
Near West Side shooting: 70-year-old man critically wounded
The man was shot outside an apartment complex near the University of Illinois at Chicago.
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The man was shot outside an apartment complex near the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Nicole Watson, 44, was picking up her 13-year-old son, Jacob, from her parents' home on the Near West on the evening of Tuesday, May 9. They were getting in the car to go home when they were both shot.
Nicole Watson, 44, was picking up her 13-year-old son, Jacob, from her parents’ home on the evening of Tuesday, May 9. They were getting in the car to go home when they were both shot. Nicole Watson was killed. CBS 2's Charlie De Mar reports.
The officer's sport-utility vehicle was stolen from a Near West Side gas station, and gunfire followed after it crashed.
No one was hit by the gunfire.
Nicole Watson, 44, was picking up her 13-year-old son, Jacob, from his grandmother's apartment Tuesday evening. Watson was killed and her son was wounded soon afterward.
Family members said Nicole Watson and her son, Jacob, were innocent bystanders when the shots rang out. CBS 2's Sara Machi reports.
Two teenage boys are facing multiple charges including battery and carjacking following a string of crimes in the West Town, River North, and Near West Side neighborhoods back in March.
No one was in custody late Tuesday.
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The parent was escorted out of the building, and was then arrested by Chicago Police, the school said.
The parent was escorted out of the building, and was then arrested by Chicago Police, the school said. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
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The owners call such crime “the cost of doing business in this neighborhood." CBS 2's Marissa Perlman reports.
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The suspects took money and personal belongings from the victims before getting back into the sedan and fleeing.
Police say six men were robbed between 4 a.m. and 5 a.m. in the West Town and Near West Side neighborhoods.
Police say six men were robbed between 4 a.m. and 5 a.m. in the West Town and Near West Side neighborhoods.
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