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4 teens shot: 1 dead, 3 critical in Washington Park shooting
Four teenagers were shot while riding in a vehicle on the city's south side Sunday afternoon on the first day of 2023.
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1 dead, 1 wounded in New Year's Day hookah lounge shootout
A shootout in a hookah lounge in the Ukrainian Village neighborhood early New Year's Day left one man dead and another wounded, authorities said. The shootout marks the city's first homicide of the 2023 year.
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Man fatally stabbed in domestic dispute in West Pullman
The 64-year-old's stabbing death marks the final homicide of 2022. Unofficial results from HeyJackass.com are 734 homicides for the year, but that number is subject to change.
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55-year-old man stabbed to death in West Chatham
Police were called to the 300 block of W. 87th Street in the West Chatham neighborhood on the city's south side in response to witness calls of a brutal stabbing.
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Police seek public's help identifying hit-and-run driver that killed man pushing another in a wheelchair
Additional details that were not reported in our original story, the 63-year-old man who died was dragged beneath the SUV for six city blocks before he was dislodged from underneath.
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Hit-and-run driver kills man pushing another in a wheelchair
A 56-year-old man in a wheelchair and an as-yet-unidentified man who was pushing him were struck by a vehicle in a hit-and-run late Thursday. The man pushing the man in the wheelchair was killed.
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Theft costs Chicago church thousands of dollars in donations
Chicago police said a window was pried open late Monday or early Tuesday at Saint Vincent de Paul Catholic Church. The intruder used a crowbar to break through several doors before reaching the parish safe and a donation bin in the church in the city's Lincoln Park neighborhood.
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Chicago woman charged after repeatedly stabbing small dog
A 15-year-old girl was walking her family's pet Chihuahua on Monday outside her apartment building on the city's Northwest Side when the woman stopped to talk to her, ran toward the dog, and stabbed the animal “without warning or provocation."
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18-year-old dies after Albany Park backyard shooting
An 18-year-old male victim got into an argument in the backyard area of some residences in Albany Park and the as-yet-unknown offender allegedly pulled a gun and shot him.
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Off-Duty CPD Officer exchanges rounds with carjacker in shootout on Near West Side
A man is in custody this Christmas Eve after police say he crashed an off-duty CPD officer's vehicle he had just stolen and there was an exchange of gunfire in the city's medical district on the Near West Side.
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Robbery crew undeterred by subzero temps, hit nearly a dozen victims overnight
One wonders how successful such a dedicated and motivated team could be in a legitimate business environment if they're willing to commit themselves to their craft in such treacherous conditions but, alas, we're unlikely to ever know.
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16-year-old girl dies after Near West Side shooting
Another teenager has died after a shooting over the weekend on the city's Near West Side, authorities said Monday.