Veteran Chicago firefighter dies after battling West Side blaze; person in custody
A veteran Chicago fire captain died from injuries fighting a garage fire and collapse on the city's West Side Wednesday morning.
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A veteran Chicago fire captain died from injuries fighting a garage fire and collapse on the city's West Side Wednesday morning.
Crews were battling the flames at what appears to be a garage in the 5500 block of West Crystal Street when there was a mayday call.
Both sedans came to rest in the yards of two separate residences, police said.
Preliminary information indicated that a male pulled out a firearm during an argument and shot at the victims before leaving the scene.
The Chicago Fire Department confirmed the 2-alarm fire broke out in the 5000 block of West Lake Street before 5:30 a.m. CTA confirmed Green Line service was suspended between Ashland/Lake and Harlem/Lake. Bus service is also being impacted by the fire response.
Chicago police were searching for a hit-and-run driver who crashed into several parked cars early Tuesday morning in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side.
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A 36-year-old man was sitting on a porch when two armed men exited a vehicle, approached the victim, and began shooting.
Chicago police said officers responded to a call of a traffic accident and found a blue sedan crashed into an apartment building.
Chicago police officers responded to the 4900 block of West Hubbard Street around 8:41 p.m. and found the victim in the alley.
He suffered multiple gunshot wounds to his body and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police said a 30-year-old man was on the sidewalk in the 700 block of South Cicero Avenue around 10:40 a.m., when someone in a black Nissan pulled up and started shooting.
Police dispatch audio suggests it may have been a targeted attack, where shots were fired from a black sedan that pulled up on the sidewalk. Andrew Ramos reports.
It happened around 4 a.m. at the Fountain Jordan Shepard Funeral Home at 418 S. Cicero Avenue in the Austin neighborhood.
The fire and the reroutes of the buses ended around 5 a.m.
The boy, 17, was arrested on Wednesday in the 600 block of North Central Park Avenue and charged with two felony counts of armed robbery and one felony count of possession of a controlled substance.
The victim told officers that a woman pulled out a sharp object and stabbed him in the head before leaving the scene.
A 29-year-old man was outside when he got into a fight with an unknown man and woman.
The victim was taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
Crews were called around 10 p.m. Saturday to the building at 4901 W. Erie St., at Lamon Avenue.
Two men broke into a residence in the first block of North Long Avenue just before 5 a.m.
Cook County Crimestoppers went door-to-door on Saturday near the site of the crash, searching for answers.
Kimari Tousant, 20, was charged with first-degree murder and murder with a strong probability of death or injury.
Chicago police said around 12:15 a.m. Friday, the victim, a 20-year-old woman, approached another woman, also 20, in the 5300 block of West Chicago Avenue, where the two began to fight.
Chicago police said around 12:15 a.m., the woman approached another 20-year-old woman in the 5300 block of West Chicago Avenue.
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A mayday call was originally sent out, but all firefighters were later accounted for.
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