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The Chicago Union of the Homeless, Rainbow PUSH Coalition and the Auburn Gresham-based New Faith Missionary Baptist Church distributed meals, toiletries and personal protective equipment to the 50-or-so tent city residents.
Two males in black ski masks got out of a black vehicle and fired shots at a parked vehicle on the first floor of a garage, police say.
A stolen Nissan sedan was driving south on Wells Street, when the driver, a 16-year-old boy, blew through a red light and struck a Buick minivan in the 500 block of South Wells Street, cops say.
About 10:35 p.m., he was sitting in his parked 2019 white Audi sedan in the first block of East 9th Street, when his car was surrounded by up to five people with guns.
They got out of their cars and started to fight before the male suspect pulled out a gun and shot the 16-year-old in the leg, police said.
Video of the skirmish was posted to Facebook. In it, the unidentified woman claims her husband is a police officer before shoving a 19-year-old to the ground.
Allen Espino is facing a felony count of leaving the scene of an accident resulting in serious injury.
The fire damaged multiple town houses and at least nine adults and three children were displaced, police said. No injuries were reported.
The building is far from fully occupied, but planners expect more tenants will use the amenity once COVID-19 fears abate.
Cody Nason, who used to work at the Michelin-starred South Loop restaurant, has filed a claim in court accusing chef Ryan McCaskey of being behind a bizarre website and harassing him online.
Davarius Minor handed off the infant to someone else before pulling out a pistol with an extended magazine Tuesday, firing nine shots in self-defense at his attacker at Michigan Avenue and Harrison Street, Cook County prosecutors said.
A red pickup truck plowed into the bus stop about 11:45 p.m. in the 1100 block of South Michigan Avenue, Chicago police said.
The facility will be closed at least a week for cleaning, fire officials said.
Saxophone great Donald Harrison said he was ‘an irreplaceable advocate for the music we call jazz.’ Singer Paul Marinaro, bandleaders Nicholas Payton and Jeremy Pelt also sang his praises.
Community members and business owners rallied together to clean up mess left behind after a night of looting.
A group of about four people broke the front window of the store in the 700 block of South State Street and stole the cash register and other items, police said.
In each case, a man entered unlocked boats or pried them open to remove items from within, according to a community alert from Chicago police.
In both cases the person has approached a homeless person while they were sleeping in a park and attacked them with a knife.
Officers found him walking on Michigan Avenue, police say.
The woman was placing her child in her vehicle on South Michigan Avenue when three suspects pulled up in another vehicle, police say.
The 58-year-old was found lying in the grass with the blade of a knife in his shoulder and multiple stab wounds to his neck and abdomen, police said.
Andre Misick was last seen June 10 near the 2000 block of South Clark Street, police said.
“We wanted to have uplifting, positive messages,” said Beth Swanson, an artist who worked with the property manager at Showplace ICON Theatre
Police cancelled the alert about 10:05 p.m. Wednesday.
Residents, including those in Bridgeport and the South Loop, have spent years pushing for a neighborhood school to serve their communities.
She was struck by a Ford Escape on Memorial Day in the 600 block of South Canal Street.
The 24-year-old man was the passenger of a vehicle driving south on I-94 at Roosevelt Road, when shots were fired from a passing vehicle, police said.
In the struggle, police were able to get a single handcuff on the man, but police say he began to flail his body “in a violent manner,” pushing officers around the bin and injuring several of them.
One officer was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital for injuries to his shoulder and knee, while six others were treated for minor injuries at the scene, police said.