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Agnieszka Rydzewski is charged with soliciting the murder of Arturo Cantu, who was allegedly gunned down earlier this week by Anthony Calderon in the southwest suburban love triangle.
The man, 26, suffered wounds to the stomach and back and was hospitalized in fair condition.
Taeyoung Kim, 21, of Northbrook, was going more than 120 miles an hour when his Mustang slammed into another vehicle in Glenview, killing 17-year-old Marko Niketic, authorities said.
They were standing near the sidewalk around 7:30 p.m. in the 5500 block of West Quincy Street when a black Kia drove by and someone from inside the car opened fire.
Cozenn Johnson, 54, was inside a home in the 3800 block of West 85th Street when someone fired shots around 4:35 p.m.
Pierre Tyler testified that Andris Wofford shot herself as he tried to grab a gun from her during an argument over child support. Tyler admitted making a “series of stupid, bad decisions” in a halfhearted attempt to cover up the fact that he’d been at the scene.
Chicago Fire Department ambulance crews and police officers were called Friday morning to the Italian marketplace at 43 E. Ohio St.
“We’re determined to get them back,” Jason Hughes says. Otherwise, “It’s just a matter of time before they will get on fentanyl and die.”
It happened about 9:05 p.m. in the 3200 block of West 55th Street, police said.
The burglaries took place at restaurants or stores, began around midnight and lasted until past 3 a.m., police said.
Officers found a man in the 9200 block of South Perry Avenue about 8:30 p.m. Thursday with multiple gunshot wounds to his body, police said.
The 29-year-old officer was found inside a home in the 1600 block of West Warren Boulevard with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, police said.
A person was walking on Waukegan Municipal Beach, 201 East Sea Horse Drive, about 8:30 p.m. Saturday when they spotted a human arm and called 911.
The draft policy aims to undercut a dramatic rise in stops that disproportionately target people of color and rarely lead to arrests. “It felt like it was time to do something about it,” said Foxx, who is stepping down as Cook County state’s attorney this year.
The man, 38, was shot while driving near the 2400 block of East 91st Street about 11:55 p.m. Wednesday, Chicago police said.
Neighbors awoke to FBI agents shouting commands on a bullhorn, then using grenades in a quiet residential area. The local alderperson says the Chicago police district was not informed prior to the action.
Holmes is accused of sexually assaulting a Dolton village employee in a Las Vegas hotel room in May 2023. He has denied wrongdoing.
The unidentified victim was shot in the 2400 block of East 91st Street but ended up in the 9000 block of South Yates Boulevard, police said.
Karl Hall, 44, was in the 1300 block of South Halsted Street Wednesday night when someone in a car hit him and fled, police said.
Officers responding about 8:50 p.m. Wednesday to the 800 block of West 59th Street found the 35-year-old in a pickup truck with multiple gunshot wounds to his body, police said.