Man found dead in wrecked car off Harlem Avenue on Chicago's Southwest Side
The police Major Accident Investigation Unit is investigating.
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The police Major Accident Investigation Unit is investigating.
The crash happened in the 6100 block of South Racine Avenue just before 11:30 p.m.
A 22-year-old man was heading southbound on Racine in a Ford pickup when he failed to stop at a stop sign and struck a male driver in a red sedan, police said.
Chicago police said a 43-year-old woman was driving a white Infinity in the 1900 block of West 74th Street just after 3:30 a.m., when a red truck approached, and three or four males exited with handguns – demanding her car.
A teenage boy was charged in connection to an armed robbery and an attempted armed robbery on the city's Southwest Side in December.
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CPD officers responded to the scene where the employee told them that a masked man entered the restaurant armed with a handgun.
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Cesar Garcia, 18, of Chicago, was placed into custody on Tuesday, in the 1100 block of South Hamilton Avenue.
The victim was sitting in the driver's seat of the car when shots were fired, according to police.
The two were identified as the offenders who, on Dec. 30, around 11:20 a.m., took a vehicle at gunpoint from a 16-year-old boy in the 4400 block of South Lawler Avenue.
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The 14-year-old boy died at the scene, while the 65-year-old man was pronounced dead at the hospital.
The owner is now afraid for her safety and her business. CBS 2's Marybel Gonzalez reports.
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Surveillance video shows two cars pulling into the gas station at the same time. The victim wields a tire iron, while the suspect pulls a gun and shoots him. CBS 2's Darius Johnson reports.
Police say one of the workers was punched because he couldn't figure out how to open the store's safe.
The employee told police he was inside the restaurant when the offenders walked in, displayed firearms, and demanded money along with the victim's personal property.
The woman, 44, was taken by the Chicago Fire Department to Mt. Sinai Hospital in serious condition with a stab wound to the head. The man, 42, was taken by CFD to Christ Hospital in fair condition with stab wounds to the hands.
Police say the two were in an argument with a known male offender around 12:13 a.m., in the 4700 block of South Springfield Avenue, when he pulled a knife and stabbed the victims.
Police say in each incident, two to four armed male offenders approached the victims and demanded their property.
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Following the shooting, all northbound lanes were closed, and traffic was diverted off at 159th Street.
