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Each of their essays offers a peek into the ways violence rearranges a life. There are stories of loss and grief but also redemption, love, regret and shifting notions of justice.
Homicide Tracker
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Dexter Reed, 26, was pronounced dead at Mount Sinai Hospital Thursday evening. The wounded officer was rushed to Stroger Hospital in good condition.
Jamal Joiner, 29, and Rasheed Martin, 28, each faced one count of murder for killing Amari when they opened fire on a crowded street on the Fourth of July.
The Cook County State’s Attorney said Tuesday’s historically low turnout was “deeply concerning,” saying that it “tells me that we have an electorate that has not been engaged and that’s very troubling, not just for the state’s attorney’s race, but for our democracy as a whole.”
An autopsy revealed Mechellea Williams, 28, of Chicago, died of multiple gunshot wounds, and her death was ruled a homicide, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
“The only motivation here seems to be, I want that rifle. And now three people are dead,” Judge Kelly McCarthy said while ordering Antonio Velasco detained.
If the problems in Blagojevich’s complaint were fish in a barrel, the judge wrote, the lawsuit contained ‘an entire school of tuna.’
Investigators used DNA and forensic genealogy to identify the charred remains found in a grassy section of Old Dundee Road in August of 1979 as those of 27-year-old Joseph A. Caliva.
Officers found the woman, whose age wasn’t known, just after 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in the 6100 block of South Justine Street.
Illinois State Police troopers responded to a call of a shooting on Interstate 94 near 103rd Street around 2:45 p.m. Wednesday.
FBI officials responded to the robbery about 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Byline Bank, 6945 N. Clark St.
Some 100,000 votes or more are still to be counted in the close race, including votes cast in 11 Chicago precincts and mail-in ballots.
“The unfortunate reality is that relationships between supervisors and subordinates can be fraught,” U.S. District Judge Elaine Bucklo wrote. “It may well be that Donald in fact did not want or enjoy her relationship with Johnson. The problem is one of proof.”
The ADL says in a new report that pro-Palestinian groups are stoking a rise in anti-Jewish hate through weekly protests, organizing on campuses and social media posts. Students for Justice in Palestine calls the allegation “baseless.”
Judge Michael Mullen said a written decision would likely come down Tuesday morning, though he noted his ruling could come as early late Monday.
The boy was in the 700 block of East 91st Place before noon Wednesday when someone in a white vehicle opened fire. He was struck in his back and chest and taken to Comer Children’s Hospital, Chicago police said.
Zachary Volland, of Oswego, is facing multiple charges including official misconduct, burglary, government theft and possession of a controlled substance, according to a statement from the DuPage County state’s attorney’s office.
Just after midnight, officers responded to reports of “perceived shots fired” in the 170th block of Redbud Lane, according to the Orland Park Police Department. Mechellea Williams, 28, of Chicago, was the mother of three and worked for the USPS in Chicago.
Crosetti Brand, 37, changed his story when he testified before parole officials, who ultimately decided to release him on March 12, a day before the attack at his ex-girlfriend’s North Side apartment.
The driver of an SUV hit a sedan at 87th Street and Western Avenue in Ashburn about 11 a.m. Tuesday and fled the scene, police said. The passenger in the sedan was pronounced dead at a hospital.
Democrats appear to be leaning toward taking a tough-on-crime approach.
One critic says suing a gun maker over its design is like suing an automaker for cars that go too fast and crash.
Lorenzo Davis was fired in 2015 from his job as a supervisor of Chicago’s Independent Police Review Authority, since replaced by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability.
The boy was standing in an alley in the 7400 block of South Kenwood Avenue about 2:20 p.m. Monday when two males approached him and opened fire. The assailants fled.
The shooting last month outside the VLive nightclub is being investigated as a hate crime. The gunman allegedly said, “Bad gay,” before firing.
A man broke through a glass door to the Downtown Islamic Center before the nightly prayers for Ramadan Sunday night. “It really ties into — from our side of the looking glass — to the situation in Gaza,” Abdullah Mitchell, executive director of the Council Of Islamic Organizations Of Greater Chicago said Monday.
The slippers, adorned with sequins and glass beads, were stolen from the Judy Garland Museum in the late actor’s hometown of Grand Rapids, Minnesota, nearly 20 years ago, and their whereabouts remained a mystery until the FBI recovered them in 2018.
Thirteen of the robberies occurred between 6 a.m. and 1 p.m. Saturday across the Avondale, Austin, Logan Square and Portage Park neighborhoods, though another occurred Thursday in the 2600 block of West Fletcher Avenue about 7:41 p.m.
A 25-year-old man was sitting on a porch in the 4200 block of North Kimball Avenue about 1:23 p.m. Sunday when two men walked up and shot at him, police said, hitting him five times.
Two cars were traveling in opposite directions in the 1500 block of West Augusta Avenue about 1:53 a.m. Sunday when one of the vehicles swerved into the path of the other. Two people were sent to hospitals.
A 20-year-old man was stopped in his vehicle in the first block of West 79th Street about 3:06 p.m. Sunday when a ‘known offender’ came up on foot and shot at the man, hitting him three times in the body, police said.