Boy, 14, critically hurt in Little Village shooting
The boy was struck multiple times in the body and was taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition.
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The boy was struck multiple times in the body and was taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition.
A witness told officers the teen was on the sidewalk when someone was seen firing shots in his direction before fleeing the scene and heading southbound.
The teen was walking in the alley in the 4700 block of South Seeley Avenue when someone in the area fired shots – striking him in the arm, police say.
The neighborhood advocates hope to take the feedback they receive to the Illinois and Chicago departments of transportation, so they can make some changes.
The neighborhood advocates hope to take the feedback they receive to the Illinois and Chicago departments of transportation, so they can make some changes along Pulaski Road. CBS 2's Marybel Gonzalez reports.
Chicago police said officers responded to the scene for a shots fired call. The offender was found inside a nearby residence.
The shooter, who was 14 years old at the time of the killing, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder.
Chicago police said a car was traveling eastbound at a high rate of speed when it went through a red light and struck two other vehicles at the intersection.
Chicago police say a car traveling eastbound at a high rate of speed went through a red light and struck two other vehicles at the intersection.
A tree came down onto a house in Beverly Monday afternoon, leaving neighbors alarmed. CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports.
Chicago police say around 12:30 a.m., in the 4000 block of South Archer Avenue, a Jeep SUV driven by a man, 22, ran a red traffic light and struck a Toyota sedan driven by a man, 30, traveling southbound.
The SUV driver refused medical treatment but was issued three traffic citations.
No one was in custody Friday night. Wentworth Area detectives were investigating.
Police said a patrol cruiser with two officers inside collided with a gray van at the intersection.
Two officers and the driver of a van were taken to the hospital but is expected to be okay.
Pulaski Road between 51st and 71st streets—in the West Elsdon and West Lawn communities—is known as a busy area. To many residents, it is also dangerous.
A car crashed right into an auto shop this week on a dangerous stretch of Pulaski Road on the Southwest Side that has already made the news for several other crashes. CBS 2's Marybel Gonzalez reports.
Chicago police arrested 29-year-old Alberto Rosas on Tuesday in the 6800 block of West Archer Avenue and charged him with one felony count of first-degree murder.
Family members said 20-year-old Guillermo Caballero was in the wrong place at the wrong time this past weekend. CBS 2's Charlie De Mar reports.
The victim self-transported to Holy Cross Hospital and then taken by ambulance to Mt. Sinai Hospital in critical condition.
Police said Lezly Martinez is eight months pregnant and had not been seen since Thursday.
Chicago police say the girl was a passenger inside the car when shots were fired nearby by an unknown person.
Lezly Martinez was last seen at 4:39 p.m. Thursday in the 7200 block of South Troy Street.
Police said the 23-year-old man was sitting in his car when someone opened the passenger side door and shot him.
It happened just after 11:30 p.m. in the 2600 block of West 66th Street.
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Police Chief Michael Saunders said the suspect was dropped off at the store in the 3 p.m. hour, and went in as the victim was also walking into the store at 95th and Western Avenue. The two men then got into an argument, the suspect pulled out a gun and opened fire, police said.
Dozens of people with no one to claim their remains were laid to rest Wednesday afternoon in Mount Greenwood. No friends or family were there for the service, but they certainly were not alone.
Areas of fog will develop Wednesday night into Thursday morning.
Evergreen Park police said two people were hurt in a shooting in a Walmart store Wednesday afternoon.
Two people were injured in a shooting after a fight inside a Walmart in Evergreen Park, police said.
The city's top watchdog has recommended Mayor Brandon Johnson's right-hand man, senior adviser Jason Lee, be fired for failing to cooperate with a misconduct investigation, but the mayor is standing by his top aide.
Jaime Perez said the two people arrested from a red SUV on Tuesday, whom he calls Geraldo and Gina, are food vendors who worked for his fiancée.
Dozens of people with no one to claim their remains were laid to rest Wednesday afternoon in Mount Greenwood. No friends or family were there for the service, but they certainly were not alone.
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The victims ranged in age from 13 to 35, according to Chicago police.
Following the shooting, all northbound lanes were closed, and traffic was diverted off at 159th Street.
