Day: August 17, 2024

A police officer shot at a vehicle in a traffic stop related to a homicide in New City Friday evening, police say. Chicago Police attempted to stop a vehicle wanted for connection to a homicide around the 1700 block of West 47th Street at about 5:35 p.m. on Friday. An officer fired his gun and struck the vehicle, though no one was struck by gunfire, police say. The offender fled but was taken into custody, and the officer was taken to a local hospital for minor injuries, according to police. The details — including an investigation into the use of […]

A man was found overnight Friday in Grand Boulevard with gunshot wounds and later pronounced dead, according to Chicago Police. A witness told the police that the 28-year-old man had been walking on the sidewalk near the 4500 block of South Champlain Avenue at about 12:29 a.m. when he was shot multiple times. The Chicago Fire Department treated the victim at the scene and took him to the University of Chicago hospital in critical condition, where he was later pronounced dead, police say. There are no suspects in custody, and detectives are investigating.

A man was killed and two others were injured in a shooting in the Austin neighborhood in the early hours of Saturday morning, according to Chicago Police. A man, 53, and woman, 41, were outside near the 4700 block of West Polk Street at around 4:40 a.m. when they were shot, the man in his abdomen and the woman in her right ankle, police say. Another man, 33, also was shot in his right foot, according to police. The older man was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition and was later pronounced dead, police say. The woman was […]