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The Chicago Fire Department did not transport any wounded individuals.
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.
A witness told police they saw a white SUV fleeing the scene.
Gosha Kablonski, a resident of Krakow, said Poland could take some notes from Chicago in celebrating her nation’s ratification of the Polish Constitution.
Police said the museum asked them to clear the encampment on Saturday, hours after organizers set up a number of tents in the Art Institute’s North Garden that they said was intended to pressure the school to disclose its investments, give amnesty to demonstrators and divest from those supporting 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.
He fed hungry steelworkers from the nearby U.S. Steel South Works plant, taking off just two days a year — Christmas and Thanksgiving. But his kids would join him and help out at the restaurant.
The action when an arrest was made in the killing of Officer Luis Huesca refects what’s done nationwide. “It’s a way of showing that even though the officer is not with us, he is having a part in the arrest of the person who killed them,” former police Supt. Phil Cline says.
The government this year acknowledged Agent Orange’s presence at 17 bases, but not others where evidence is mounting — including Fort Ord in California and, possibly, Chanute Air Force Base in Illinois.
A man was killed and another wounded in the shooting April 9 in the 6900 block of North Glenwood Avenue.
Restaurants and bars anticipate a big revenue boost from the city’s outdoor dining program — especially with key summer events like NASCAR and the Democratic National Convention.
On a mostly peaceful day, tensions briefly bubbled over when counter-protesters confronted the demonstrators at the university’s Edward Levi Hall. An altercation prompted campus police to respond.
Xavier Tate, 22, was seen wandering the Gage Park neighborhood for hours before confronting Huesca at his car in a driveway, officials disclosed Friday.
The 56th annual Special Olympics Spring Games start Monday at Dunbar Park and run through Friday.
To cut costs and appease the two airlines footing much of the bill, Johnson proposed changing the order of construction. Work on the global terminal replacing Terminal 2 would be moved up, but the building of satellite concourses that would add passenger gates — but increase competition for United and American — would be delayed.
Democrats and Gov. J.B. Pritzker framed the bill as an ethics measure that would take “backroom deals” out of the equation when choosing candidates. But Republicans described it as changing the rules in a game that’s already in play.
Supt. Larry Snelling said his department’s internal affairs investigators had “reached out to everybody” in its Oath Keepers probe.
The hugely popular Chicago event brought thousands of swimmers to Lake Michigan — but as the viral event grew, so did safety concerns.