Police officer injured and mass arrests made overnight Sunday near location of Pride Parade

A police officer was injured and mass arrests were made overnight on Sunday in Lakeview, according to Chicago police. A 20-year-old woman refused an order by a police officer near the 1000 block of West School Street at about 12:10 a.m., police say. According to police, she then pulled the officer’s hair and struck the officer. The officer sustained a minor laceration but refused medical attention. She was immediately taken into custody, police say, and detectives are investigating. Nearby on the 3000 block of North Clark Street, Chicago police ordered mass arrests at about 1:23 a.m. The number of arrests […]

Man found in vehicle with gunshot in his ear pronounced dead, police say

A 34-year-old man was found unresponsive in a car in Roseland on Sunday night, according to Chicago police. The man was found sitting in a vehicle near the 100 block of West 113th Street with a gunshot wound in his left ear at about 11:39 p.m. He was taken to Christ Hospital and later pronounced dead. The circumstances are unknown, and detectives are investigating.

Passenger killed, employee injured in CTA bus shooting, police say

A passenger and a CTA employee were shot on a CTA bus in the Douglas neighborhood overnight on Sunday, according to Chicago police. Two men got into an altercation toward the back of the bus at around 12:14 a.m. near the 3400 block of South State Street, police say. A CTA employee reported the incident. One of the men shot the other, a man in his late 20s, in the chest and shot the CTA employee in the right shoulder, police say. According to police, the employee stopped the bus, and the offender fled. The victim was taken to U. […]