CPD issue alert of 10 armed robberies on West, Northwest Sides
Police say three men would exit a black car displaying handguns and demanding the victim's property, including wallets, purses, and cell phones.
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Police say three men would exit a black car displaying handguns and demanding the victim's property, including wallets, purses, and cell phones.
Two of the victims were struck by one of the robbers. Another victim, an employee at a liquor store, was shot in the shoulder during one of the robberies.
Fire officials say the fire started in the basement and the rear of the building.
A fire broke out inside a two-story apartment building near Van Buren and Kilpatrick in the Austin neighborhood just before 7 a.m.
Police say in each incident, two to four armed male offenders approached the victims and demanded their property.
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The boy was standing in a hallway when two unknown offenders fired shots in the victim's direction
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Each of the robbery calls was received about 90 minutes apart.
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USPIS officials are offering up to $150,000 for information that leads to an arrest and conviction in each robbery.
The robberies both happened on the city's West Side.
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It's the second mass shooting of the weekend. This one happening near Pulaski and 13th Street in Lawndale.
Police say the 37-year-old victim was arguing with a known man inside a residence that turned into a fight.
Chicago police say a group was leaving a gathering around 12:47 a.m., in the 2000 block of North Lorel Avenue, when an unknown car driving northbound approached, and someone inside fired multiple shots in the crowd's direction.
Chicago police say a group was leaving a gathering around 12:47 a.m., in the 2000 block of North Lorel Avenue, when an unknown car driving northbound approached, and someone inside fired multiple shots in the crowd's direction.
Police say the woman, 18, and girl, 14, along with a boy, 17, were sleeping inside the 2015 black Audi Q5 that was reported stolen.
Police said in four of the incidents, victims were carjacked or robbed at gunpoint or knifepoint.
Police said in four of the incidents, victims were carjacked or robbed at gunpoint or knifepoint.
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A Chicago woman with relatives in Lebanon said her family is terrified as Israel continues its attacks, which Iran says violates its ceasefire agreement with the U.S.
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Chicago taxpayers might soon have to pay $9.5 million to a man who spent 19 years in prison after he was wrongfully convicted of murder.
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Tim Sinclair is the only public address announcer who works for three professional teams in the same city here in Chicago, and a familiar voice to many sports fans. But he almost wasn't.
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Federal magistrate Renee Harris Toliver told Pooh Sheisty that the evidence against him is strong.
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Chicago police on Tuesday issued a community alert about car break-ins targeting patrons of a gym in the city's Irving Park neighborhood.
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