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Firefighters responded to the blaze near North and Cleveland avenues.
Paramedics were called to a “person down” and found Patrick Slagel unconscious and face-up in the 200 block of West Menomonee Street, police say.
One firefighter suffered ‘a minor issue’ in the fire in the 1900 block of North Sedgwick Street, according to Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford.
Teantun Davis allegedly shot a 5-month old boy and two men about 7 p.m. Thursday in the 1300 block of North Hudson Avenue, Chicago police said.
A 5-month-old boy and two men were in the 1300 block of North Hudson Avenue when they were shot, police said.
The ordinance, co-signed by all 50 aldermen and Mayor Lori Lightfoot, comes after aldermen heard horror stories from residents whose lives have been made miserable by party houses masquerading as home-sharing.
Rotonio Esco, 28, was charged with one count of first-degree murder in the death of Courtney Horton, Chicago police said.
Officers found a 41-year-old man with multiple gunshot wounds about 2:10 a.m. in the hallway of a building in the 1300 block of North Hudson Avenue, Chicago police said.
Police were investigating the death after a man in his 30s or 40s was found facedown in a hallway with blunt force trauma and abrasions to his head.
A man in his 30s or 40s was facedown with blunt force trauma and abrasions to his head, police said.
A 62-year-old man attacked by two people and robbed just after midnight.
The trip of a lifetime became a nightmare after the borders of the South American country were sealed March 15 in an effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
The gun belonged to an off-duty Chicago police officer who was working security at the Old Town private school, police said. An internal affairs investigation is underway.
She was sitting in her parked Honda CR-V in the 200 block of West Scott Street when three males approached and one of them held a gun to her face, police said.
Eric Charles Trefelner fell from the 31st floor to the 6th floor pool deck area, authorities said.
In each case, two men have forced entry to homes through front or side doors to steal property from within, according to a community alert from Chicago police.
In one incident, a man was pepper sprayed by a group of women and pushed from the car, police say.
Clyde McComb had last been seen at 3 p.m. Nov. 28 in the 1300 block of North Cleveland Avenue, Chicago police said.
Deshawn Jackson, 19, was charged with armed robbery with a firearm and aggravated unlawful use of a loaded weapon, both felonies.
The 25-year-old heard gunshots and realized she’d been hit in the foot in the 400 block of West Evergreen Avenue, according to Chicago police.
The blaze spread up a utility pole and damaged a transformer.
In each incident the person cut off and removed catalytic converters from the victim’s vehicle, police said.
In each incident, the offenders walked up to victims and snatched cell phones from their hands, police said.
Chicago firefighters discovered the issue Saturday as temperatures rose into the 90s.
Video from nearby surveillance cameras showed someone matching Gaston Tucker’s description running through the lot and tossing something under a dumpster, federal prosecutors said.
He was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where his condition was stabilized.
Kendra Bonds, 31, is known to frequent the Cabrini Green area, Chicago police said.
A man startled by a car crash ran from his home to help. There was nothing he could do.