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No arrests have been made in any of the similar heists, which happened in Pilsen, Bucktown and Back of the Yards, police said.
The baby boys were found in June 2003 in a trash bin in Stickney Township and their deaths were ruled homicides. Detectives used genetic genealogy technology to track down Antoinette Briley in Michigan.
Guillermo Caballero Jr. was trying to drive home from a party early Sunday when violent participants of a street takeover, including one who jumped on the hood of his car, fatally shot him in the 2300 block of West 59th Street.
El concejal Raymond López (15º) dijo que fue informado por la policía sobre el tiroteo del Cinco de Mayo en la calle 59th y la avenida Western, una calle amplia que, según él, ya ha visto al menos dos tomas de posesión este año.
The girl was shot in the 8200 block of South Commercial Avenue shortly before 8 a.m.
Around 9 p.m., a 64-year-old man was walking on the sidewalk in the 9100 block of South Stony Island Avenue when someone approached and shot him in the head and chest, Chicago police said.
A man and woman were standing outside the ballpark Sunday in the 1000 block of West Addison Street when a male approached them and opened fire.
In a series of incidents in April, the offenders exit a dark car and wear all-black clothing and black ski masks, police said.
Marable Timile, 58, was arrested Monday in the 700 block of East 111th Street in Pullman. He was being sought in connection with the shooting death Saturday of a woman.
Raymond Link, 47, was walking with his unleashed dog in Peterson Park on Sunday when police say his dog attacked a 59-year-old woman who was walking her dog.
Ald. Raymond Lopez (15th) said he was briefed by police on the Cinco de Mayo shooting at 59th Street and Western Avenue, a wide street that he said has now seen at least two takeovers this year.
The boy was at the restaurant EL G-FE at 4253 W 47th St. about 2:30 p.m. when a man approached and started firing, police said. He was hospitalized in fair condition. A nearby elementary school was temporarily placed on lockdown.
Según la policía de Chicago, alguien habría disparado a través del parabrisas delantero de su vehículo mientras conducía por Gage Park.
A complaint filed Monday in the Illinois Court of Claims details disturbing accounts from 95 men and women housed at youth centers as children.
Police say thieves made off early Saturday with lighting equipment, laptops, iPhones and some booze from the Berwyn nightclub. Staff and friends pulled together to make sure that night’s shows went on. The robbery is under investigation.
A witness told police they saw a white SUV fleeing the scene.
A pedestrian was in a crosswalk near 2100 W. Armitage Ave. about 10:51 p.m. Saturday when a blue sedan hit the person and fled westbound on Armitage from North Hoyne Avenue, police said.
Three men were in the 7900 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue about 5:07 p.m. Sunday when four people with handguns approached and fired shots, police said. One man died. Three others are hospitalized.
A 31-year-old man was driving a Chevy Malibu in the 5300 block of DuSable Lake Shore Drive on Sunday when he lost control of the vehicle, police said. A 3-year-old girl was injured and taken to Comer Children’s Hospital, where she later died.
A man, 51, was in the 6800 block of South Prairie Avenue when he was hit in the legs and chest by gunfire, police said. He died at a hospital.