July 2019

Tragedy: Popular drag performer injured in crash dies after surgery; Other driver’s alcohol level was 3x legal limit, cops say

July 21, 2019 10:32 PM CWBChicago

Jherrion Bates, performing as GiGi Mayonaé, and a video grab of the crash scene. | Facebook; Snapchat Update: An autopsy conducted Monday determined that Bates died from a pulmonary embolism caused by a blood clot that followed the accident.———————————Jherrion Bates, a popular drag performer who was hospitalized after an allegedly drunk driver struck his car head-on

Uptown: Man shot in the arm is uncooperative, cops say

July 21, 2019 2:34 PM CWBChicago

A man who was shot in the arm during an altercation between two groups in Uptown early Saturday is not cooperating with the police investigation, CPD said. The 27-year-old was in the 5100 block of North Broadway around 3:40 a.m. when an argument broke out between two groups of men. Someone in one of the

Robbery victim undergoes surgery after attack at Belmont Red Line; Incident similar to recent pattern

July 21, 2019 11:52 AM CWBChicago

A robbery victim underwent surgery this weekend after he was attacked at the Belmont Red Line station late Friday or early Saturday, police said. The incident appears to be similar to a series of attacks that detectives warned about earlier this month. No one is in custody. The man told police he was standing outside

Cops: Drunk driver’s blood-alcohol level was 3x legal limit when he slammed head-on into Boystown drag performer’s car

July 21, 2019 12:45 AM CWBChicago

Jherrion Bates, seen as Gigi Mayonaé, and his car. | Facebook A Bridgeport man’s blood-alcohol level was more than three times the legal limit when he swerved into oncoming traffic and slammed head-on into a northbound vehicle along Boystown’s Halsted Street bar strip early Thursday, according to court records. Felony charges have been filed. The

Lincoln Park: Seven shot on lakefront near Fullerton

July 20, 2019 10:40 AM CWBChicago

Police said shots were fired near the brick sign marking the entrance to Theater on the Lake. | Google Seven people, mostly women, were shot early Saturday near the entrance to Theater on the Lake, 2401 North Lake Shore Drive, according to police and a CPD source. No one is in custody. It is the

Loop: Cops seeking man and woman in connection with double stabbing

July 20, 2019 7:38 AM CWBChicago

Police are seeking to identify this couple. | CPD Police have released images of two people they want to identify in connection with a double stabbing that took place in the Loop earlier this month. The man and woman reportedly approached a group and engaged them in conversation on the 100 block of East Washington

Boystown: Paroled robber sexually assaulted transgender woman on Halsted Street, prosecutors say

July 20, 2019 7:03 AM CWBChicago

Rosha Banks was arrested Wednesday at the Center on Halsted. | CPD; Google UPDATE July 23: Court records indicate that the alleged sexual assault actually took place in a gangway in the 900 block of West Newport, not the 3600 block of North Halsted as stated in court. Our original report follows. ————– A transgender

Catalytic converter thieves sweep through North Side, cops say

July 19, 2019 10:43 AM CWBChicago

A band of catalytic converter thieves has struck at least eight times in the past week on side streets near Ashland Avenue in the Uptown, Edgewater, and Andersonville neighborhoods, police say. Thieves love stealing catalytic converters from the undersides of cars because the parts contain expensive metals, including platinum and palladium that can demand payments

Lakeview: Bike-riding, gun-toting felon threatened to shoot man who got in his way, prosecutors say

July 19, 2019 10:16 AM CWBChicago

Anthony McKenna was arrested in this parking lot after allegedly threatening a man nearby. | CPD; Google A convicted felon displayed a handgun and threatened to shoot another man for being in his way near Boystown on Wednesday evening, police said. Charges have been filed. Uptown resident Anthony McKenna was riding a bike in the

Lakeview man pistol-whipped, carjacked near his home Thursday evening

July 19, 2019 9:41 AM CWBChicago

Three men cornered, pistol-whipped, and carjacked a Lakeview man near his home Thursday evening, police said. No one is in custody. The 32-year-old victim told police that he was walking on the 1600 block of West Nelson around 9:30 p.m. when the offenders approached him and demanded his car keys at gunpoint. He was then