Lottery player in Des Plaines wins $1.45M in Lucky Day Lotto drawing
The winner purchased a Lucky Day Lotto ticket for Sunday's evening drawing at the BP gas station at 1215 Lee Street in Des Plaines.
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Jeramie Bizzle is a web producer for CBS Chicago. Originally from the Austin community on Chicago's West Side, Jeramie got his start in journalism while working for the 5th Avenue Journal at Triton College. Later, he went on to become a freelancer for the Austin Weekly Newspaper and OakPark.com. He started as an intern at CBS 2 Chicago in 2017 and returned as a per diem turned full-time web producer in 2021.
The winner purchased a Lucky Day Lotto ticket for Sunday's evening drawing at the BP gas station at 1215 Lee Street in Des Plaines.
Around 1 p.m. authorities responded to the Chase Bank in the 100 block of West Northwest Highway for a report of a robbery.
Chicago police said five males in a red sedan broke the front glass of a liquor store.
Chicago police said the victim was found with a gunshot wound to the neck around 2:40 p.m. in the 0-100 block of West 27th Street.
Just before 1:30 a.m., officers responded to Eden's Bar and Grill at 926 Gardner Avenue for a report of people inside the bar who had been shot.
They entered the restaurant, took merchandise from inside, and then fled in a black SUV in an unknown direction.
The Jeep collided with the bicyclist, who was traveling eastbound in the crosswalk on the south side of Ogden Avenue.
One of the robbers snatched a chain from the victim's neck, and then the other shot at the victim at the top of his head.
Police said the vehicle was traveling southbound on Cicero Avenue at the time of the crash and then continued to flee southbound from the scene afterward.
Chicago police said the shooting happened just after 10 p.m. in the 2500 block of South Spaulding Avenue.
The ages of the victims range from 16 to 63.
A witness told officers that they observed multiple males fleeing the scene after the shooting.
Chicago police said the two men, 33 and 42, were arguing when one of them pulled out a handgun.
The robberies happened in the Gresham and Longwood Manor neighborhoods.
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