Man seriously wounded in Princeton Park shooting
A man was wounded in a shooting Saturday morning in the Princeton Park neighborhood on the South Side. The 58-year-old was shot in the abdomen at 10:07 a.m. in the 9400 block of South Perry, according...
View ArticleDAYBOOK FOR 09-24 THRU 09-26-16
SATURDAY’S MEETINGS AND EVENTS* 5 p.m. — (CHICAGO) Teachers for Social Justice host a teach-in discussion on “Are Police Necessary?” UIC College of Education, Room 3427, 1040 W. Harrison. Contact:...
View ArticleMan charged with homicide in overdose of officer’s stepdaughter
When Sydney Schergen died of a drug overdose last year, Theresa Almanza found herself in an unusual position. Almanza, a Chicago Police gang officer accustomed to solving crimes involving other...
View ArticleMan, 90, killed in Far South Side crash
A 90-year-old man was killed in a Far South Side crash Friday afternoon. Just after 5 p.m., Louis Lacy pulled his vehicle out from a parking lot in the 500 block of East 130th Street and was hit by a...
View ArticleMan dies month after West Town shooting
A 33-year-old man previously acquitted in the murder of a postal worker died Thursday, about a month after he was shot in the West Town neighborhood. About 9:30 p.m. Aug. 27, Marvin Keyes was walking...
View ArticleUPDATE: Valentine’s Day 2013 parolee charged with holiday double-murder
UPDATES WITH BOND, NEW DETAILS A 22-year-old man paroled last year for an armed robbery on Valentine’s Day in 2013 has been charged with killing two men on the same holiday this year in the Grand...
View Article18-year-old charged with fatal shooting at Gage Park party
A teenager has been charged with a fatal shooting at a Gage Park neighborhood party last weekend on the Southwest Side. Guillermo Romero was ordered held on a $1 million bond on Saturday — his 18th...
View ArticleOfficials: Worker loses arm in River North construction accident
A 34-year-old construction worker’s left arm was amputated near his shoulder after a mishap inside an elevator shaft Saturday afternoon in River North. It happened about 4:20 p.m. at a building under...
View ArticleEvanston woman pulled from lake in critical condition
(EVANSTON) A 67-year-old woman who fell into Lake Michigan while walking on a pier was rescued and taken to a hospital in critical condition Saturday afternoon in north suburban Evanston. Crews were...
View ArticleUPDATE: Man dies after Crown Point crash
UPDATES WITH DETAILS FROM POLICE (CROWN POINT, Ind.) A 22-year-old man died after a crash Friday afternoon in northwest Indiana. The crash happened about 3 p.m. in the 1300 block of North Main Street...
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Genoveva Corria, 38, of the 4100 block of North California Avenue, unknown causes at 4124 N. California Ave., pronounced dead at 3:28 a.m. [9/25], Area North detectives. Nicholas Fox, 53, of the 5600...
View ArticleUPDATE: Man dies 3 months after being struck by trains in Garfield Park
UPDATES WITH FATALITY A man has died three months after he was struck by two trains while riding his bicycle in the Garfield Ridge neighborhood on the Southwest Side. Nicholas Fox, 53, was pronounced...
View ArticleADVANCE DAYBOOK FOR MONDAY, 09-26-2016
ADDITION MARKED *** MONDAY’S MEETINGS AND EVENTS* 9:45 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Jan Fields, former president of McDonald’s USA, is keynote speaker for the National Assn. of Women Business Owners’ Chicago...
View ArticleOfficials: 1 dead after being pulled from lake in Rogers Park
A person died after being pulled from Lake Michigan Sunday afternoon in Rogers Park on the North Side, fire officials said. Emergency crews were called at 2:14 p.m. to the beach at Loyola Park near...
View ArticleMan, 70, seriously hurt in accidental South Chicago shooting
A 70-year-old man is in serious condition after accidentally shooting himself in the chest Sunday morning on the South Side, according to Chicago Police. It happened about 9:15 a.m. in the 8000 block...
View ArticleUPDATE: Man fatally shot in Calumet Heights
UPDATES WITH NEW DETAILS A 28-year-old man was shot in the neck and killed early Sunday in the South Side Calumet Heights neighborhood. It happened about 4:30 a.m. in the 9200 block of South Colfax,...
View ArticleUPDATE: 7 killed, 39 wounded in Chicago weekend shootings
UPDATES WITH ADDITIONAL SHOOTINGS Seven people were killed and at least 39 more have been wounded in shootings across Chicago since Friday evening, including one that left a man in critical condition...
View ArticlePolice: Man groped woman who was jogging in Albany Park
Chicago Police are searching for a man who groped a woman while she was jogging in the Albany Park neighborhood Sunday morning on the Northwest Side. About 7:15 a.m., she was running east on Sunnyside...
View ArticleMedical examiner’s cases
Megan Jones, 21, of the 1000 block of 2nd Street in LaSalle, unknown causes at 1st Avenue and Harrison Street in Maywood, pronounced at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood at 12:18 p.m. [9/23],...
View ArticleUPDATE: Man dies after being pulled from Lake Michigan in Rogers Park
UPDATES WITH AUTOPSY RESULTS A man died after being pulled from Lake Michigan Sunday afternoon in Rogers Park on the North Side. Emergency crews were called at 2:14 p.m. to the beach at Loyola Park...
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