kia smashed into a Dodge Durango, which crashed into a home near 116th and Racine. Both the SUV and the house caught fire.
CBS 2's Jermont Terry talked to the woman who lives in the duplex home in West Pullman.
Five ambulances were sent to the scene, but it was not immediately learned how many people were injured. Kris Habermehl reports from Chopper 2.
