At least seven people, including three Loyola University students, were robbed at gunpoint during a series of hold-ups on the North Side overnight. The offenders fired a gun during one robbery, police said, but no one was struck by the bullet.
An 18-year-old man told police someone shot him inside a Loop hotel room overnight. Chicago cops also responded to at least two other “shots fired” incidents early Sunday on the Near North Side that did not result in injuries.
Prosecutors charged Kamiah Alford, 25, with aggravated battery by discharging a firearm even though they are not accusing her of personally firing the weapon.
The armed robbery of an AT&T store in North Center on Friday evening appears to be related to a series of similar hold-ups at cellular stores stretching from West Town to Wicker Park to Lakeview.
A group of armed men tried to rob a couple at gunpoint in the Loop early Saturday, Chicago police said. Despite sharply reduced activity in the area as the city tries to rebound from the effects of COVID, the downtown neighborhood is setting a near-record pace for robberies this year.
An Uptown woman with PCP in her system killed her 8-year-old daughter this week and told police she did it because she felt like the girl didn’t love her anymore, prosecutors said Friday.
A Chicago man faces felony charges after he allegedly attacked two Mariano’s workers who asked him to pay for his hot bar food items before eating them in the cafe area at the grocery chain’s downtown location. One victim was reportedly knocked unconscious.
A North Side man killed his dog by repeatedly kicking it and yanking on its leash while walking the animals in West Ridge last month, prosecutors said this week.