Chicago police warn of armed robberies in West Pullman
According to police, multiple offenders armed with handguns exited a gray Kia or white sedan, approached the victims, and took their property by force.
According to police, multiple offenders armed with handguns exited a gray Kia or white sedan, approached the victims, and took their property by force.
Police say multiple armed offenders approached the victims and took their property by force.
Damarco Williams, 20, and Devin Alexander, 18, were placed into custody and charged with multiple felonies.
Chopper 2 was over the scene at 116th and Halsted, where the front of a black vehicle was seen crashed into the front of South China Kitchen.
The passenger, a 30-year-old woman, exited the car before it entered the water. She was taken to Christ Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
On Tuesday night, Jamal Robinson, 2, was shot inside a home in the 11800 block of South LaSalle Street, and later died.
Chicago Police late Thursday said there were no updates and no arrests in the case, and detectives were still investigating.
A 32-year-old woman told officers she had heard a loud noise and seen that the boy had been shot.
A 32-year-old woman told officers she had heard a loud noise and seen that the boy had been shot.
Crews were on the scene around 5:30 a.m. at 119th Street and Eggleston Avenue.
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As of 6:28 a.m., the suspect surrendered to authorities and was placed in custody
Police said officers responded to shots fired and the suspect fled into a nearby residence where he barricaded himself inside.
Martel Erving, 41, was arrested on Tuesday by the Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force, in the 8500 block of South Crandon Avenue.
An armed robber shot the man in the face after demanding his belongings near 120th and Union.
Just a day after murder charges against her and her son were dropped, and they walked free from jail, Carlishia Hood is speaking out about their controversial arrest, and the viral video that led to their release. She's now suing the city and the officers who arrested her in a fatal shooting in West Pullman.
A woman is suing the city of Chicago and several police officers, after she and her teenage son were arrested in a deadly shooting, only to have the murder charges dropped days later. The decision to drop the charges came after video came to light showing a man punching her before her son shot him.
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CBS 2 Legal Analyst Irv Miller said prosecutors made multiple mistakes in charging Carlishia Hood and her 14-year-old son in the shooting that killed Jeremy Brown. CBS 2 Political Investigator Dana Kozlov reports.
A woman and her 14-year-old son have been released from custody after Cook County prosecutors dropped murder charges stemming from a fatal shooting at a West Pullman hot dog stand. A video posted to social media shows the man who was killed punching the woman in the head before the shooting. LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS STORY
Cook County prosecutors have dropped murder charges against a woman and her 14-year-old son in the shooting death of a man during a fight in a West Pullman restaurant, after video came to light showing that man punching the woman before her son shot him. Read more here.
A 14-year-old girl was shot in the neighborhood just before the rally started.
The group Cease Fire says there have been eight shootings in West Pullman since last month – and five people have been killed.
Chicago police arrested 35-year-old Carlishia Hood and the 14-year-old boy on Wednesday in the 700 block of East 111th Street.
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There were a total of eight victims in four separate, similar, incidents all just minutes apart.
The 33-year-old went to open his car door when he saw two people sitting inside.
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The rescue was completed around 3:30 p.m., nearly eight hours after the bird was first spotted.
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Employees at dozens of now-closed Foxtrot Market and Dom's Kitchen stores, now jobless, wonder what comes next for them as their paychecks will soon end.
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Anyone with these sausages in their refrigerators should throw them away or return them to the store.
The city's measles dashboard said a total of 63 measles cases have been confirmed in Chicago this year, with one new case this week.
The department said anyone who visited the Sam's Club at 9400 S. Western Ave. in Evergreen Park one day last week may have been exposed to someone with measles.
Health officials are warning consumers not to consume Infinite Herbs basil sold at some Trader Joe's and Dierberg's stores after 12 people were sickened.
Officials said there was no known link between this case and the recent outbreak of measles at a migrant shelter in Chicago.
Health department officials said the case does not appear to be linked to new migrant arrival shelters in Chicago, and the source of infection is unknown.
Mayor Brandon Johnson denied that the Bears' shiny new dome could end up costing taxpayers a pretty penny.
Employees at dozens of now-closed Foxtrot Market and Dom's Kitchen stores, now jobless, wonder what comes next for them as their paychecks will soon end.
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The closure affects both Dom's locations in Chicago, and all 33 Foxtrot stores in Chicago, Texas, and the Washington D.C. area.
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A string of armed robberies was reported in downtown Chicago overnight .There were a total of eight victims in four separate, similar, incidents all just minutes apart.
Chicago police said the 33-year-old went to open his car door, in the 400 block of East 89th Street just before 4 a.m., when he saw two people sitting inside. That's when one of them shot the victim in the hand.
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There were a total of eight victims in four separate, similar, incidents all just minutes apart.
The 33-year-old went to open his car door when he saw two people sitting inside.
Crime stats of those who were carjacked, robbed, shot, or killed give an overwhelming sense of a society unmoored. But the spectacle of crime can evoke fear, often overshadowing those who are truly affected: the victims.
Shower chances develop late Friday and last through the weekend.
The rescue was completed around 3:30 p.m., nearly eight hours after the bird was first spotted.
Police arrived at the scene sooner than if they had waited for the first 911 call.
Anthony Robinson's attorney said his previous defense lawyer failed to present evidence that showed it was physically impossible for him to be the shooter.
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Such crimes are more than a nuisance. A slashed tire is an expensive problem to fix.
Keith Hill, president of Amalgamated Transit Union 241, said the driver radioed for police help. But nobody came, Hill said.
Police said the thieves used different types of force to make off with large quantities of cigarettes and bottles of alcohol in each incident.
School officials said police arrested the gunman and recovered a gun.
One of the men sprayed him in the face with pepper spray, while the other had a knife in his hand, police said. Both men beat until he fell to the ground, police said.