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David Villarreal-Zapata, 31, was traveling in a car with another man Thursday when someone in a tan-colored SUV fired shots at them, police said.
The man, 51, was inside his home when a man he knew attacked him with a knife during an argument.
The highest rates of calls to the city’s 311 line over dibs disputes come from Archer Heights, Brighton Park and Hermosa, the lowest from Oakland and Riverdale.
State environmental regulators determined there were too many harmful metals and other toxic substances detected on the property for it to safely house asylum-seekers.
The case — filed by several regular protesters at the Southwest Side — was dismissed because construction was already paused by the state.
Construction was halted Sunday pending an Illinois Environmental Protection Agency review of a nearly 800-page city consultant’s study that was released Friday night.
El portavoz del alcalde dijo que la mitigación de los contaminantes en el terreno se completaría para el fin de la semana.
The tents are expected to be completed in a matter of days and will house 500 migrants at first.
Two people were battered and hospitalized. In a community alert, police say three of the incidents involving a white BMW sedan may be related.
A contractor is expected to begin the final phase of construction over the objections of Ald. Julia Ramirez (12th) at a site where heavy metal contamination was found.
Protesters said more than 10 dump trucks were lined up to enter the site to lay a gravel base, which city officials have said is required of any site intended for a migrant camp.
About 8 p.m., firefighters arrived at the burning building in the 3200 block of West 38th Place and found the woman, 32, unresponsive, Chicago police said. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Plans call for the camp to be built on a vacant lot near West 38th Street and South California Avenue, costing the city $91,400-a-month.
The city signed the lease before an environmental assessment was completed. Ald. Julia Ramirez (12th) said it was done without her knowledge.
Chicago City Council members don’t want other ward needs neglected in favor of migrant tent shelters
Alds. Ronnie Mosley (21st) and Julia Ramirez (12th) lead wards where the first of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s migrants camps could be built. They want commitments from the city to support long-term projects in their wards.
City responds that its “No. 1 priority” is to house the 4,000 migrants now at police stations more humanely before cold weather hits, and ward’s alderperson says she’s asked for extra resources for the neighborhood.
The man, 27, was outside when someone drove up to him and a person inside the car fired shots.
A 20-year-old woman was killed and two other people wounded during a shooting in the 4300 block of South Rockwell Avenue, police said.
The boy was shot in the chest and was listed in good condition at Stroger Hospital.
Turned away from a shelter, the mother and grandmother happened to find a benefactor in a former spice merchant. They’re just one of the hundreds of families who have begun to call Chicago home.