Woman shot and killed in her Chicago home
Mugo Odigwe reports police are speaking to a person of interest after a 37-year-old was hit by a gunshot from the outside. She was taken to Christ Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
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Mugo Odigwe reports police are speaking to a person of interest after a 37-year-old was hit by a gunshot from the outside. She was taken to Christ Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
Chicago police said just before 11:30 a.m., a group of people were in a fight in the 3100 block of West Luis Munoz Marin Drive when shots were fired.
The ages of the victims range from 16 to 67.
The Chicago Police Department and the Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested the suspect on Friday around 8:30 a.m. in the 5800 area of State Route 154 in Pinckneyville, Illinois, 300 miles away from the crime scene.
Zavier Griffin, 21, faces 12 felony counts including first-degree murder.
Rahdeem Calhoun, 23, of Chicago, was arrested and charged with one felony count of first-degree murder.
Emonte Morgan was convicted of first-degree murder for killing Officer French in 2021 during a traffic stop. He’s also convicted of trying to kill her partner, Carlos Yanez Jr.
Police say she was shot and killed during a fight with a fellow student in August.
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The ages of the victims range from 17 to 39.
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Chicago police say around 9:30 p.m., the woman was sitting on a porch in the 11800 block of South Indiana Avenue with another man when an unknown man in a dark-colored SUV drove by and started shooting.
The man on the porch with the woman, who had a concealed carry license, fired back, and the SUV driver left the scene.
Chicago police said the victim, 24, and another woman, 30, were sitting inside a car when two unknown armed males approached.
Three men were standing on the sidewalk when two people approached them and started shooting, police said.
Victor Bradford, 30, was arrested by the Area 1 Homicide Investigation Support Team on Monday in the 9400 block of South May Street in the Brainerd neighborhood.
Andrew Ramos reports no one is in custody after a shooting that left a Chicago teen dead last week, and a community is asking why it happened.
Abnerd Joseph, 32, was an assistant principal at Chicago's Intrinsic School. He was shot and killed in his own condo building,
He was just a week away from kicking off his senior year at Juarez Community Academy.
Andrew Ramos reports that students, administrators, and his coaches are still trying to make sense of this loss. They describe 17-year-old Juan Salgado as a standout on the field but also in the community.
The ages of the victims range from 15 to 55.
When the girl woke up, the man fled the scene on a rental bicycle, according to police.
Snow on the ground is accumulating, creating slushy road conditions.
Tomasz J. Kalembasa, 40, was charged with vehicular hijacking.
Periods of moderate to heavy snow are dropping visibility and leading to quick accumulations across the area.
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Heavy snow made it hard to see planes taking off and landing at Midway International Airport on Thursday.
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The Illinois Supreme Court has overturned the conviction of actor Jussie Smollett, who was convicted in 2021 of lying to police about an attack investigators say he staged with two other people near his apartment in Streeterville.
Periods of moderate to heavy snow are dropping visibility and leading to quick accumulations across the area.
The state's highest court ruled a special prosecutor's decision to re-indict Smollett violated his constitutional rights after Cook County prosecutors previously dropped charges against him.
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Four people were taken to area hospitals in serious-to-critical condition, and one of those four was described as "very critical" by the Fire Department.
Tomasz J. Kalembasa, 40, was charged with vehicular hijacking.
A judge released Constantin Beldie on electronic monitoring in October, after he allegedly beat and tried to kidnap his estranged wife. He's now accused of killing her weeks later.
So far, despite several requests, the woman has not been able to get a hold of her medical records to send to her new doctors.
The police department has spent $22.6 million in overtime this year for officers working special events — only about $2 million of which has been reimbursed to the city.
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When the girl woke up, the man fled the scene on a rental bicycle, according to police.
Alicia Robles said didn't initially feel the pain because she was still absorbing the situation—and then seconds later, her skin, she said, was on fire.
A judge released Constantin Beldie on electronic monitoring in October, after he allegedly beat and tried to kidnap his estranged wife. He's now accused of killing her weeks later.
Police said the drive-by shooting happened on the 2400 block of South Oakley Avenue around 10:45 a.m.
CTA officials received a disturbance call just before 9:40 a.m. on board a bus near the entrance to the Red Line station along the Dan Ryan Expressway.
