Kenwood

The robbery happened on March 7 in the 4900 block of South Kimbark Avenue, according to a community alert from Chicago police.
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Hadiya Pendleton, 15, was shot Jan. 29, 2013 at a small South Side park about a mile from the Obamas’ Kenwood home.
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The wounded men crashed into a woman’s vehicle and then demanded she drive them to a hospital for treatment.
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More than a half-dozen classmates of Hadiya were called to testify Thursday against the two men charged with her murder.
A man was found dead in Lake Michigan Thursday morning near the Kenwood neighborhood on the South Side.
About 2 a.m., the 22-year-old was shot while he was a passenger in a vehicle.
Among those injured was a 23-year-old man was shot after boarding a Red Line train at the Garfield station.
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A man of unknown age was found dead in a vehicle in Kenwood about 8:05 a.m. Sunday.
In each incident, the robber or robbers walked up to a victim, pulled out a weapon and stole property, according to Chicago Police.
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The 31-year-old was driving at 5:51 a.m. in the 4900 block of South Kimbark when he was shot in his arm, foot and side, police said.
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The single-car crash happened about 11 p.m. in the 4700 block of South Lake Shore Drive, according to Chicago Police.
The most recent robbery happened about 12:50 a.m. Sunday in the 5000 block of South Lake Shore Drive.
Two robberies were recently reported in the South Side Kenwood neighborhood.
Three food delivery drivers were recently robbed on the same South Side block in the Kenwood neighborhood.
Police are warning South Side residents of a recent string of armed robberies during October in Kenwood, Hyde Park and Grand Boulevard.
Police are warning Kenwood and Hyde Park residents of a string of recent robberies in the South Side neighborhoods.
A man was shot Saturday afternoon in the Kenwood neighborhood on the South Side.
The pursuit started just before 10 p.m. Monday when Green drove away from officers responding to reports of shots fired near 75th and Lafayette.
A man was shot Tuesday night in Burham Park near the Kenwood neighborhood on the South Side.
A 76-year-old woman was fatally struck by an SUV Saturday evening in the South Side Kenwood neighborhood.
Police are warning South Side residents of two garage burglaries last week in the Kenwood neighborhood.
Police are warning residents about two recent robberies in the Kenwood and Hyde Park neighborhoods on the South Side.
A 16-year-old girl who went missing last week from the South Side Kenwood neighborhood has been found safe.