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Chicago firefighter charged with attempted murder as Andersonville shooting victim fights to survive

January 2, 2024 8:35 PM Tim Hecke

A Chicago firefighter has been charged with attempted murder for allegedly shooting and gravely wounding another driver in Andersonville on New Year’s Eve.

Man shot, critically injured while driving in Andersonville, Chicago police say

January 1, 2024 5:08 AM CWBChicago

A man is in critical condition after another driver shot him during a road rage incident in Andersonville on Sunday evening, officials said. Chicago police have a suspect in custody.

Man gets 10 years for carjacking Lyft driver in Andersonville. Accomplice gets 3 years

December 14, 2023 8:28 AM Tim Hecke

A Chicago man has been sentenced to ten years for carjacking a Lyft driver in Andersonville last year. The man who was driving the stolen car when cops closed in has received a lesser sentence.

Vandals smash windows, tag, smoke bomb North Side Chase Bank, AT&T facility

September 10, 2023 9:21 AM CWBChicago

Witnesses said more than a dozen people smashed windows and painted graffiti at a Chase bank and a block-long AT&T facility near the Uptown-Andersonville border on Saturday night.

Man charged with crosstown robbery spree was convicted of South Loop shoplifting raid in May

August 23, 2023 9:03 AM CWBChicago

A 19-year-old Chicago man charged with committing a string of robberies with a 17-year-old boy on Monday evening was recently convicted of felony retail theft for a Christmas Eve raid on a South Loop cosmetics store.

17-year-old robbed 4 North Side stores at gunpoint, carjacked driver, Chicago police say

August 23, 2023 8:32 AM CWBChicago

A 17-year-old boy arrested after robbing a Walgreens in Andersonville has been linked to five additional robberies, including a carjacking, this week.

Cross-town armed robbery spree ends with 2 arrests in Andersonville

August 22, 2023 4:32 AM CWBChicago

Two armed robbers who went on a cross-town crime spree yesterday afternoon are in Chicago police custody after a passerby called 911 upon seeing two men wearing ski masks walk into a Walgreens in Andersonville.

Boy, 15, carjacked driver on Andersonville, Uptown border: Chicago police

August 17, 2023 9:11 AM CWBChicago

A 15-year-old boy was one of the armed carjackers who took a driver’s vehicle on the border of Anderson and Uptown last month, Chicago police say.

Driver carjacked on Andersonville, Uptown border as hijacking cases uptick in July

July 16, 2023 3:46 PM CWBChicago

A man was carjacked at gunpoint as he parked on the border of Uptown and Andersonville early Saturday morning, according to Chicago police.

Armed robber tied up Andersonville phone store employee, police report says

February 24, 2023 7:39 PM CWBChicago

An armed man tied up a cellular store employee during a robbery in Andersonville on Friday morning.

Gunmen carjack woman in Andersonville

October 21, 2022 8:28 AM CWBChicago

Chicago police say a woman was carjacked while loading items into her vehicle in Andersonville yesterday evening. But CPD is receiving fewer hijacking reports this month than during last October and October 2020.

Duo hijacked a Lyft driver in Andersonville, crashed in Edgewater as cops moved in: prosecutors

June 25, 2022 4:24 PM CWBChicago

Two 18-year-olds are charged with carjacking a Lyft driver in Andersonville and then crashing his car into a fire hydrant as Chicago police closed in minutes later.

River North carjacking crew strikes again in Andersonville overnight. Some get arrested, others keep committing crimes.

June 24, 2022 7:12 AM CWBChicago

An armed carjacking team took a man’s Cadillac at gunpoint in River North on Thursday evening and then hijacked a rideshare driver in Andersonville two hours later.

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