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GoFundMe raises $40K in 20 hours as friends, fans rally around Boystown shooting victim
A GoFundMe campaign launched for a Lakeview man who was shot and critically injured inside his apartment building last week had raised over $40,000 within its first 20 hours, as friends and supporters rallied around his recovery. Gavin French, 33, known online as “Pec Inspector,” remains hospitalized following the August 30 shooting.
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Scooter thief is stealing rides across the North Side, CPD says
Chicago police are warning North Side residents about a man suspected of stealing electric scooters in a series of daytime thefts. In a new community alert, CPD linked the man to seven scooter thefts since June. However, CWB Chicago has received emails from readers reporting similar incidents, suggesting the pattern may extend beyond the cases identified by police.
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3 accused of carrying loaded guns during post-Pride Parade street party, one allegedly had two pistols
We’ve learned more details about the three people accused of possessing firearms during the post-Pride Parade festivities around Boystown on Sunday night into Monday morning — including the fact that police say one of the men was actually carrying two firearms. And, CPD reports show, all three of the accused men are from the suburbs.
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34 arrested during Chicago Pride Parade festivities, police say
Chicago police arrested 34 people during the 2026 Chicago Pride Parade and its aftermath in Boystown on Sunday night into the early hours of Monday, a CPD spokesperson said — a number that falls almost exactly in line with the long-term average recorded by CWB Chicago since we began tracking the event’s data in 2013.
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‘Art student’ ruse: prosecutors say Chicago man posed as photographer to assault multiple women
A man who allegedly used a fake art school photography project to lure women into exposing themselves — then sexually molested them — has been charged in connection with incidents involving two women, while prosecutors say Chicago police are actively investigating claims from six more possible victims.
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