(Fox) A 9-year-old boy and his 27-year-old mother were shot and wounded Wednesday afternoon on the West Side. The two were on a sidewalk about 1:15 p.m. in the 300 block of North Central Avenue in the Austin neighborhood, when two gunmen exited a vehicle and opened fire, according to Chicago police. The boy and…
(ABC) Two children were hurt in two separate shootings about 30 minutes apart Wednesday night, Chicago police say. The first one happened on the Far South Side in Roseland where a 14-year-old boy was shot in a drive-by, according to police. Police say the teenager was walking on the sidewalk with a group of people…
(ABC) Chicago police are looking for two people in connection with a shooting that wounded a 3-year-old girl last month in South Shore. The July 22 shooting wounded a 3-year-old girl when two gunmen fired shots in the direction of her family’s car in the 2400-block of East 74th Street, Chicago police said. Surveillance photos…
(Sun Times Wire) An 8-year-old boy and a 27-year-old woman were struck by stray bullets Thursday in Altgeld Gardens on the Far South Side. The pair were outside about 8:40 p.m. when someone walked up and shot at a nearby male in the 700 block of East 132nd Street, Chicago police said. One bullet went…
(ABC) A 3-year-old girl was seriously injured in a shooting Wednesday morning in South Shore, Chicago police said. According to police, around 12:45 a.m. the girl and her parents were driving in the 2400-block of E. 74th Street when two unknown suspects standing on the corner fired shots at the direction of the vehicle. The…
(Sun Times Wire) Two young brothers wounded in a shooting last week at an East Garfield Park barbershop have been released from the hospital. Lorenzo Matthews, 11, and his brother, 12-year-old Michael Smith, were released Saturday from Stroger Hospital, according to family spokeswoman Dawn Valenti. Matthews is recovering from gunshot wounds to his back, abdomen…
(ABC) Two young brothers are among five people recovering after being shot at a barbershop in Chicago’s West Garfield Park neighborhood Thursday evening. The five victims remain in critical but stable condition Friday morning. Lorenzo Matthews, 11, and Michael Smith, 12, were at the barbershop. The boy’s mother said her younger son was shot three…
(WGN) A 13-year-old girl walking on the sidewalk was wounded after shots rang out on the West Side Sunday afternoon, according to the Chicago Police Department. Police said the girl was walking near the 1600 block of South Homan Avenue around 3:30 p.m. Sunday when two people exited an SUV and fired shots. The 13-year-old…
(WGN) A 7-year-old girl is in critical condition after she was shot while trick-or-treating in the city’s Little Village neighborhood on Halloween. The girl was shot twice near 26th Street and Lawndale Avenue around 5:30 p.m. Thursday while she was trick-or-treating with her family. Chicago Police Sgt. Rocco Alioto said a group of three was…
(ABC) – A 3-year-old boy was shot in the head and critically injured while sitting in a parked car with his mother and two other children Sunday night in the Back of the Yards neighborhood, Chicago police said. The shooting occurred around 11:40 p.m. in the 5200-block of South Peoria Street, where at least a…
(ABC) A 9-year-old boy was wounded in a shooting Friday in Gresham on the city’s South Side. At about 11:30 a.m., the boy was in the back seat of a vehicle traveling in the 7700 block of South Paulina Street when a male wearing black clothing fire shots towards the vehicle, Chicago police said. The…
