A trial opened Tuesday for a Hammond man charged in a roadway slaying on 165th Street last year. Trinidad Cervantes, 20, said he feared Rajesh Bhagwandeen, 26, of Hammond, was about to pull out a gun, so he shot him several times first.
Matteson police are investigating reports a teacher’s aide grabbed a student , slung him to the ground at Marya Yates Elementary.
Defense attorneys in the Michael Madigan corruption trial began their cross-examination of a key witness Tuesday by trying to distinguish between exchanging jobs for official actions and simply currying favor with the formidable ex-House speaker.
A 14-year-old boy was shot while he was sitting in a parked vehicle Monday night on the West Side in the Homan Square neighborhood, Chicago police said.
A 59-year-old man was fatally wounded Monday evening in a shooting in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side, Chicago police said. About 6:20 p.m., the victim was near an alley in the 6400 block of South Parnell Avenue when he was struck by gunfire to the arm and the ear. He was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. No one was in custody and detectives were investigating.
A 30-year-old man was pronounced dead after he was discovered wounded inside of a 2nd floor apartment Monday night in the Woodlawn neighborhood, Chicago police said. Shortly before 10 p.m., an acquaintance of the victim discovered him with gunshot wounds to the head and chest in an apartment in the 6100 block of South King Drive. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. No one was in custody for the fatal shooting and police were investigating.
An officer was stabbed Monday night after a stabbing victim flagged down police for help in the South Shore neighborhood, Chicago police said.
Four offenders ambushed a man Saturday in the parking lot of Hillcrest High School in Country Club Hills.
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Several people broke a store window around 4 a.m., tied a chain around the cash machine and pulled it with a red SUV, police said