This is horribly ugly. From the Chicago Sun-Times: A young girl was killed after being struck by a stray bullet in a Far South Side shooting that also left two other children injured Tuesday night, police said. The three children were shot at 7:55 p.m. near Indiana Avenue and 107th Street, according to Calumet Area [...]
This one is haunting. From the Chicago Sun-Times: The inseparable twin boys were all set to start school today. They even had their clothes laid out. But on the eve of the start of school, while playing with what they thought was a toy gun Monday night, one of the 5-year-old twins was accidentally shot [...]
From ABC 7 News in Chicago: A teenage boy was shot and critically wounded Sunday afternoon in the city’s Roseland neighborhood. The 14-year-old, identified by his family as Kionn Rogers, was shot in the chest in the Far South Side area at approximately 1:45 p.m. in the 10700-block of South Wentworth. He reportedly is visiting [...]
From the Chicago Tribune: Jeremiah Sterling ran away from the gunman pursuing him through a yard near his home in the Far South Side’s West Pullman neighborhood, but the teen didn’t make it. As he laying dying, shot at least seven times, he gave a friend one last request: "I want you to tell my [...]
From the Sun-Times: Grumbling about a U.S. Supreme Court they say is out of touch with America’s cities, Chicago aldermen voted 45-0 today to approve a rushed-through compromise gun ban. The law, weaker than the gun ban tossed out Monday but with some even stronger new provisions, allows adults in Chicago to buy one gun [...]
From AOL News: Civil rights activist the Rev. Al Sharpton gave a rousing eulogy Saturday for a 7-year-old girl killed in a police raid, challenging the hundreds of mourners to take responsibility and help stop a spiral of violence that has swept the city. Sharpton lobbed some criticism at Detroit police, whose explanation of how [...]
From the Chicago Sun-Times: Fifteen people were shot — including one man who died — all over the city Thursday night in just under six hours. At 5:30 p.m. a 16-year-old boy was shot in the arm on the North Side in the 5000 block of North Kenmore Avenue, according to police News Affairs Officer [...]
This is as sad as sad gets. From ABC 7 News Chicago: A 7-year-old girl is in critical condition after being shot on the city’s South Side. It happened on the southeast corner of the intersection of 80th and Manistee. Desiree Sanders was out playing on the sidewalk outside of her home when she was [...]
From the Chicago Tribune: A 22-year-old man was found shot in the face and unresponsive this morning on Chicago’s South Side. Jovan Kelly, of the 8600 block of South Paxton Avenue, was pronounced dead this morning, according to a spokeswoman for the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Police are investigating, according to the Trib. Any [...]
From the Chicago Sun-Times: Bystanders flagged down a CTA bus for help after a man and a woman were critically shot on the West Side Saturday night. Both victims, in their mid-20s, were taken from Cermak Road and Rockwell Street to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition at about 7:35 p.m. Saturday night, Fire Media [...]
