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Khalil Dunbar, 22, was in an alley near the 10800 block of South Indiana Avenue just before 5 p.m. Sunday, when he was shot in the neck, police said. Dunbar was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in critical condition where he later died, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Isaiah S. Fields, 22, of the 5000 block of West Maple Avenue in Chicago, allegedly sexually assaulted a woman who lived at the Marklund Hyde Center near Geneva in 2023.
The man was outside when someone approached him and fired shots, grazing his ear.
Investigators believe a 32-year-old man stabbed his wife, 35, during an argument at a home in the 3400 block of Pandola Avenue and then stabbed himself.
About 4:30 a.m., a 30-year-old man and another person were in the 7400 block of South State Street when an argument turned physical, according to Chicago police.
The male victim was found with a gunshot wound to the chest about 7:20 p.m. inside a car that crashed into a wall in the 6700 block of South Woodlawn Avenue.
The victim, Melissa Robertson, 45, remains in critical condition Friday. Authorities say the shooting was “racially motivated” because the victim’s two sons are Black.
Karol Chwiesiuk spent roughly 10 minutes inside the Capitol as a mob attempted to prevent Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s presidential electoral victory.
Prosecutors in the case of Crosetti Brand said said they expect to file documents containing allegations of prior incidents involving Brand “which are not of public record and are of a sensitive nature.”
The man was walking in the 3900 block of North Pittsburgh Avenue when someone fired shots, striking him in the chest.
One said he ran a “babysitting” company. The other described himself as a “handyman.” The Illinois State Police filed complaints against them with a disciplinary board and a criminal investigation is ongoing, an agency spokesperson says.
En 2023, la línea directa recibió la cifra récord de más de 17 mil 972 contactos para solicitar refugio, un 45% más que en 2022. Pero los defensores dicen que el estado no está equipado para hacer frente al aumento de la demanda.
During one heist in West Ridge the robber fired a gun at a liquor store staffer but no one was hurt, police said.
Officers conducted a well-being check at the home and found the 27-year-old on the kitchen floor with gunshot wounds to her body, police said.
One of the drivers attempted to leave the scene, but an off-duty Chicago police officer who witnessed the crash pulled over and held the driver at gunpoint until troopers arrived, state police said.
The crash occurred about 10:52 a.m. along North Rand Road between East Dundee Road and Winslowe Drive, according to police.
In 2023, the Hotline received a record-high 17,972 contacts for requests for shelter, up 45% from 2022. But advocates say the state is not equipped to meet the increased demand.
Joseph Weiss, brother of clout-heavy businessman James Weiss, has agreed to plead guilty to charges he lied to FBI agents looking into his brother’s ties to the Chicago Outfit. He will appear in court May 20.
A federal judge also fined George Kozdemba $25,000 for his role in an embezzlement scheme that led to the 2017 collapse of Washington Federal Bank for Savings.
No se han realizado arrestos en ninguno de los atracos similares, que ocurrieron en Pilsen, Bucktown y en Back of the Yards, dijo la policía.