West Englewood
Guillermo Caballero Jr. was trying to drive home from a party early Sunday when violent participants of a street takeover, including one who jumped on the hood of his car, fatally shot him in the 2300 block of West 59th Street.
The statistics, compiled by the Chicago Police Department, show response times over the last six years were more than two minutes quicker with a ShotSpotter alert than the gunshot detection alert accompanied by a 911 call.
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Jurors started deliberating a week after prosecutors began their case against Emonte Morgan, with often graphic video from cameras worn by French and Officer Carlos Yanez during a West Englewood traffic stop in 2021.
It appears the defense does not plan on calling many, if any witnesses to the stand. In a court filing ahead of the trial, attorneys said the accused gunman, Emonte Morgan, may or may not testify in his own defense.
“There was a lot of blood,” Officer Nicholas Morales testified on the third day of the trial for the accused gunman, Emonte Morgan. “I just stepped on the gas.”
Former Chicago Police Officer Carlos Yanez said his right eye had to be removed, and there is a lump on his neck, below his right ear, where a bullet remains because doctors believe it too dangerous to remove.
Police say a woman, 39, was arguing with a man Monday morning at an apartment when she pulled out a knife and stabbed him in the stomach. He died at a hospital.
The 31-year-old man was found outside in the 5900 block of South Ada Street, police said.
Tracey Cooper, 19, was in the 1300 block of West 73rd Street when he was shot, police said.
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The boy was shot multiple times throughout his body. Detectives are conducting a homicide investigation.
The shooting happened Monday night in the 6100 block of South Justine Street when a gunman opened fire on a group in an alley, police said.
The boy was shot in the armpit and was hospitalized, but his condition wasn’t known.
A “person of interest” was taken to a police station for questioning.
The 10-year-old was inside a bedroom in a home in the 6400 block of South Racine Avenue when she was shot, police said.
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