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This April weekend has already been one of the most violent April weekends in the last decade, and the sun hasn't set on Sunday yet. We outlined a 24-hour period of incidents to give readers a better perspective.
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Officers were called to investigate a disturbance of a man with a gun and, when they arrived, they indeed found a man with a gun. Police said the man pointed one of the pistols at the officers and officers opened fire.
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The 15-year-old was struck in the middle of the back and transported by the Chicago Fire Department to Comer Children's Hospital where he was listed in critical condition.
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Police reported that a 68-year-old woman was shot this afternoon while she was walking in the Albany Park neighborhood. Another vehicle was also struck by gunfire but the occupants inside the vehicle were not hit.
Chicago News
Federal authorities on Monday said they will not criminally charge Jason Van Dyke, the former Chicago police officer convicted of murder in the 2014 shooting death of black teenager Laquan McDonald.
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Police said a 27-year-old male victim was outside when he was shot at by an unidentified offender. The victim sustained one gunshot wound to the thigh and was later pronounced dead at the hospital.
Chicago News
The multiple-alarm fire blaze at the Antioch Missionary Baptist Church began after 2 p.m., an hour after services ended, and wasn't brought under control for 90 minutes.
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A judge ordered Ocie Banks Jr., of Berwyn held without bail Thursday during a bond hearing. Banks 33, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of his parents, Ocie Banks Sr., 79, and Sheila Banks, 61.
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Jin Lew, 61, was found robbed of his belongings and beaten into a coma in the Chinatown neighborhood last week. He was last seen leaving a son's home in the South Loop. The family believes he was violently carjacked and left for dead.
Chicago Journal
Fire crews worked with tools late Tuesday afternoon to free a 53-year-old man in grave condition trapped under heavy stone debris but were unable to save him, the Chicago Fire Department posted on Twitter.
Chicago Journal
Sanctions have forced Boeing and Airbus to stop providing aircraft parts and services to Russian airlines. Russian airlines will be able to cannibalize parts from their planes for a while, but the lack of spare parts is likely to have “a significant impact” in six to 12 months.
Business
The CFPB says that roughly 18% of TransUnion's annual revenue came from these services, which means it would have been a substantial hit to the Chicago company's bottom line if it were to stop the program entirely.