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A woman allegedly saw the girl with the man, got on the phone with police, followed the offender, and helped direct responding officers where they needed to go to find the girl.
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At approximately 5:37 p.m., officers allegedly observed a 23-year-old male on a second-floor balcony of an apartment complex engaged in what officials reported as an "indecent act in the presence of a female victim."
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Lyons Police Chief Thomas Herion said Michael Lelko, 45, was not charged in the deaths of 79-year-old Jean Lelko and 44-year-old Jennifer Lelko, since the medical examiner's office could not determine how either one died.
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Police are reporting three people have been shot and killed on the city's south side today, so far. The victims are all males, age 18, 30, and 37.
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Police said they discovered three people, an 81-year-old woman, a 65-year-old woman, and a 61-year-old man shot to death in a home in the Morgan Park neighborhood on the city's south side.
Crime
One was in response to a man suspected of murdering two sisters, another was in response to a man shooting two other individuals, and another involved a woman believed to have been having a mental health episode who went into a busy grocery store and fired shots at police.
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Police said the victims were involved in an exchange of gunfire with offenders in a red pick-up truck when they were shot.
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Prosecutors allege one of the men would receive orders from members of the Gangster Disciples in Chicago for specific guns, buy them from dealers in Tennessee and Kentucky, and give them to gang members who paid through money transfer apps, including Zelle and CashApp.
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Rosemont police said Jose G. Matias, 18, of Chicago, was taken into custody Wednesday “without incident” in the March 25 shooting that killed Joel Valdes, 20, of Skokie, at the Fashion Outlets of Chicago in Rosemont, just northwest of Chicago.
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The armed carjacking took place on a block that some readers may know from the television show "Windy City Rehab." The woman was shot on S. Michigan Avenue.
Crime
A CPD officer was shot and wounded during a shootout that left a man in serious condition after a car drove forward during a traffic stop, injuring a second officer, police said. The incident was captured on a POD camera, which was obtained by the 16th & 17th District Chicago Police Scanner.
Crime
After they arrived in Chicago, the undocumented immigrants worked 12-15 hours per day, 7 days per week. The complaint alleges the brothers threatened the immigrants with violence if they did not pay and pressured them to sign over family land in Mexico.