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Month: June 2024

CTA

Man stabbed during fight at Loop CTA station

June 22, 2024 10:28 AM CWBChicago
Police are investigating after a man was stabbed multiple times during an altercation at a CTA station in the Loop overnight.

Old Town

Man murdered outside Old Town grocery store

June 22, 2024 6:45 AM CWBChicago
A man was shot and killed outside an Old Town grocery store overnight. It happened in the parking lot of Jewel-Osco, 424 West Division, around 2:31 a.m.

Boystown

Boystown bar employee slashed during robbery on Halsted Street

June 22, 2024 6:22 AM CWBChicago
An employee of a popular Boystown nightclub was stabbed during a robbery on the Halsted Street bar strip overnight, just hours before the neighborhood’s annual Pride Fest street party is scheduled to begin.

Logan Square

Burglar beaten by frying pan-wielding homeowner is a 12-time convicted felon on parole since March, officials say

June 22, 2024 6:03 AM Tim Hecke
The burglar who went viral after being attacked by a frying pan-wielding homeowner is a 12-time convicted felon who was paroled three months ago on burglary, forgery, theft, and stolen motor vehicle cases, according to court filings.

West Ridge

1 boy dead, 2 others injured in North Side shooting

June 22, 2024 5:24 AM CWBChicago
A 16-year-old boy is dead and two others injured following a shooting in the Arcadia Terrace neighborhood on Friday evening. Investigators found more than 40 rifle casings at the scene.

Citywide

16-year-old who killed Jai’mani Amir Rivera has a pending robbery case, official says

June 21, 2024 6:31 PM Tim Hecke
The 16-year-old boy who opened fire on a West Side street Tuesday, killing 7-year-old Jai’mani Amir Rivera, had two active arrest warrants for failing to appear in court at the time of the shooting, Chicago police said Friday.

Citywide

With 6 shot, 2 fatally this month, alderman wants the city to close 31st Street Beach early

June 21, 2024 1:58 PM CWBChicago
The shootings of four people since Wednesday are prompting an alderman to call for the city to close 31st Street Beach early and strictly enforce a nighttime curfew. Two kids, ages 12 and 15, were shot at the beach earlier this month.

CTA

15-time convicted felon gets 4 years for robbing CTA passenger in the Loop

June 21, 2024 8:54 AM Tim Hecke
A convicted murderer has been sentenced to four years for robbing a CTA passenger in the Loop, his 15th felony conviction.

River North

He robbed a Streeterville man at 3 a.m. while on electronic monitoring for a gun case: prosecutors

June 21, 2024 3:54 AM CWBChicago
A man wearing an ankle monitor for a pending gun case was on the streets at 3 a.m., robbing a Streeterville man in the River North neighborhood, prosecutors say.

Logan Square

Man gets 21 years for shooting Logan Square carjacking victim (while on pretrial release for 3 felonies)

June 21, 2024 2:57 AM CWBChicago
A man has been sentenced to 21 years in prison for shooting another man during a 2021 carjacking in Logan Square. Travon Duffie, now 21 years old, was awaiting trial for three felony cases in juvenile court at the time of the crime.

Citywide

2 men charged after NW Side bank robbery

June 20, 2024 7:03 PM Tim Hecke
Two men face federal charges after one of them allegedly robbed a Northwest Side bank and then stashed the money and a firearm in the accomplice’s SUV on Tuesday morning.

Rogers Park

Charges filed in shooting that left man dead, woman injured near Rogers Park hookah lounge

June 20, 2024 1:34 PM CWBChicago
Charges have been filed in last summer’s shooting that left a man dead and a woman injured as they left a hookah lounge in Rogers Park.

Streeterville

2 migrants among mob that raided Streeterville 7-Eleven for beer, prosecutors say

June 20, 2024 12:10 PM CWBChicago
Two migrants are charged with robbery after a group of people stormed a Streeterville convenience store and stole bags of beer, according to Chicago police reports.

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