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Victoria Mesarina says she was pinned in her car after a hit-and-run when a couple allegedly rifled through her purse before fleeing as sirens closed in.
Juan A. Vicente was shot in the face, stomach and leg in a Lawndale alley before dying at Mount Sinai Hospital.
A neighbor's alert led firefighters to pull the man from a burning home on Milton Avenue. The block saw a similar destructive fire in 2021.
The boy arrived at St. Bernard alone around 2:50 a.m. Sunday; police still have no shooting scene.
A Jeep smashed into a South Shore gas station before dawn Sunday and made off with the ATM. No arrests have been made.
The Toyota Tacoma crossed the road and hit several trees near Chestnut Drive around 2:19 a.m. Sunday. Police say speed and alcohol may be factors.
A pair of dark SUVs struck again on the Northwest Side, this time hitting a vape shop near Western and Chicago avenues before dawn.
A late-night flood of 911 calls on S. May Street led beat officers to arrest one person on an ammunition-possession charge.
A single shot near Eddy Street Commons wounded a woman and a South Bend officer minutes into kickoff, triggering an ND Alert shelter-in-place.
The victim was shot on West Madison Street around 7:07 a.m. and got himself to Mount Sinai Hospital.
The shooting on South Kingston Avenue is at least the third violent gun incident on that same block since 2020.
Residents jumped from windows to flee a burning apartment building in a Chicago-area fire.
A 15-year-old was shot in the arm and a 42-year-old man died after a gunman opened fire from a distance in South Shore.
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