Mohammad Samra

Phillip Mitchell, a 15-year-old Gary Comer College Prep student, was an “introvert” known for his good humor and even better outfits, doing Double Dutch dance at his family’s church and rapping, his main passion, according to his mom. He was fatally shot Wednesday afternoon.

Thirty-year veteran tow truck driver Dexter Johnson was identified by his cousin as the tow truck driver killed in the incident.

Unknown gunmen entered the home in the 7100 block of South Woodlawn Avenue and “shot up the place” on the Fourth of July, witnesses said, according to police reports obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times.

Earl Lory, de 34 años, murió después de revisar unos fuegos artificiales que en un principio no explotaron el jueves por la noche en la cuadra 3000 al norte de Kostner Avenue.

Earl Lory, 34, was killed after checking a firework that initially failed to explode Thursday night in the 3000 block of North Kostner Avenue.

Five family members were hit when multiple shooters opened fire on a Greater Grand Crossing home. No one was in custody.

El año pasado se denunciaron 635 robos en restaurantes, la cifra más alta desde por lo menos 2001, y este año la ciudad está a punto de superar esa cifra.

There were 635 burglaries reported at restaurants last year, the most since at least 2001, and the city is on pace to surpass that number this year.

“I think it’s a really good, hopeful step forward for piping plovers in the Great Lakes region,” said Matt Igleski, executive director of the Chicago Bird Alliance, as chicks hatch in Chicago and Waukegan.