South Shore

The two men were in a parking lot about 5 p.m. in the 1500 block of East 75th Street when someone opened fire.
The men, 36 and 20, were near an alley when a fight broke out and they both were shot, police said.
Driver Anastasios Adamopoulos and a passenger hopped off his bus about 2 a.m. Monday and woke residents in two homes that were on fire. “The flames were reaching for the heavens.”
“My heart is just torn into pieces,” the grandmother of Amere P. Deese, 14, said Monday after the teen was one of three victims shot in a Chatham home.
A state report last year revealed Black women in Illinois were three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related medical conditions than white women. “All these years later, we still haven’t figured out how Black women can have safe pregnancies, birthing experiences, and a healthy first-year postpartum,” Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton said. “But now, Illinois is taking action.”
Firefighters responded just before 4 p.m. to a fire at a building in the 7100 block of South Jeffery Boulevard.
In a letter to City Council Black Caucus Chair Stephanie Coleman, Ald. Desmon Yancy alleged that he was the ‘victim of an unprovoked assault’ by Mitchell after a council hearing last week. Mitchell denies the claim, and police called the situation a “non-criminal incident.”
Martina Standley’s family says she was suffering a “mental health crisis” on Nov. 13, 2019 when she walked up to a police department SUV with Chicago Police Officer Brian Greene behind the wheel. After she touched the spotlight on the vehicle, Greene sped off, driving over her.
The woman was arguing with a man inside a home Friday when she pulled out a gun and shot him, police said.
Tyerah Wallace, 48, was found unresponsive with a gunshot wound. She was pronounced dead at the scene in the 7600 block of South East End Avenue, police said.
G Herbo, born Herbert Wright III, signed an agreement in July of last year pleading guilty to one count of wire fraud and one count of lying to federal agents.
Darryl Price claims he and other Black workers were denied the opportunity to transfer to other departments and missed out on overtime opportunities.
The women allege “childhood sexual abuse” by male supervisors in the years before a scandal at the city’s beaches and pools.
Amarise Parker, who was reported missing from the 10900 block of South Wood Street, was last seen on Aug. 30 when she left her home after coming home from school, according to a Chicago police missing persons alert.
The man, 39, was dead on the scene with a gunshot wound to his chest.
A 16-year-old boy was in a parking lot in the 1900 block of East 87th Street at about 3:55 p.m. when he was shot in the back and right leg, according to police. The teen was taken to Comer Children’s Hospital in critical condition, but he later died.
The man, 35, suffered gunshot wounds to the head and back.
The girl was taken to a hospital in good condition Monday night. Her father, Demetrius Williams, 29, was charged with misdemeanor child endangerment.
The woman, 25, was in a vehicle about 10:45 p.m. Friday in the 7800 block of South Jeffery Boulevard when she was shot multiple times in her body, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.