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2 killed, 3 children among 5 others hurt in pair of overnight fires on South Side
The fires happened in the South Shore and Bridgeport neighborhoods about an hour apart.
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The fires happened in the South Shore and Bridgeport neighborhoods about an hour apart.
Four robberies have occurred at two U.S. Bank locations in Elmhurst and Schaumburg, Illinois, since October of last year.
The robbers approached the carrier in the 500 block of North Pine Avenue around 3:30 p.m. and demanded postal service property and mail.
The Lockport Township victim came face to face with the alleged shooter for the first time since the incident.
John Kastanes, 64, was arrested by members of the Chicago Police Department just before 11 a.m. in the 3800 block of North Keeler Avenue.
After the plane landed, deputies, American Medical Technologists personnel, and Air National Guard Fire personnel immediately received and began performing life-saving measures on the girl.
The man, 24, was walking with a woman, 28, on the sidewalk when they were approached by an armed man who demanded their belongings, police said.
According to Chicago police, the victims, three men, ages 30, 37, and 44, and a woman, 33, were standing on the sidewalk when someone inside a red sedan fired shots.
Neighbors were alarmed by the commotion in their quiet gated community.
The boy was struck multiple times in the body and was taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition.
Police said the motorcyclist was transferred from Ascension St Joseph Medical Center to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Illinois, for further treatment.
The race started in Garfield Park, went through Douglass and Humboldt Park, and finished back in Garfield.
The woman was struck in the head and taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where she died.
Hopkins confirmed that the plan will introduce a curfew time of 8 p.m. for teens under the age of 18.
The ages of the victims range from 12 to 55.