Father speaks out after 9-year-old daughter killed in Chicago mass shooting
A 1-year-old boy and an 8-year-old boy were each shot multiple times and were in critical condition Saturday night.
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A 1-year-old boy and an 8-year-old boy were each shot multiple times and were in critical condition Saturday night.
Police said the robberies happened between April 2 and April 12 in the Gage Park, Brighton Park, and Back of the Yards neighborhoods.
A girl is dead and 10 other people, including three other children, are wounded following a mass shooting Saturday night in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on Chicago's South Side.
The boy was shot in the Back of the Yards neighborhood, near 52nd and Halsted streets.
The offenders fled eastbound from the scene, police said. No other injuries were reported, and no one was in custody.
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The park and its facilities are more than 100 years old. Its fieldhouse has been a resource for the Back of the Yards community offering programs for all ages since it opened in 1904.
Chicago Park District officials and Ald. Jeanette Taylor (20th) next week will announce a $4.3 million plan for enhancements to Cornell Square Park in Back of the Yards.
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Chicago police said just before 9 p.m., an unknown man walked inside Naples's Pizza in the 4500 block of South Ashland Avenue and demanded money while armed with a handgun.
Chicago police are looking for an armed robber, they say opened fire at a restaurant in the Back of the Yards neighborhood Saturday night.
In each of the robberies, a gunman approached his victims on the street, stole their cash and other belongings, and ran off.
CPD officers responded to the scene where the employee told them that a masked man entered the restaurant armed with a handgun.
Officers were called to the EZPAWN pawn shop, in the 4800 block of South Ashland Avenue, for a domestic disturbance.
Police were on the scene blocking the street.
A mangled white car was on 47th Street near Halsted and a white Jeep was nearby on the curb. Police were on the scene blocking the street. It's not clear if anyone was injured.
Carlos Sanchez, 24, was shot and killed this week not far from Back of the Yards College Prep, where he was a star on the soccer field. CBS 2's Marybel Gonzalez reports.
To those closest to him, Carlos Sanchez, 24, was known as "Chispa," Spanish for "spark."
Sanchez was shot dead outside his alma mater, Back of the Yards College Prep.
Police said 5:29 p.m. Monday, a gunman opened fire and struck Carlos Sanchez, 24.
In all four robberies, a group of men used a white SUV, but police have not said if the holdups are connected.
The robberies happened between 7:20 a.m. and 8:20 a.m. in the city's Lower West Side, McKinley Park, Back of the Yards, Chicago Lawn, and Gage Park neighborhoods.
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