Man charged with murder in shooting at Chicago's Cabrini Rowhouses
Officers found a 41-year-old man outside on the ground with multiple gunshot wounds.
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Officers found a 41-year-old man outside on the ground with multiple gunshot wounds.
Police were called for gunfire in the 800 block of North Cambridge Avenue, near Chestnut Street, where they found a man had been shot.
Responding officers arrived to find a 41-year-old man outside on the ground with multiple gunshot wounds.
On Friday, the ground was finally broken on the last phase of work.
The man—Lorenzo Williams, 32—was charged with felonies and misdemeanor after his arrest Tuesday in the Cabrini Rowhouses.
Lorenzo Williams is suing Chicago Police over the use of force in his arrest outside the Cabrini Rowhouses this week, but police say in a report that he was going for a gun at the time. Jermont Terry reports.
Lorenzo Williams was arrested in the Cabrini Rowhouses on the Near North Side this week after officers said he was spotted with a gun in his waistband. As Tara Molina reports, Williams is suing over the officers' use of force during the arrest.
The man—Lorenzo Williams, 32—was charged with felonies and misdemeanor after his arrest Tuesday in the Cabrini Rowhouses. Tara Molina reports.
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They described the shooter sneaking through a gangway and firing a gun at a group of men, but instead hitting the innocent nine-year-old.
Police have said, around 6:45 p.m. Friday, a gunman opened fire on a group of people behind the townhomes on the 900 block of North Cambridge Avenue – the last occupied section of the Cabrini-Green public housing development – when a bullet struck Janari in the chest.
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