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Man returning from gun range fatally shot 3-year-old in road rage fury: prosecutors
CHICAGO — A Berwyn man is accused of shooting and killing a 3-year-old during a road rage confrontation as he and his wife returned home from picking up a gun at a suburban firing range. The September 30, 2022, murder of Mateo Zastro shocked the city, but prosecutors only recently approved murder charges in the case.
Thanks, mom! Woman is charged with violent CTA attack after her mother recognizes her in Chicago police bulletin
CHICAGO — An 18-year-old woman turned herself in to Chicago police after her own mother recognized her as one of the people who attacked and robbed a man on the Orange Line downtown. Tamia Washington is the fifth person, but the first adult, to be charged with the robbery, which occurred around 11 p.m. on July 8.
Man dies after being pulled from Lake Michigan on North Side
CHICAGO - A man died after he was pulled from the water near Leone Beach Sunday night in the Rogers Park neighborhood. A witness told police that a 23-year-old man went missing in the water just before midnight in the 1200 block of West Touhy Avenue. Officials conducted a search...
Driver killed, 3 others hurt when car strikes CTA bus in Little Village
CHICAGO (CBS) — An 18-year-old man has died after crashing his car into a CTA bus on Chicago's Southwest Side early Saturday morning. The bus ended up plowing into a storefront, and three other people were also injured. The crash happened around 4 a.m. in the 4000 block of West 26th Street in the Little Village neighborhood.The façade and part of the roof collapsed into a pile of bricks below a bus-sized hole in the building. Surveillance video shows the intersection was quiet until the collision. Sparks fly as the car slides sideways, and the CTA bus careens into the building. Amparo Galan...
Chicago police issue alert for armed robberies in 3 neighborhoods
CHICAGO - Chicago police have issued a community alert following a series of armed robberies in three city neighborhoods. In each incident, three offenders approached victims while brandishing handguns and demanded property. The offenders, who arrived in a stolen 2018 silver Hyundai Sonata, then fled the scene. During one of the robberies, a victim was pistol-whipped.
1 seriously injured in shooting outside Chicago Walmart
One person was critically injured in a shooting on Friday afternoon outside a Walmart on Chicago's Far South Side, authorities said. The shooting was reported at around 3:40 p.m. at the store, 10900 S. Doty Ave. A 25-year-old man was involved in a physical altercation with someone who produced a gun and fired shots, police said.
Boy, 7, hospitalized after being shot in head on Dan Ryan Expressway
CHICAGO (CBS) — A 7-year-old boy was hospitalized after he was shot on the Dan Ryan Expressway Sunday morning.Illinois State Police say a vehicle was traveling down I-94 near 73rd Street around 2:40 a.m. when someone in another car started shooting at them – striking the boy who was a passenger.The driver of the struck car exited the expressway and stopped near 22nd and Michigan to call for help. The boy was taken to the hospital with a gunshot wound to the head.State police closed the expressway's northbound lanes just before 4 a.m. to investigate. All lanes reopened around 4:53 a.m.Investigation into the shooting remains ongoing. No further information was immediately available.
Search underway for 13-year-old girl missing for over 2 weeks
CHICAGO — Authorities in Chicago are asking the public for help in the search for a 13-year-old girl who officers say has been missing for over two weeks. According to Chicago police, 13-year-old Deangle Pruitt went missing from the 100 block of North Lacrosse Avenue, in the city’s Austin neighborhood, on Wednesday, July 3. Police […]
Boys armed with machine gun robbed 14-year-old in Uptown, police say.
CHICAGO — In a shocking announcement, Chicago police said on Sunday that two teenage boys have been charged with using a machine gun to rob a 14-year-old in Uptown. The robbery occurred around 5 p.m. Saturday in the 5100 block of North Sheridan. Police said a group of people, including a 15-year-old boy and a 16-year-old boy, robbed the younger boy at gunpoint and then fled the scene.
Traffic Stop Near Elburn Leads To Massive Fentanyl Arrest
A Chicago man is in custody after allegedly being found with 100 grams of Fentanyl in his vehicle. That amount of Fentanyl could produce approximately 50,000 fatal doses. On Tuesday afternoon at around 2:25 p.m., the Kane County Special Investigation Unit (SIU) spotted a silver Nissan SUV on I-88 near Dauberman Road in Elburn, exhibiting several lane violations.
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