Youth services worker killed in shooting outside community center; teen he was helping was target
CBS 2's Tara Molina talked to a leader of the church and community center outside which the shooting happened.
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CBS 2's Tara Molina talked to a leader of the church and community center outside which the shooting happened.
Mark Johnson’s mission was helping young people rebuild their lives – and last week, he was shot and killed doing that work. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
The victims were standing in the 5200 block of South Halsted Street when someone shot them both, police said.
The victim was struck in the abdomen and suffered a graze wound to the head, police said.
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The shooting happened around 12:10 a.m. Saturday at a birthday celebration at 12762 S. Halsted St.
Earlier reports had indicated that shots were fired at the mayor, but it was later learned this was not correct.
The security detail for Harvey Mayor Christopher Clark fired shots after witnessing an armed robber try to hold up a man at North Avenue and Halsted Street. CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports.
Harvey Mayor Christopher Clark and his security detail fired shots after witnessing an armed robbery at North Avenue and Halsted Street. CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports.
The security detail shot out the back window of a Jeep the robbers used as a getaway car, sources said. CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports.
Polices said the man swung the axe at the security guard and slashed him in the leg, and the security guard shot the man in self-defense. CBS 2's Steven Graves reports.
The crash happened in the busy intersection of 63rd and Halsted streets.
A 28-year-old man was driving a GMC north on Halsted when he ran the red light at 63rd Street and hit a Honda driven by a 54-year-old woman, police said.
Drivers are advised to avoid the area.
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A condo owner in Country Club Hills says he's forced to sell his home after his condo association failed to reimburse him for repairs to his leaking roof. Edward Hadnott's condo has sat empty since a major roof leak in 2022.
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A new reward is being offered for information to help find the shooter who killed a 14-year-old boy Friday night in the Loop, in the first of two shootings downtown, which left one teen dead and eight others wounded.
Chicago police asked the public for help on Sunday in the search for two men in a sexual assault on the city's Northwest Side last week.
A man is dead after being found with a puncture wound to his body in downtown Chicago Sunday morning.
No one was in custody Sunday morning in connection with either of the shootings that transpired Friday night in the Loop.
Two people were killed and a third was wounded during a concert at a restaurant in Aurora, Illinois on Saturday night.
