3-Year-Old Shot, Killed In South Austin Community; Was Third Child Under 10 Shot In Chicago Since Wednesday
A 3-year-old boy is dead after being shot Saturday evening in the West Side's South Austin community.
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A 3-year-old boy is dead after being shot Saturday evening in the West Side's South Austin community.
Earth's Remedies started the "Save the West Side, Chicago" GoFundMe page to help minority brown and black owned businesses recover.
The City of Chicago is launching a new pilot program to improve CTA bus connections on the West Side.
Residents in Edgewater on Chicago's North Side are reaching out to people and businesses who need a hand in North Lawndale on the West Side.
Sunday brought another round of peaceful protests in the city and suburbs.
Police on Thursday issued a community alert seeking information about a suspect who hit a CPD lieutenant with a dirt bike on the West Side over the weekend.
Business owners on the city's West Side were devastated by looting and vandalism over the weekend, and face major challenges in restoring and reopening.
Under the circumstances, the cause of most of the fires will never be determined.
One man was killed and another was wounded Monday night in a shooting in the East Garfield Park neighborhood.
Firefighters were working to put out hot spots late Tuesday night after a building caught fire in the West Garfield Park neighborhood.
An Illinois state senator on Sunday called for donations to protect seniors on Chicago's West Side from COVID-19.
A 57-year-old man was hit and killed by a vehicle while walking across the street on Chicago's West Side.
Hundreds of people defied Illinois' stay-at-home order Saturday night, leading police to break up two large parties on the West Side alone, one with dozens, possibly hundreds of people.
"I'll say the biggest thing on my mind in the last week is how many people have actually applied for this. That let me know there's a problem in our city."
"This crisis has also doubled-down our longer mission to fight poverty, end racial inequality, and ensure every Chicagoan has access to a bright future we all deserve."
"I deal with gunshots every day and trauma and crazy stuff. And this is the only thing that scares me."
A man was caught with armor-piercing bullets and body armor early Sunday on the city's West Side.
There was a deadly shooting on the West Side Thursday night.
Police on Wednesday arrested a man who they say shot at a woman in the East Garfield Park neighborhood and then barricaded himself in a home.
Two people were stabbed in the West Side's South Austin neighborhood Monday afternoon.
A Chicago Police officer was shot Wednesday afternoon in the West Garfield Park neighborhood by a man he had just seen shoot and kill someone else, police said.
"I hope they get locked up for life."
"I'm very emotional. I'm upset. My head is pounding knowing that my son is in surgery. I just hope I get a call that someone is in custody for it."
Five people were shot – three of them under 18 – at a barber shop on the city's West Side Thursday evening.
More people died from fentanyl overdoses in Cook County last year than from homicide.
