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14, including 5 teens, face felony charges in mass arrests hours after Chicago Pride parade 2024
Fourteen people, including five teenagers, were charged with felonies, after mass arrests took place early Monday morning on the North Side, hours after the city's Pride parade.Police said a total of 53 people were arrested, including nine juveniles, and four firearms were recovered. Six people were cited for obstructing traffic, six people cited for disorderly conduct and one person was cited for both obstructing traffic and disorderly conduct, police said. One person was arrested on an outstanding warrant.ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watchThe Chicago Pride parade ended around 1 p.m. Sunday, and the mass arrests took...
Chicago shootings: At least 27 shot, 4 fatally, in weekend gun violence across city, police say
Our coverage of this story has moved here.At least 27 people have been shot, four fatally, in gun violence across Chicago so far this weekend, police said.ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watchChicago police are investigating a shooting that injured two men on Chicago's West Side.It happened Friday night around 11:37 p.m. near Le Moyne and Linder in the city's Austin neighborhood.The gunman drove by the victims and started shooting, police said.A 24-year-old man was shot in the shoulder and neck and transported to Stroger Hospital, police said. At last check, he was in critical condition.A 40-year-old...
Huge heart tattoo helped cops identify North Side killer who was on electronic monitoring, officials say
CHICAGO — Prosecutors say the man who shot and killed an unintended victim on the Far North Side last month was wearing an electronic monitoring bracelet while on juvenile parole. Nicolas Novak, 18, was assigned to live at a Thresholds facility in the 2000 block of West Arthur when...
Activist led off in handcuffs after confronting Andrew Holmes at Dolton board meeting
CHICAGO (CBS) — A person was taken away in handcuffs after a board meeting in Dolton on Monday night. This comes nearly a month after another chaotic village board meeting.Clash with Andrew HolmesDuring the meeting Monday night, activist Jedidiah Brown walked from the podium over to village trustee Andrew Holmes. An officer pushed Brown away while Holmes was stopped from walking over to him.Brown was eventually pulled out of the meeting by officers.A former Dolton employee filed a civil lawsuit claiming Holmes sexually assaulted her while attending a conference for the village in Las Vegas in May of last year. He has not...
2 Shot, 1 Dead: Chaos Erupts at Chicago’s 31st Street Beach as Teenager and Woman Involved in Fatal Altercation!
Chicago’s 31st Street Beach Incident Sparks Safety Concerns. Calls for Enhanced Security Measures Following Violent Altercation. According to Block Club Chicago, in a troubling incident at Chicago’s 31st Street Beach a 17-year-old girl was shot after allegedly stabbing a 26-year-old woman during a heated argument late Saturday night. This incident occurred against a backdrop of increasing violence throughout the summer prompting widespread concern and heightened police attention in the community. Earlier that day a vigil had been held to pray for peace following a string of fatal shootings in June that claimed three lives and left others injured.
Proviso Math and Science Academy loses millions in fraudulent fund transfers
On June 24, the superintendent of Proviso Math and Science Academy called to report fraudulent transfers of funds, according to a police report. Officials said he told them an unknown offender, using the name Gilbane Building Company online, transferred over $949,000 on March 8 and $3.9 million on June 14 from the school. While Gilbane Building Company has a relationship with the school, the offender is not associated with the company, according to the police report. Police said the superintendent was unable to provide them with information about how the transfers occurred but told officers he reported them to the FBI’s Chicago Field Division.
Thieves steal mail from 3 USPS trucks within 2 hours on Northwest, West sides: Chicago police
Local and federal investigations are underway Tuesday after mail was stolen from three U.S. Postal trucks on Monday.Chicago police issued a community alert describing the mail thefts happening in the Portage Park neighborhood's 4300-block of North Milwaukee Avenue between 4:05 and 4:20 p.m., then in the Jefferson Park neighborhood's 6300-block of West Strong Street at 4:21 p.m. and in the South Austin neighborhood's 900-block of South Mayfield Avenue at 5:45 p.m.ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watchThe U.S. Postal Inspection Service calls these crimes of opportunity as the carriers were out of their vehicles delivering mail at...
3 killed in Chatham shooting after argument, Chicago police say
Three people were shot and killed on the city's South Side early Sunday, according to Chicago police.ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watchThe shooting happened around 2:17 a.m. in the 500-block of East 76th Street near Eberhart in the Chatham neighborhood.The victims, two men and a woman were arguing with the two unknown people.Moments later, the pair got into a silver SUV and began shooting towards the victims before driving off.All three were struck by several bullets.They were taken to the hospital where they later died, Chicago police said.The silver SUV fled eastbound. No other injuries have been reported.No one is in custody. CPD detectives are conducting a homicide investigation.INTERACTIVE SAFETY TRACKER Track crime and safety in your neighborhood
Video shows Chicago police shooting that killed 1 man, injured another
CHICAGO (CBS) – New video released by Chicago's Civilian Office of Police Accountability on Tuesday shows the police shooting of a stabbing suspect in May on the city's West Side in which the suspect was killed and another man was critically wounded.Chicago police responded to a 911 call describing a fight between two men in the South Austin neighborhood on Cicero Avenue. One caller warned a man had a knife on him.Pod camera video shows police pull up with their lights and sirens on. A man with a backpack seemed to wave them down before officers got out of their...
53 arrested during Pride Parade afterparty, the most arrests at any one-day event since at least 2013
CHICAGO — Police recovered four guns and arrested 53 people, including nine juveniles, in the hours after Sunday’s Chicago Pride Parade, officials said. That total is the most arrests at a one-day event in Chicago since CWBChicago began keeping records in 2013. Ald. Bennett Lawson (44th) issued a...
Illinois State Police Bust 3 Suspects Accused of Trafficking Kids
The Illinois State Police have taken their efforts to stop human trafficking to the next level. Three suspects were just arrested and accused of the worst kind of human trafficking of children. According to the press release just shared recently by the Illinois State Police, they just completed a two-day...
22-year-old man pulled from Lake Michigan near Montrose Beach ID'd: officials
A 22-year-old man was pulled from Lake Michigan on Chicago's North Side early Monday morning, Chicago police said.A scuba team located the person just after 4:30 a.m. near Montrose Beach.ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watchThe man was unresponsive, and taken to Weiss Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, Chicago police said. The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office later identified him as Albert Myrsatayev Nazirov.CPD detectives are conducting a death investigation, pending autopsy results.A beach hazard statement was in effect until 7 a.m.A swimmer went missing in Lake Michigan in the north suburbs Sunday afternoon.Evanston police and fire officials said three swimmers were rescued around 4 p.m. at Lighthouse Beach, but a fourth swimmer, a 41-year-old man, remains unaccounted for.Dangerous water conditions caused issues for the rescue attempt, putting the search on pause until Monday morning.
Shooting Incident Leaves Two Hospitalized on Chicago’s West Side
Early Sunday morning, two men were hospitalized after a shooting incident occurred at a red light on Chicago’s West Side. The incident took place shortly after 12:30 a.m. in the 3400 block of West Grand Avenue in Humboldt Park. Details of the Shooting. Chicago police reported that the victims,...
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