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The twin boys were found June. 6, 2003, in a trash bin in unincorporated Stickney Township. Their deaths were ruled homicides after autopsies revealed the boys had been born alive and died of asphyxiation, officials said. Detectives used genetic genealogy technology to track down Antoinette Briley in Michigan.
A man and woman were standing outside the ballpark Sunday in the 1000 block of West Addison Street when a male approached them and opened fire.
In a series of incidents in April, the offenders exit a dark car and wear all-black clothing and black ski masks, police said.
Marable Timile, 58, was arrested Monday in the 700 block of East 111th Street in Pullman. He was being sought in connection with the shooting death Saturday of a woman.
Raymond Link, 47, was walking with his unleashed dog in Peterson Park on Sunday when police say his dog attacked a 59-year-old woman who was walking her dog.
Ald. Raymond Lopez (15th) said he was briefed by police on the Cinco de Mayo shooting at 59th Street and Western Avenue, a wide street that he said has now seen at least two takeovers this year.
The boy was at the restaurant EL G-FE at 4253 W 47th St. about 2:30 p.m. when a man approached and started firing, police said. He was hospitalized in fair condition. A nearby elementary school was temporarily placed on lockdown.
Según la policía de Chicago, alguien habría disparado a través del parabrisas delantero de su vehículo mientras conducía por Gage Park.
A complaint filed Monday in the Illinois Court of Claims details disturbing accounts from 95 men and women housed at youth centers as children.
Police say thieves made off early Saturday with lighting equipment, laptops, iPhones and some booze from the Berwyn nightclub. Staff and friends pulled together to make sure that night’s shows went on. The robbery is under investigation.
A witness told police they saw a white SUV fleeing the scene.
A pedestrian was in a crosswalk near 2100 W. Armitage Ave. about 10:51 p.m. Saturday when a blue sedan hit the person and fled westbound on Armitage from North Hoyne Avenue, police said.
Three men were in the 7900 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue about 5:07 p.m. Sunday when four people with handguns approached and fired shots, police said. One man died. Three others are hospitalized.
A 31-year-old man was driving a Chevy Malibu in the 5300 block of DuSable Lake Shore Drive on Sunday when he lost control of the vehicle, police said. A 3-year-old girl was injured and taken to Comer Children’s Hospital, where she later died.
A man, 51, was in the 6800 block of South Prairie Avenue when he was hit in the legs and chest by gunfire, police said. He died at a hospital.
Someone likely shot him through the front windshield of his vehicle as he was driving in Gage Park, according to Chicago police.
Para aquellos que no pueden asistir a la clínica de este fin de semana, hay actualizaciones antirrobo disponibles en los concesionarios de Kia y Hyundai de todo el país.
Police said the museum asked them to clear the encampment on Saturday, hours after organizers set up tents in the Art Institute’s North Garden which they said were intended to pressure the school regarding the “occupation of Palestine.”
The employee, a 45-year-old man, exchanged gunfire Friday night with two people who entered the business in the 2900 block of West North Avenue and announced a robbery.
Around 1:50 a.m., the man was found shot in the head on the sidewalk in the 3800 block of West Flournoy Street, Chicago police said.
Just after midnight, a 49-year-old man was standing in the street in the 3000 block of West Warren Boulevard when someone exited a white sedan and opened fire, Chicago police said.