June 2021 - Page 9 of 10

Armed carjackings reported minutes apart in Old Town, downtown Saturday evening

June 6, 2021 7:02 AM CWBChicago

Police are investigating two armed carjackings that unfolded minutes apart on Saturday evening — one downtown and the other in Old Town.

Man critically wounded in apparent shootout on Loop street corner

June 6, 2021 6:31 AM CWBChicago

A man was critically wounded in an apparent shootout on a busy Loop street corner overnight, according to a CPD report.

Men shot in Roscoe Village, Avondale overnight

June 6, 2021 6:03 AM CWBChicago

Police are investing separate shootings reported early Sunday in the Roscoe Village and Avondale neighborhoods.

15 armed robberies in 9 hours overnight as CPD again orders detectives to sit in cars rather than investigate crimes

June 4, 2021 12:17 PM CWBChicago

Groups of armed robbers committed at least 15 hold-ups across between Thursday evening and Friday morning — just hours before CPD’s robbery detectives will be ordered to sit on street corners rather than investigate crimes.

Girl, 15, critical after being shot in a truck near Buckingham Fountain, police say

June 4, 2021 3:15 AM CWBChicago

A 15-year-old girl is in critical condition after she was shot while riding in a truck with family members on Lake Shore Drive near Buckingham Fountain late Thursday police said.

Armed robbers strike in Lakeview and Lincoln Park on Thursday evening

June 4, 2021 2:53 AM CWBChicago

Armed robbers held up a woman as she walked her dog in Lincoln Park on Thursday evening, then robbed another man in Lakeview a few minutes later.

“Dreadhead Cowboy” posts $4K to get out of jail after judge orders him into custody Thursday

June 4, 2021 2:06 AM CWBChicago

Adam Hollingsworth, the man known as Chicago’s “Census Cowboy” and the “Dreadhead Cowboy,” turned himself in to authorities Thursday evening after a Cook County judge said he violated the terms of bail in a pending animal cruelty case.

Man charged with murder for May 2020 shooting in Rogers Park

June 3, 2021 12:47 PM CWBChicago

Prosecutors have charged a man with fatally shooting 22-year-old Jemel Murphy in Rogers Park one year ago.

Chicago bond court again filled with people facing gun charges while on bail for pending gun cases

June 3, 2021 11:16 AM CWBChicago

Wednesday’s felony bond court proceedings in Chicago were once again filled with examples of people being charged with new gun crimes while they are on bail for pending gun cases.

3 teens arrested after carjacking woman in Rogers Park, police say

June 3, 2021 6:59 AM CWBChicago

Three teenagers are in custody after a woman was carjacked while parking in her Rogers Park garage Wednesday evening, according to police.

Robber shoots man near Magnificent Mile overnight, police say

June 3, 2021 6:45 AM CWBChicago

A man was shot during an armed robbery near the Magnificent Mile overnight, police said. No arrests have been made.

#20: Gunman in Diversey River Bowl shoot-out was on bail for another gun case, prosecutors say

June 2, 2021 7:31 PM CWBChicago

Robin Burks, 28, was on bail for a pending gun case when he allegedly exchanged fire with the other men after an argument on the parking lot at 2211 West Diversey.

17-year-old faces gun charge after boy’s shot on Lincoln Park High School grounds

June 2, 2021 4:10 PM CWBChicago

The 17-year-old boy who was shot outside Lincoln Park High School on Tuesday evening is not cooperating with police investigators, Ald. Michele Smith (43rd) said in an email to her constituents Wednesday afternoon.

Month: June 2021