Day: June 15, 2024

Jury convicts Gary man in Chase Street murder

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A jury convicted a Gary man Friday after two hours in a 23-year-old man’s death on Chase Street last year. Virgil King, 23, was convicted of murder and unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon, a Lake County Prosecutor’s Office spokeswoman said. His sentencing date is July 18, according to court filings. At trial, the victim’s mother ZsaKenya Mathews said she found her son, Daqwuan Walker, 23, fatally shot on Jan. 25, 2023 outside the building on the 500 block of Chase Street where they lived. Authorities implicated two men. Co-defendant Micah Sanders, 25, signed a plea […]

Man throws explosive device through window, woman dead, girl injured in Bridgeport neighborhood

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An unknown suspect threw an explosive device through a window of an apartment overnight in the Bridgeport neighborhood where a woman was pronounced dead and 12-year-old girl was injured, Chicago police said. Shortly before 2:30 a.m., a male suspect threw an incendiary device through a window of an apartment in the 3100 block of South Green Street, causing a fire, police said. A 54-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene and a girl, 12, was taken to Stroger Hospital where she was listed in fair condition. No one was in custody, and the Bomb and Arson Unit was investigating. […]

Haake: Alito flies a flag of religious extremism, misogyny

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As a relapsed Catholic and long-in-the-tooth federal trial lawyer, I am more familiar with Samuel Alito’s religious nuttery than I want to be. I certainly didn’t need any more proof that his jurisprudence — as well as his misogyny — has deep Catholic roots, but last week filmmaker Lauren Windsor brought the receipts anyway. A couple of weeks ago, at the annual dinner for the Supreme Court Historical Society, Windsor secretly taped Alito agreeing with a stated goal of fighting to return “our country to a place of godliness.” I’m not a fan of secret wiretaps, but every public figure […]

1 dead, 4 hurt after South Shore apartment fire

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One person was killed and four were hurt, including two children, after a fire tore through a home in South Shore early Saturday. The blaze broke out at around 3 a.m. in the third floor of an apartment building on the 2400 block of East 78th Street, according to a Chicago Fire Department spokesperson. The two children were taken to Comer Children’s Hospital in critical condition. One adult was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition, and another was taken to Advocate Trinity Hospital in fair condition. The cause of the fire is under investigation, CFD […]