Year After Year, These Chicago Neighborhoods Continue To See The Most Homicides
Over the span of seven years, the same neighborhoods continued to log more homicides than the rest of the city.
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Over the span of seven years, the same neighborhoods continued to log more homicides than the rest of the city.
The most recent fatal shooting in the Ashburn neighborhood on the Southwest Side left one man dead and another wounded early Saturday.
The sizable drop in homicides in 2013 is great... as long as you don't live in one of the neighborhoods that saw an increase.
Five people were injured – four seriously – in a two vehicle crash early Saturday in the Austin neighborhood.
An employee was shot to death at a Chinese restaurant on the West Side during an attempted robbery Friday evening in the Austin neighborhood.
Pierre Peters, 41, was shot in the back about 2:35 p.m. inside his home in the 0 - 100 block of North Lorel, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.
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The most recent fatal shooting happened Sunday night in Pilsen. Officers responding to a call of shots fired in the 2100 block of West 18th Place at 9:30 p.m. found a 36-year-old man lying in the street with a gunshot wound to the back of the head, police said.
Jermaine Powell, 19 of the 5900 block of West Huron, and Joshua Grayer, 19 of the 1200 block of South Saint Louis, were each charged with first degree murder, according to a police statement.
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A male was stabbed to death Thursday night in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side, according to police.
Most recently, two men were wounded in a shooting in the North Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side. The men, ages 22 and 24, were standing outside in the 1800 block of South Hamlin about 9:15 p.m., when someone shot them both.
About 8:40 p.m., a 20-year-old man was killed and two other people were wounded in a shooting in the Ashburn neighborhood.The three were standing outside in the 7800 block of South Homan Avenue when a maroon-colored sedan pulled up alongside them and a male got out and opened fire, police said.
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A man was denied bond Saturday for allegedly opening fire on a group of people gathered on an Austin neighborhood porch — killing one and wounding three others last month on the West Side.
The most recent fatal shooting occurred Sunday afternoon in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side. A 14-year-old boy was in the 1100 block of North Leclaire at 2:52 p.m. when two males approached him, and one of the males shot the boy.
A man died after he and two others were shot at a party early Sunday in the West Side Austin neighborhood, authorities said.
Kenny Scott, 20 of the 4800 block of West Quincy Street, is charged with attempted first-degree murder, according to a statement from Chicago Police.
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The 16-year-old was standing on the sidewalk about 11 p.m. in the 5400 block of West Iowa when someone walked up and fired shots at him, striking him in the right thigh and groin.
A man was killed and four other people were injured Saturday evening in two shootings that are thought to be connected in the West Side Austin neighborhood, police said.
Two men were hurt—one critically—in a drive-by shooting in the Rogers Park neighborhood. The men, 23 and 35, were in the 1500 block of West Farwell Avenue about 9:55 p.m. when someone in a dark-colored vehicle drove by and fired shots, police said.
The most recent fatal shooting happened early Monday in West Englewood. Officers found a man, thought to be in his 50s, unresponsive on the sidewalk with a gunshot wound to the head in the 1500 block of West 72nd Street about 12:45 a.m.
The shooting happened at 8:13 p.m. in the 5200 block of West Quincy Street.
The 29-year-old told police he was in his vehicle, talking to a friend in the 900 block of North Leclaire Avenue when he heard shots and felt pain about 11:50 p.m.
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