Firefighters Promote Safety After Fatal Fire In Woodlawn Takes 2 Lives
Chicago firefighters are speaking out Monday hoping to prevent more fires after Saturday nights fatal fire in Woodlawn.
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Chicago firefighters are speaking out Monday hoping to prevent more fires after Saturday nights fatal fire in Woodlawn.
Most recently, a man was shot to death Sunday afternoon in the North Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side.
The Fire Department said a stove that was left on to heat the three-story apartment building contributed to the deadly blaze that killed an infant and a toddler.
Firefighters responded about 10:30 p.m. to a fire in the two-story house in the Woodlawn neighborhood with reports of people trapped inside.
Two men were shot to death early Saturday in the Woodlawn neighborhood on the South Side, bringing the number of homicides in Chicago this year to 101.
Police are searching for a man who grabbed a 13-year-old girl from behind Monday afternoon in the Woodlawn neighborhood on the South Side.
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The most recent fatal shooting happened Sunday afternoon in the Riverdale neighborhood on the Far South Side.
Last year, 8 people were killed and 20 were wounded in shootings during the same four-day holiday weekend, beginning at 7 p.m. the day before Thanksgiving.
A 56-year-old man was shot Saturday in Woodlawn.
The latest homicide happened about 10:45 p.m. in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side, where officers responding to a call of a person shot in the 5000 block of West Concord found a 22-year-old man on a sidewalk with a gunshot wound to the head, according to Chicago Police.
Jacob Shelton, Lucius Delaney and Delaney's girlfriend had been doing drugs on Saturday night and into the morning Sunday when Shelton and the girlfriend separately left the apartment to buy more.
The 45-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene, and the younger man was in custody with charges pending Sunday morning, police said.
Police have identified a 26-year-old man who was killed in a Woodlawn neighborhood drive-by shooting early Saturday as David P. Smith.
The weekend's latest homicide happened Sunday evening in the Marquette Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side, according to Chicago Police.
A 26-year-old man was killed Saturday in drive-by shooting in a Woodlawn neighborhood on Chicago's South Side.
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The fatal shooting happened Monday morning in the Riverdale neighborhood on the South Side.
The 61-year-old had a valid state concealed carry license, police said.
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Wednesday's latest shooting happened about 5:20 p.m. in the North Austin neighborhood on the West Side.
A man was shot to death late Wednesday in the Fernwood neighborhood on the Far South Side.
The latest fatal shooting happened late Monday night when one man was killed and two others were critically wounded in the Roseland neighborhood on the Far South Side.
The weekend's latest fatal shooting occurred at 5:28 p.m. Sunday in the East Garfield Park neighborhood, according to Chicago Police.
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