1 Killed, 6 Wounded In Chicago Shootings Thursday
Thursday shootings on the South and West sides of the city left a person dead and six wounded.
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Thursday shootings on the South and West sides of the city left a person dead and six wounded.
About 8:20 p.m., the man grabbed a 63-year-old woman from behind, pulled her pants down and groped her in the 2600 block of South Wentworth, according to Chicago Police. He then fled the scene.
A 5-year-old boy died two days after he was struck by a pickup truck on the South Side.
A person's body was pulled from the Chicago River on Friday afternoon near the Bridgeport neighborhood on the South Side.
At 4:24 a.m., the man was driving north in the 3400 block of South Halsted when his vehicle sideswiped a parked vehicle, according to Chicago Police. He then lost control of his vehicle, which hit a city light pole and came to rest against a building, police said.
It wasn't the only residence on the block that he hit. CBS 2's Dana Kozlov reports.
Police are warning residents of the armed robberies of South Side Bridgeport businesses that happened this month.
During both burglaries, the men entered homes by claiming to be electrical repairmen or asking for a bucket of water for a construction job.
Police said the driver was returning to his truck after making a delivery on the 3100 block of South Normal Avenue around 8 a.m., when an armed man approached and demanded the keys to the truck.
Two teenagers have been charged with stealing a 17-year-old boy's Porsche at gunpoint Tuesday night in the South Side Bridgeport neighborhood.
In each incident, one or more armed men wearing masks have approached victims and demanded their property, according to a community alert from Chicago Police.
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Donald Dowling, 32, was last seen Monday in the 3100 block of South Lituanica, according to a missing person alert from Chicago Police.
At least 25 people became sick from E. coli after recently eating at Carbón Live Fire Mexican Grill in Bridgeport.
A painted horse that's part of a public art campaign intended to honor fallen police officers has been defaced in front of a Bridgeport restaurant.
A 58-year-old woman reported missing from the South Side Bridgeport neighborhood has been located.
Sharon Vetter, of the 3000 block of South Archer, was last seen at 10 a.m. Saturday, according to a missing person alert from police. She left her home driving a black motor scooter with the battery exposed.
The latest homicide happened Sunday morning in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood on the South Side.
A 16-year-old boy was shot to death Friday morning in the Bridgeport neighborhood on the South Side, according to Chicago Police.
Hong Chu, of the 3100 block of South Throop, approached a man in his car at 6:45 p.m. Sunday in the 3400 block of South Bell Avenue in the McKinley Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side and told the man he was a police officer, police said.
Three people have been hospitalized after a fire in the Bridgeport neighborhood Tuesday evening, according to Chicago Fire Media.
Most recently, a man was critically wounded in an Auburn Gresham neighborhood shooting.
Maurisio Hernandez, 34, was charged with first-degree murder, according to Chicago Police. Hernandez stabbed his girlfriend, 35-year-old Maricela Villegas, during an argument in the 2800 block of South Short Street shortly before 6 p.m., according to police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.
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The two entered the businesses, taking items and money from inside, before leaving the scene and heading northwest through an alley.
The emergency response has impacted traffic along 63rd Street, including buses.
Officers saw and attempted to approach the teen, who then ran into a residence, where officers initiated a SWAT incident.
It won't feel as bitterly cold as temperatures rise in the middle to upper 20s.
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On Wednesday evening, thousands of acres were burned from multiple brush fires. A new inferno also erupted in the Hollywood Hills.
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The suggestion has understandably prompted reactions ranging from derision to scorn, with outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau saying there's not a "snowball's chance" of it happening.
It marks the second time in the past month that the mercurial right-wing billionaire has attempted to influence the politics of a country he isn't a citizen of.
He had been set to travel to Rome for his final overseas trip as president and meet with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Pope Francis.
The emergency response has impacted traffic along 63rd Street, including buses.
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Some of the men now charged were already convicted in a deadly carjacking in Milwaukee.
It won't feel as bitterly cold as temperatures rise in the middle to upper 20s.
Officers saw and attempted to approach the teen, who then ran into a residence, where officers initiated a SWAT incident.
Ald. Ray Lopez (15th) said the wooden or plastic traffic barriers currently recommended for permitted street fairs and festivals in Chicago are a security weakness, and that needs to change.
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"San Antonio has really led the way in using aerial surveillance technology to prevent these activities," said Ald. Brian Hopkins (2nd), who chairs the City Council Public Safety Committee.
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Tre White also had 20 points to help Illinois (12-3, 4-1 Big Ten) win with scoring leader Kasparas Jakucionis sidelined by a bruised forearm.
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Indiana led 36-18 early in the second quarter. The Bulls never got within single digits again.
Some of the men now charged were already convicted in a deadly carjacking in Milwaukee.
The people in the vehicle were wanted in connection with an armed robbery in the south suburbs.
Two people bailed out of the car. One was taken into custody soon afterward, but the other remained at large as of just after 5 p.m.
Ovidio Guzmán López and Joaquin Guzmán López didn't appear at the hearing in Chicago on Tuesday where prosecutors said they needed more time.
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