Police Warn Of Robberies In West Garfield Park
In each robbery, one to two males threaten or use force to demand money from people, police said.
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In each robbery, one to two males threaten or use force to demand money from people, police said.
A woman was killed and two other people were injured in a single-vehicle crash in the West Garfield Park neighborhood early Saturday.
Most recently, a man was critically wounded in a shooting in the Lawndale neighborhood on the Southwest Side.
A man and woman were in a parking lot in the 500 block of South Kostner Avenue about 5:52 p.m. when someone walked up and shot them as they opened fire on a nearby vehicle, police said.
He showed up at Loretto Hospital, 645 S. Central Ave., with multiple gunshot wounds about 3:30 a.m., according to Chicago Police.
Six people were shot across Chicago in an 11-hour span of attacks across the city Wednesday, including a pair of teenage boys.
The latest homicide happened early Sunday in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side. About 2:15 a.m., 29-year-old Tyree White was outside with a 28-year-old woman near West 59th Street and South Wentworth Avenue when someone walked up and opened fire.
Police have launched a death investigation after a body was discovered following a fire in a vacant building in the West Garfield Park neighborhood.
The most recent shooting happened in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side. About 9:40 p.m., a 43-year-old man was sitting in a parked vehicle in the 5000 block of West Chicago when someone walked up and shot him in the neck and back, police said. The person got into a white SUV and fled eastbound.
The latest homicide happened Sunday morning in the South Side Englewood neighborhood. Officers found 26-year-old Andre D. Donner Jr. with a gunshot wound to the head about 10 a.m. in the 7200 block of South May, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.
Firefighters responded to a fire in the attic of a 2 1/2-story house in the 4000 block of West Harrison Street shortly after 7 a.m.
In three robberies, suspects "used force and threat of force" to take cell phones, wallets and money from drivers, according to a community alert from Chicago Police. In one incident, the robbers were armed with a knife.
The most recent fatal shooting happened Sunday night in the South Side Englewood neighborhood. Jimmy Jenkins, 28, was found unresponsive at 7:55 p.m. in a gangway in the 900 block of West 59th Street, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.
Alexander Scott, 31, was found guilty of first-degree murder on Feb. 12 after a bench trial before Judge Charles Burns, according to Cook County court records.
Most recently, a 16-year-old girl was injured in a Brighton Park neighborhood shooting on the Southwest Side. She was walking on the sidewalk in the 3700 block of South Albany Avenue about 10:45 p.m. when a gunman got out of a dark-colored car and fired shots at her, according to Chicago Police.
The fatal shooting happened about 10:35 a.m. in the West Garfield Park neighborhood. Lee M. Fields, 33, was found in the 4400 block of West Monroe Street with two gunshot wounds to the lower abdomen, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.
About 10:35 a.m., the man was found in the 4400 block of West Monroe Street with a gunshot wound to the torso, police News Affairs Officer Bari Lemmon said.
hicago Police are searching for a man who tried to kidnap a 13-year-old girl last week in the West Garfield Park neighborhood.
Most recently, a man was shot in the West Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side. The 45-year-old was driving in the 4500 block of West Lake about 10:10 p.m. when someone in an SUV shot him in the left arm, according to Chicago Police. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where his condition stabilized.
In the four burglaries, the suspect forced into a residence and took televisions, computers, cash, jewelry, and personal items, according to a community alert from Chicago Police.
Most recently, a man was shot to death early Monday in the West Side Austin neighborhood. Rashad Stokes, 29, was standing on the sidewalk in the 4800 block of West Madison about 1:30 a.m. when a male walked up and fired shots, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.
Two bones discovered in the West Garfield Park neighborhood Monday afternoon are human and appear to be from an adult, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.
About 11:30 p.m., the 26-year-old was walking in the 4000 block of West Monroe Street when he heard shots ring out and felt pain, police said.
One man was fatally shot and another wounded in the West Garfield Park neighborhood Tuesday afternoon. About 3:15 p.m., the 24-year-old men were sitting in a vehicle in the 4400 block of West Maypole when someone walked up, fired into the car and ran away, according to Chicago Police.
About 7:50 p.m., the teen was talking to another person in the 4000 block of West Monroe Street when the person shot him in the buttocks, police said.
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