CPD: Teen shot by man during carjacking in Auburn Gresham
CHICAGO — A teen was shot Thursday morning by a man in Auburn Gresham as 47-year-old was getting carjacked. Just after 4:45 a.m. in the 1600 block of West 82nd Street a 47-year-old man was inside his vehicle. He was then approached by a group of four males who demanded his vehicle and discharged a […]
Saint Sabina reopens food pantry in Auburn Gresham
Saint Sabina is celebrating the reopening of a much needed food pantry. Catholic Charities closed it last month--after ten years--because it got too expensive. So Saint Sabina took over, saying the services it provided were desperately needed.
2 victims wounded Friday morning in shooting in Auburn Gresham neighborhood
A man and a woman were seriously injured Friday morning as they sat in a vehicle on the South Side in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood, Chicago police said. About 9:15 a.m., a 22-year-old man and a woman, 23, were sitting in a parked vehicle in the 8200 block of South Sangamon Street when a black SUV approached and three gunmen exited and opened fire in the victim’s direction. The man suffered ...
Man found shot to death in Auburn Gresham apartment stairwell, police say
CHICAGO (CBS) — A man was found shot and killed at an apartment stairwell Wednesday night on the city's South Side. It happened around 8:30 p.m. in the 7800 block of South Marshfield in Auburn Gresham.Chicago police said someone found the 34-year-old man in the stairwell of an apartment complex with a gunshot wound to his chest. He died at the scene.It's not clear what led to the shooting.As of Thursday, no one is in custody.Area 2 detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident.
CPD: Mutiple armed robberies in Chatham, Auburn Gresham linked to dating apps
CHICAGO — Chicago police are warning people who use dating apps about a rash of armed robberies. Police said the suspects told five victims to meet at vacant or abandoned locations in the city’s Chatham and Auburn Gresham neighborhoods. Once the victims arrived, police said they were robbed at gunpoint by two to three men. Incidents […]
Boy, 14, critically wounded in shooting Tuesday evening in Auburn Gresham
A 14-year-old boy was in critical condition after being wounded Tuesday evening on the South Side in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood, Chicago police said. Shortly after 7:30 p.m., officers responding to a call of a person shot in the 7800 block of South Marshfield Avenue found a boy struck by gunfire. The boy had suffered multiple wounds and was taken to Comer Children’s Hospital where he was ...
Shootings and homicides drop in Auburn Gresham
Volunteers from St. Sabina Church have marched since June 14. During the last peace march for 2024, Sixth District Police Commander Michael Tate joined Father Michael L. Pfleger in announcing that shootings in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood are down by 50 percent and homicides are down by 83 percent. Auburn...