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Friday, April 26, 2024

West Pullman

Ald. Carrie Austin (34th), shown at a City Council meeting in 2019, announced her retirement, effective March 1.
City Hall
Indicted Ald. Carrie Austin gets head start on political retirement
Austin retired effective March 1. Mayor Lori Lightfoot can appoint a two-month caretaker for her old 34th Ward boundaries or the Far South Side or leave the ward without an alderperson.
By Fran Spielman
 
A woman has been charged with killing her newborn child last fall in Leyden Township.
Chicago
3 killed when car strikes pole and wall, catches fire in West Pullman
Officers responding to a report of drag racing witnessed a driver hit a pole and wall, police said.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
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News
15-year-old boy shot in West Pullman
The teen was in a car in the 100 block of West 27th Street when he was shot, police said.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
Los robos ocurrieron entre las 7:20 y las 8:20 a.m. el jueves, según la policía. | Archivos Sun-Times
Crime
Teen shot and killed, another wounded while trying to buy shoes in West Pullman
The teens, 17 and 18, were in a parked car about 2:05 p.m. in the 11900 block of South State Street to buy shoes, police say. The seller opened fire and fled with their money.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
Red crime scene tape is seen lit up from a car’s headlights.
Crime
Man shot, killed in West Pullman
The man, 33, was near a sidewalk in the 600 block of West 123rd Street about 5:05 p.m. Wednesday when he was shot, Chicago police said.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
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News
14-year-old charged in West Pullman double shooting
A 15-year-old boy and an 18-year-old man were in critical condition after the shooting Nov. 15, police said.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
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Crime
Man upset over TV news story fired guns at family, neighbors before being shot by police: prosecutors
Kevin Singleton, 52, was charged with six counts of attempted first-degree murder, aggravated discharge of a firearm and aggravated battery, according to police.
By Mohammad Samra
 
Los robos ocurrieron entre las 7:20 y las 8:20 a.m. el jueves, según la policía. | Archivos Sun-Times
Crime
Chicago police shoot man after he allegedly wounded one person and pointed a gun at another in West Pullman
Officers were called to the 100 block of West 126th Place after the man, 52, left a home armed with a shotgun and wounded a 47-year-old man, police said in a statement.
By Mohammad Samra and Mary Norkol
 
Red crime scene tape is seen lit up from a car’s headlights.
Crime
Male shot dead near West Pullman bicycle trail
The shooting, the 16th slaying in the area this year, occurred about 6:50 p.m. in the 12200 block of South Parnell Avenue, police said.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
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Crime
Man fatally shot in West Pullman
Douglas Livingston, 24, was in the 12600 block of South Harvard Avenue when he was shot in his head, police and the medical examiner’s office said.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
The Chicago Students Organizing to Save Our Schools march to the mayor’s office. They do not want any schools closed. Photographed on Monday, March 25, 2013. | Al Podgorski~Chicago Sun-Times
City Hall
Reopen parts of shuttered schools to revive neighborhoods on South, West sides, mayoral aide suggests
Planning and Development Commissioner Maurice Cox’s said re-purposing parts of closed schools — such as the kitchen or gym — would help a community without “having to marshal all of the resources that it takes to renovate an entire school.”
By Fran Spielman
 
Ald. Anthony Beale (9th), shown at Chicago City Council in 2022.
City Hall
Ward map battle over, but bitterness lingers
“Look what you’ve done. Englewood still has six aldermen. … It’s gonna take an hour and a half for Altgeld Gardens residents who were taken out of my ward and put in the 10th Ward to get to their alderman,” Ald. Anthony Beale (9th), said Monday.
By Fran Spielman
 
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Crime
Man fatally shot in West Pullman
He man was driving in the 11900 block of South Lafayette Avenue early Wednesday when shots were fired.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
A child was fatally shot June 25, 2021, in Burbank.
Crime
Man fatally shot in West Pullman
About 3 p.m., he was in an alley in the 12000 block of South Wallace Street, when someone shot him multiple times.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
The scene of a fatal fire Dec. 21, 2021, in the 12200 block of South Lafayette in West Pullman.
News
2-year-old boy dies in West Pullman fire, mom suffers burns trying to save him
His mother tried to rescue the boy from the second-floor room where a small fire started but was unable to and escaped with burns to her body, fire officials said
By David Struett
 
Seven people were killed including five children in a crash July 31, 2022 in McHenry County.
Crime
2 men fatally shot in West Pullman
The men, 33 and 28, were in the 11800 block of South Emerald Avenue when two people walked up and fired.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
Cook County Criminal Courts, 2601 S. California Blvd.
Crime
Father shot at rivals after daughter told him her boyfriend hit her: Prosecutors
Nathaniel Butler Sr.’s sons, Nathaniel Butler Jr. and Maurice Butler, were also ordered held without bail for their alleged roles in the deadly shooting Thursday.
By David Struett
 
Seven people were killed including five children in a crash July 31, 2022 in McHenry County.
Crime
16-year-old boy shot in West Pullman, hours after couple wounded a mile away
He was shot in the thigh in the 12200 block of South Wallace Street.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
A Chicago police star on a wall at headquarters.
Crime
Father, sons ambushed rivals in deadly family feud on Far South Side: Prosecutors
Nathaniel Butler Jr. and Maurice Butler are accused of participating in the attack that claimed the life of 35-year-old Jerome Jenkins on Aug. 1.
By David Struett
 
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Crime
2 wounded in West Pullman shooting
A man and woman were walking outside in the 11500 block of South Eggleston Avenue when they heard multiple shots, police said.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
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News
CPS principal, her 6-year-old daughter shot at July 4th party: ‘Mama, why me and you only one get shot?’
Both were hit when a gunman sprayed a crowd of 50 — with at least 15 kids — with bullets. Shootings and murders in West Pullman are on the rise this year.
By Madeline Kenney and Manny Ramos
 
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Crime
Man arrested in West Pullman after firing shots at CTA bus
The man was trying to board a CTA bus and was blocked because he was not wearing a mask.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
Bail was denied Thursday for Jesus Garcia, 22, accused of fatally shooting a 25-year-old man on Sept. 17 in Logan Square.
Crime
Second man charged in West Pullman shooting
After Eugene Broach tripped on a bush in a front yard on April 5, two brothers chased him before standing over him and shooting him multiple times, prosecutors said.
By David Struett
 
A Chicago police star on a wall at headquarters.
Crime
2 women hit by pick-up truck after arguing with man in West Pullman
They were both brought to Roseland Community Hospital in fair condition.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
Two people were shot May 4, 2021, in Park Manor.
Crime
Man killed in West Pullman shooting
Two people fired shots at the 21-year-old about 3:50 p.m. as he ran south in the 12000 block of South Lowe Avenue, Chicago police said.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
Two boys, both 17, were shot July 12, 2022, in Austin.
Crime
Man fatally shot while driving in West Pullman
About 2:15 p.m., he was stopped in the middle of the street in the 11500 block of South LaSalle Street, had a brief conversation with a man who approached his vehicle and fired shots.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
Mayor Lori Lightfoot, surrounded by members of the Chicago Fire Department, walks to a press conference and ribbon cutting ceremony for Engine Company 115’s new firehouse at 1024 W. 119th St. in the West Pullman neighborhood, Wednesday morning, March 31, 2021.
City Hall
Largest firehouse in Chicago history opens for service on Far South Side
The $30 million, 27,000-square-foot firehouse at 1024 W. 119th St. that will serve as the new headquarters for Engine Co. 115 is a personal and very emotional triumph for Ald. Carrie Austin (34th).
By Fran Spielman
 
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Crime
Authorities identify man killed in drive-by shooting in West Pullman
The 29-year-old man was in a vehicle in the 11900 block of South Prairie Avenue when another vehicle pulled alongside and someone inside fired.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
Two people were shot May 4, 2021, in Park Manor.
Crime
Man killed in West Pullman shooting
Officers responded about 4:20 p.m. to a call of a person shot in the 100 block of East 117th Place and found a 41-year-old man unresponsive in an alley with gunshots wounds to his back and chest, Chicago police said.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
Some South Side residents can sign up via email on Monday for free COVID-19 vaccinations in Pullman on Tuesday,
Coronavirus
Some South Side residents 40 and older can get COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday in Pullman
About 1,000 Pfizer shots will be administered at the Pullman Community Center to residents; appointments are required to be made via email.
By Isabelle Sarraf
 
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