12-Year-Old Boy Dies Week After Bicycle Struck By Vehicle In Chicago Heights
A 12-year-old boy died Monday, nearly a week after he was struck by a vehicle while riding a bicycle in south suburban Chicago Heights.
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A 12-year-old boy died Monday, nearly a week after he was struck by a vehicle while riding a bicycle in south suburban Chicago Heights.
Crews responded at 4:10 a.m. to a call of a fight in the parking lot of Club 390, an adult entertainment club at 390 E. Joe Orr Road, according to Chicago Heights police. Officers found Jose J. Romero on the ground with injuries to his head and body.
A 50-year-old woman died early Sunday after being hit by a vehicle in south suburban Chicago Heights.
About 7:49 p.m., Robert Kirn was riding his bicycle on Route 394 near East Sauk Trail Road in Chicago Heights when he attempted to cross both north and southbound traffic, Illinois State Police said.
About 12:45 a.m., police responded to a call of shots fired in the 500 block of Concord Court and found a man shot in the face, Chicago Heights police said.
Sandra J. Saatkamp, 61, was involved in a crash near Western Avenue and Lincoln Highway. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
A man arrested after a south suburban house party got out of control early Saturday later escaped from police custody outside a Chicago Heights hospital.
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A man was fatally shot Saturday in south suburban Chicago Heights.
Police in south suburban Chicago Heights were questioning a person of interest Monday afternoon, after a 28-year-old man was found dead from an apparent shooting.
A man was beaten to death just blocks from his home in south suburban Chicago Heights Tuesday morning, authorities said.
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The 53-year-old victim walking along the edge of 26th Street near Euclid Avenue when the vehicle hit him about 6 p.m., the Cook County Sheriff's office said in a release.
Brian Herman, 31, and Shaquietta Brison, 25, "lured" Christian Landon to Brison's apartment, and attacked him with a stun gun and a meat cleaver.
A neighbor discovered the body of 61-year-old Carolyn Wilkins outside and called 9-1-1 Tuesday morning.
The boy was struck by a vehicle near 16th Place and Chicago Road about 7:45 a.m., according to Chicago Heights police. Washington-McKinley School is located at that intersection.
A man was killed in a crash in south suburban Chicago Heights, authorities said.
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Joliet police did not release the condition of the men, but said their wounds were non-life-threatening.
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The person who died was a suburban Cook County resident in their 60s.
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Doctors, nurses, patients, and community members were rallying Monday in front of the shuttered Weiss Memorial Hospital in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood. They will urge administrators to act before a federal deadline makes the closure permanent.
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Joliet police did not release the condition of the men, but said their wounds were non-life-threatening.
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The victim was shot in the chest at Halsted and Lake streets and was taken to Stroger Hospital of Cook County, where he was pronounced dead.
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