Hammond Carjacking Leads To Chase, Crash In Chicago
A state trooper saw a vehicle connected with an earlier Hammond carjacking and notified Chicago police, who helped Hammond police chase the vehicle.
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A state trooper saw a vehicle connected with an earlier Hammond carjacking and notified Chicago police, who helped Hammond police chase the vehicle.
The officer suffered smoke inhalation while helping a 60-year-old man who was hurt when he sparked a fire by smoking while using medical oxygen.
Four people were injured in a traffic crash on the Near West Side Tuesday evening.
A 25-year-old Chicago man is recovering on Monday after he was mauled by five pit pulls over the weekend.
The 51-year-old man was stabbed during a fight on the West Side about 12:20 a.m. in the 3900 block of West Division Street.
The man was with friends in the 3700 block of West Ohio Street about 5:15 p.m. when they got into a "confrontation" with another group.
The North Lawndale neighborhood shooting happened about 11:35 p.m. in the 1400 block of South Tripp Avenue.
The unidentified man was found aboard a bus when it stopped near the 1100 block of South Kedzie Avenue.
The most recent fatal shooting happened a few minutes before 10 p.m. Sunday night in the Washington Heights neighborhood.
The 27-year-old victim was shot in the head at 1:53 a.m. in the 300 block of South Mozart Street.
The most recent fatal shooting happened Saturday night in the West Side Humboldt Park neighborhood, when two men were shot about 10:10 p.m. in the 1000 block of North St. Louis Avenue, police said.
The most recent fatal shooting happened early Saturday in the South Chicago neighborhood.
At least eight people have been wounded in shootings throughout the city since Thursday night.
The 23-year-old man was outside in the 1100 block of North Waller Avenue when he was shot multiple times in the chest and back.
State officials have shut down a daycare center in the West Garfield Park neighborhood, after a 1-year-old girl died there earlier this week.
The victims included a man who was shot to death while riding bike in the Englewood neighborhood.
The 28-year-old victim was stabbed to death at his West Side home in the 3300 block of West Douglas Boulevard about 12:40 a.m.
Three men were killed and nine others wounded in gun violence across the city since Monday afternoon, including two men who were found shot to death in West Pullman early Tuesday.
No one was in custody for any of the shootings Friday morning.
The shootings came as July drew to a close and police officials announced the number of shootings decreased when compared to the same months in 2012 and 2011.
A West Side man was sentenced to more than 50 years in prison Wednesday for gunning down a car wash employee who accused him of being a bad tipper.
The most recent shooting occurred early Monday in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood on the Northwest Side.
At least 11 people have been wounded in shootings throughout the city within about a 27-hour span from Wednesday night through early Friday.
At least five people -- including a 16-year-old girl -- were wounded in shootings throughout the city Wednesday night through early Thursday morning.
Coby Bridgeman, 29, was outside in the 5600 block of West Washington Boulevard when three men approached, and one of them shot him in the head.
