West Englewood

A 17-year-old’s decision to flaunt guns in YouTube videos while exposing his enormous “Fear God” neck tattoo to the camera helped Chicago police officers identify him as one of the gunmen who shot and nearly killed a 15-year-old in West Englewood, prosecutors say.

Prosecutors have charged a man with attempted murder, saying he shot a complete stranger outside a West Englewood gas station simply because the man did not have a gang affiliation.

A man who told Chicago police he was shot inside a West Englewood garage early Sunday sought help by flagging down a passing motorist after nobody called 911 to report that shots had been fired in the area. He would have benefited from the city’s ShotSpotter network, which monitored the shooting scene until our mayor disconnected the system in September.

An eight-time convicted felon, on parole for gun possession, drove to a South Side grocery store and killed a man who had gotten into an argument with a woman he knows, prosecutors said this week.

An armed robber is dead, apparently shot by his own firearm as the would-be victim tried to gain control of the weapon on Saturday afternoon, Chicago police said.

A man accused of carjacking two men and then jumping on social media to stream a brag video about getting the “keys to this b**ch” has been handed a nine-year sentence. Elijah Manning, 20, received another nine years for a suburban robbery, too. The sentences will be served concurrently.