(Sun Times Wire) A 16-year-old boy was among two people killed Tuesday evening in a shooting that left a third person critically wounded in Zion in the north suburbs. Kanye Marshall, 16, and Rodney Lovelace, 27, were fatally shot in the 2800 block of Galilee Avenue, according to the Lake County coroner’s office. A third…
(ABC) Evanston police are investigating three fatal shootings that occurred over the last several days. The city’s last deadly shooting was in February 2019. The latest shooting happened just after 3 p.m. Sunday, when police received a call of a reported shooting in the 1900-block of Hartrey Avenue, Police Chief Demitrous Cook said. When emergency…
(Sun Times Wire) A 15-year-old girl was killed in a shooting Sunday in west suburban Aurora. Jasmine Noble was shot about 12:20 a.m. in the 400 block of Florida Avenue, according to Aurora police. Paramedics pronounced her dead at the scene. Detectives canvassed the area for evidence and spoke to potential witnesses, police said. The…
(ABC) An arrest warrant has been issued in the death of a Dolton mother who was shot in front of her children last month, sources tell ABC7. Marshia McGill, 40, was driving with four of her eight children in the southern suburb when gunfire erupted between two groups. McGill was struck by a stray bullet.…
(FOX) After she was reported missing, authorities found her body in the Thornton Lansing Road Nature Preserve, the FBI said Tuesday. The Cook County medical examiner’s office confirmed Wednesday afternoon that the body was Buchanan’s. The FBI was offering a $10,000 reward for information related to the case. The reward was initially offered for information…
(Sun Times Wire) A man is accused of fatally shooting a woman and wounding a man during a sale arranged over the internet in south suburban Lansing. Marvin Gibson-Jones, 21, is charged with first-degree murder in the July 23 slaying of Lisa Marie York, according to Lansing police. Police said the shooting stemmed from an…
ABC) – Police have identified the 19-year-old woman who was fatally shot Friday while sitting on a front porch in west suburban Aurora. The victim of the shooting that occurred after 10 p.m. in the 400 block of East Benton Street is Maritza Cazares, police said. Authorities said the shooting was not random, but that…
(Patch) EVERGREEN PARK—A man was shot to death Sunday evening on a quiet residential street in Evergreen Park. The front yard of a home was roped off by crime scene tape and police aimed flashlights at the ground looking for evidence. According to a news release, Evergreen Park police went to the 9100 block of…
Nicolas Aguirre (left) and David Aguirre-Gonzalez Cicero police arrest photos (Sun Times Wire) Bail was denied for two Chicago men charged in the murder of a Cicero man in the western suburb. David Aguirre-Gonzalez is accused of firing a weapon from a vehicle on July 13 and killing Richard Dunlap after the two were arguing,…
A woman was fatally shot at a funeral repast Thursday in south suburban Harvey. Kierra Jones, 23, was shot in the back in the 15300 block of Center Avenue in Harvey, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Jones, who lived in Gresham, was pronounced dead at Ingalls Memorial Hospital in Harvey at 10:19…
(Sun Times Wire) A father from South Holland was fatally shot Wednesday on the streets of south suburban Calumet City. Police were called to gunfire about 9:55 p.m. in the 300 block of Oglesby Avenue and found 32-year-old Desmond Stewart lying unresponsive on the ground, Calumet City police said. Stewart had been shot multiple times,…
(Sun Times Wire) A Westchester man is accused of fatally shooting his wife on Mother’s Day in the western suburb. Reginald Hooks, 55, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Leifshorn Hooks, who was found Sunday lying in a bathroom with multiple gunshot wounds, according to Westchester Police Chief Brian Stelter. Officers were…
(Sun Times Wire) A 17-year-old boy was fatally shot in south suburban Markham. The shooting happened about 10:35 a.m. Sunday in the 2900 block of West 159th Street, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. James Fluker Jr. was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he died three days later on…
(Tribune) Illinois State Police are investigating the death of an 18-year-old Sauk Village woman found Monday along Interstate 57 in University Park, officials said. The Will County coroner’s office said Lonausha Brown suffered multiple injuries, but her cause of death won’t be determined until after a police investigation and results from toxicology tests are completed.…
(WGN) A woman whose body was found behind a Dolton garage Friday had been shot multiple times, according to media reports. The body was found about 10:30 a.m. Friday near 146th Street and Woodlawn Avenue in Dolton, Ill. Family told WGN News the person found was a female postal worker who lived in the south…
(WLS) A 37-year-old mother of three was found shot to death Thursday in south suburban Matteson. Joanie Balogun suffered multiple gunshot wounds about 11:50 p.m. in the 21600 block of South Cicero Avenue, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office. Balogun, of Matteson, was pronounced dead at 12:35 a.m. Friday at St. James Hospital…
(ABC 7) Three people were found dead Thursday afternoon inside a southwest suburban Joliet home. Officers were sent to the single-family home about 2:50 p.m. in the 2000- block of Great Falls Drive for a death investigation, according to Police Chief Brian Benton. Police believe a party at the home lasted into the early morning…
(WLS) A 17-year-old boy has been charged in the shooting death of a popular north suburban high school student at an apartment complex Saturday night. The boy is being charged with involuntary manslaughter as a juvenile. Angelique “Angie” Morris, 17, was shot about 1 a.m. Saturday at the Heritage Village Pointe Apartments in unincorporated Des…
