(SUN TIMES WIRE) Fifteen people, including a 4-year-old boy and a 6-year-old girl, were wounded within 11 hours in shootings…
(WGN) Breaking news: a 17-year old girl has been shot to death in what appears to have been a drive-by…
(Chicago Tribune) Moments after getting picked up from a summer camp in the Austin neighborhood Wednesday, 4-year-old Asante Glover III…
A dispatcher for the Chicago Police Department shot an 18 year old woman during a traffic dispute Wednesday afternoon in…
(Sun Times Wire) Three men were killed and five other people were wounded in shootings Tuesday across Chicago. Most recently,…
(ABC) A man has been charged with stabbing his elderly parents to death early Sunday in their Austin neighborhood home on the West Side. Dexter Barnes, 47, faces two felony counts of first-degree murder, according to Chicago police. A police source said the victims were Barnes’ parents. “They didn’t bother no one,” said a neighbor,…
(ABC) Two men shot to death in separate West Side incidents early Monday were part of a deadly weekend in Chicago that saw seven people killed and 50 others wounded in gun violence between Friday evening and Monday morning. More than 240 people have been shot so far this month. And more than 1,600 have…
Two people were shot dead and 23 others were wounded across the city during 18 hours from Saturday to Sunday, which includes two separate quadruple shootings that took place on the West Side, according to police. Within a 40-minute period early Sunday, six of those people were shot. Among those who were wounded during that…
Two girls, 13 and 7, were among 23 people who were wounded, three fatally, during a 16-hour period from Friday afternoon to early Saturday.
In the Englewood neighborhood about 11:50 p.m. Friday, a woman held up a phone as she inched toward crime scene tape of a triple shooting in the 5900 block of South Union Avenue. She wanted officers to look at a photo on her phone to confirm if her relative was one of the victims.
“I gotta go get him,” the woman repeated as she collapsed on the sidewalk. A woman tried to comfort her.
Officers at the scene told the woman they couldn’t tell her and didn’t know if her relative had been hurt.
A 25-year-old man was standing outside of a home with a 23-year-old man and a 29-year-old man when three men approached and opened fire, police said. The 25-year-old man was shot multiple times and was pronounced dead at the scene.
A 23-year-old man was shot in the chest, and he was taken in critical condition to Stroger Hospital. A 29-year-old man was shot in the right leg, and his condition was stabilized at St. Bernard Hospital.
The woman later returned with other relatives and spoke to a sergeant at the scene. They lingered around the edge of the crime scene as they waited for news.
“Right now, it’s hard to tell with the way the body is positioned,” the officer told the family.
When the officer told the family that the person was wearing white shorts, the woman walked away crying.
In the Park Manor neighborhood, an 18-year-old man was fatally shot about 3:15 p.m. in the 7000 block of South State Street, according to police.
Witnesses said a dark-sedan pulled up and someone inside opened fire, striking the teen in the head.
He was taken in critical condition to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 6:36 p.m. He was identified as Sherrod Rhyme, of the 9100 block of South Harper Avenue in the Calumet Heights neighborhood, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Earlier, a man was killed and another was seriously wounded in a shooting in the East Chatham neighborhood on the South Side.
The shooting happened about 12:55 p.m. in the 8000 block of South Ellis Avenue. One person was dead on the scene and a second was treated by paramedics, according to police and fire officials.
Police said the men were standing outside an apartment building when someone approached on foot and shot them.
The older victim, 26, suffered wounds to the chest, and was taken to Jackson Park Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 1:40 p.m. He was identified as Deshawn Boswell, of the 7100 block of South Yates Boulevard, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
The other man, 21, was shot in the legs and wrist. He was taken in serious condition to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, police said.
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(Chicago Tribune) A 77-year-old man and a teen boy were killed in separate attacks, and 10 other people who were wounded during an eight-hour period Thursday. The 17-year-old boy was shot dead about 11:15 p.m. Thursday in the South Austin neighborhood, police said. More than 30 evidence markers were placed in the intersection of Mason…
(WGN) An elderly man died Thursday night after being shot on the South Side. Police say the 78-year-old man was shot in the head around 4:45 p.m. in the 6800 block of S. Hermitage. Police say he was standing outside when a light colored sedan drove passed. The suspects inside the car fired shots and…
(Chicago Suntimes) A man was wounded in a shooting Thursday evening near Millennium Park in The Loop. About 8:25 p.m., the 21-year-old was shot in the abdomen in the 100 block of South Michigan, according to preliminary information from Chicago Police. The corner of Michigan Avenue and Monroe Street was blocked with crime scene tape…
A gunman has died after opening fire earlier this morning on members of Congress practicing for a charity baseball game in Alexandria, Virginia, injuring Rep. Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, the House majority whip, and four others. Police said the suspect fired at officers, who returned fire. The suspect has since died, President Donald Trump said in…
BREAKING: Shooter Identified As 66 Year Old James T. Hodgkinson, Anti-Trump, Bernie Sanders Supporter Who Wrote, “Time To Destroy Trump And Company” These are posts from his Facebook Page Deeply Disturbed leftwing nut. Rep. Steve Scalise – as well as a congressional staffer and members of the congressional police force – was shot Wednesday morning…
In the wake of Mayor Rahm Emanuel backing off his pledge that the federal courts monitor reforms to the embattled Chicago Police Department, members of the group Black Lives Matter Chicago and other organizations have filed a lawsuit seeking federal court oversight over the department. “For years and continuing to this day, the City of…
Three men were killed and five others were wounded in Tuesday shootings across Chicago. A man was found shot to death at 6:37 p.m. in the South Side Kenwood neighborhood. Deandre Smith, 28, was found unresponsive at 6:37 p.m. in a building in the 5000 block of South Drexel, according to Chicago Police and the…
Chicago police said two men were stabbed at North Avenue Beach in the city’s Lincoln Park neighborhood Tuesday evening. Officials said both victims were taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital for treatment. A 25-year-old man was taken in critical condition, and a 35-year-old man was taken in serious condition, a fire department spokesperson said. “You have…
(Chicago Tribune) Five people were killed, including a 15-year-old boy, and 10 people were wounded in city shootings from Monday to Tuesday morning, according to police. The 15-year-old, who has not been identified, was gunned down while riding in a Chevy Trailblazer in the West Lawn neighborhood about 10:30 p.m. Monday. He was shot in…
(WGN) A Wisconsin judge has ruled that the man who shot a Buffalo Grove woman when she and her family were returning from vacation is not guilty by reason of mental defect. Tracy Czaczkowski was fatally shot in the neck in May 2016 while driving in the car with her family by 21-year-old Zachary Hays.…
(WGN) The man charged with killing his girlfriend’s daughter in a brutal stabbing and beating is due in bond court Tuesday. 31-year-old John Singleton is accused of killing 12-year-old Alexis Stubbs Sunday night in her mother’s apartment in the 4600 block of North Beacon in Sheridan Park. Alexis’s mother called 911 when Singleton would not…
(Sun-Times Media Wire) – Six men were killed and at least 37 other people were wounded in shootings across Chicago between Friday evening and Monday morning. With temperatures pushing into the 90s, 30 people were shot in less than 9 hours from Saturday evening to Sunday morning. The weekend was more deadly than last weekend,…
A 12 year old girl was murdered in the Sheridan Park neighborhood in what appears to be a domestic dispute. The girl, initially reported as 13 years old, has been identified as 12-year-old Alexis Stubbs. She was stabbed and beaten to death at an apartment building on the 4600 block of north Beacon street, Sunday…
Family members crowded into a small corridor under the “Emergency” sign at Mount Sinai hospital after a mass shooting injured eight people about a block away in Lawndale early Sunday. Few details were available about the shooting in the 3300 block of West Douglas Boulevard where police canvassed a green space dividing the road. They…
While his friend was bleeding from a gunshot wound in his passenger seat, Quentin Robeson said he went 60 mph down Douglas Boulevard and didn’t stop at any red lights as he sped to Mount Sinai Hospital early Sunday. “All I could think was, ‘hurry,’” said 34-year-old Robeson. His friend was one of eight people…
These are just some of the shootings Maggio News covered on the first 90% weekend in Chicago.
Authorities fatally shot a man who fired at them on Friday afternoon in west suburban Lyons, hours after the man had killed his estranged wife in Sycamore, according to police.
Lidia Juarez had an order of protection against her 44-year-old husband Antonio Juarez, according to a statement from Sycamore police.
The 37-year-old woman was found dead with a gunshot wound inside her car about 2 p.m. outside the Illinois Dept. of Human Services office where she worked at 1629 Afton Road in Sycamore, police said. Investigators found out that Antonio Juarez had been staying at a hotel nearby, and witnesses saw him take off after the shooting in his Chrysler 300, police said.
About 6 p.m., Illinois State Police investigators tracked the car down and, along with police from multiple agencies, began following him in Lyons, according to state police.When they tried to pull Antonio Juarez over near the intersection of Ogden and Joliet avenues, he began firing a gun at the officers, police said.
The officers returned fire, killing the man at the scene, police said. It wasn’t clear which officers struck him. No police were hurt. They recovered a firearm from Antonio Juarez.
Victim a male black, 29, was standing on the sidewalk when a male offender approached on foot and fired shots. Victim was taken to Stroger in stable condition with a gunshot wound to the left hip. No one is in custody. Area South investigating.
Victim a male black, 16, was standing on the sidewalk when a male occupant in a blue van fired shots. Victim was taken in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the chest to Christ. No one is in custody. Area South investigating.
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Two men were killed and three others were wounded in shootings across the city from Friday afternoon to Saturday morning, according to police. The two homicides happened early Friday evening. On the Northwest Side in the Belmont-Central neighborhood, a 21-year-old man suffered a gunshot wound to the chest about 6:45 p.m. in the 5700 block…
Authorities fatally shot a man who fired at them on Friday afternoon in west suburban Lyons, hours after the man had killed his estranged wife in Sycamore, according to police. Lidia Juarez had an order of protection against her 44-year-old husband Antonio Juarez, according to a statement from Sycamore police. The 37-year-old woman was found…
(SUN TIMES MEDIA WIRE) At least 14 people were shot across the South and West sides of the city on Thursday, leaving one dead. The homicide happened a little after 10 p.m. in the Woodlawn neighborhood, where officers responding to a call of a shooting in the 6200 block of South Ingleside found 23-year-old Xavier…
A 23-year-old man found shot to death Thursday night near the University of Chicago on the city’s South Side was identified by his mother as a teacher who would have turned 24 on Monday. Xavier Joy, 23, was shot several times around 10 p.m. in the parking lot of an apartment building in the 6200-block…
Two teenage boys were among four people killed and 11 wounded in Chicago shootings from Wednesday morning to Thursday, authorities said. Authorities have identified two boys, ages 15 and 16, and say they were fatally shot in a rifle attack around 9:05 a.m. in the West Side’s Lawndale neighborhood. Hours later on the South Side,…
(WLS) Two people were shot early Thursday morning while driving with their dog in the city’s Chicago Lawn neighborhood. A 36-year-old man and a 30-year-old woman were heading east in an SUV in the 2800-block of West 59th Street around 12:10 a.m. when they heard gunfire and realized they had been shot. They pulled over…
Authorities are conducting a death investigation in suburban Dolton after the body of an infant was found in a bag. Police say it was a foul odor that drew a homeowner to the shed attached to her house near 158th and Drexel this afternoon. The homeowner found a garbage bag that she brought outside and…
Two boys, ages 15 and 16, were killed in a shooting Wednesday morning in the North Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side, according to Chicago police. At about 9 a.m., the teenagers were standing on the sidewalk in the 1200-block of South Lawndale when a masked suspect armed with a rifle got out of a…
Three boys appeared in Cook County Juvenile Court Wednesday morning on charges of attempted murder, accused of shooting at Chicago police officers Monday night from a stolen car in the West Side Lawndale neighborhood. Based on self-incriminating statements and gunshot residue tests, prosecutors said, they identified which of the juveniles had actually fired the two…
Two men were fatally shot, and nine other people were wounded, including two people shot by a police officer, in separate incidents from Tuesday to early Wednesday. In the most recent fatal shooting, a 27-year-old man who had been shot multiple times was found on the South Side about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday in the 7900…
A Chicago police officer critically injured two people who were suspected of firing shots at police and at another vehicle late Tuesday in the Montclare neighborhood on the city’s Northwest Side, according to police. As officers were patrolling the area late Tuesday, someone inside of a car fired shots in the direction of the police…
Three men were shot dead and three others were wounded in shootings within an 8-hour period Monday. A 23-year-old man was on a sidewalk in the 4400 block of South Shields Avenue in the Fuller Park neighborhood when a gunman approached and fired shots, hitting him in the head about 7:40 p.m., according to Chicago…
Three people were in custody and guns were recovered after shots were fired at Chicago Police officers Monday night in the Lawndale neighborhood on the Southwest Side. Someone fired shots at the officers at 8:04 p.m. in the 1300 block of South Troy, then drove off in a vehicle, according to Chicago Police. Officers chased…
