Cindy Hernandez
GA Reporter
Cindy Hernandez is a former Chicago Sun-Times intern.
Tensions were higher Tuesday when hundreds of New York police officers raided Columbia University and City College of New York while a group of counter-protesters attacked a student encampment at UCLA.
They were standing near the sidewalk when someone opened fire around 1 p.m. Monday in the 1200 block of North Keeler Avenue, Chicago police said.
The Chicago Park District said April’s cold and wet weather has kept the buds of 190 cherry blossom trees at Jackson Park from fully opening.
Chicago police and community organizations gathered at Richard J. Daley Academy to provide information about available services to people affected by violent crimes.
Eleven people were shot in an attack Saturday at a family celebration and 9-year-old Ariana was killed. Relatives pushed back on online reports that they were involved in gangs.
The demonstration was part of a global “economic blockade to free Palestine,” according to organizers. Protesters also took to the streets in the San Francisco Bay Area, on the Brooklyn Bridge and Interstate 5 in Eugene, Oregon.
Kristian Philpotts, 29, was driving for Lyft in Urbana and accepted a ride request on Jan. 12, 2022. During the ride, Philpotts was shot by the passenger, Tyjohn Williams of Champaign.
Humberto Hernández llevaba a casa a Dontius Wilson, de 23 años, cuando recibieron disparos en el bloque 600 al oeste de la 69th St. Hernández se dio a la fuga. Wilson resultó herido y murió en el hospital.
Humberto Hernandez was giving Dontius Wilson, 23, a ride home when they were came under fire in the 600 block of West 69th Street. Hernandez sped away. Wilson was wounded and died at a hospital.