Crime
Quentin Williams, 20, is charged with first-degree murder. He surrendered Saturday, according to court records from the Cook County state’s attorney’s office.
A man was killed and three men were hurt in the shooting near Madison Street and Lockwood Avenue, according to authorities. Police initially reported a boy, 15, was among the wounded. He is 27.
Stephon Jacobs, 16, was fatally shot in the 7700 block of South Rhodes Avenue around 1:30 a.m. Sunday, officials said. Police initially had reported that the slain teen was 18.
The man, 26, declined medical attention and appeared in good condition, Chicago police said.
Woman’s shooting early Sunday in the 600 block of West Belden after nearby bar fight brings calls from 43rd Ward Ald. Tim Knudsen to reevaluate use of the area, the source of previous complaints.
It’s the latest in a string of highly unusual developments following the collapse of the “Broadview Six” case over apparent prosecutorial misconduct during grand jury proceedings.
A ransomware attack “disrupted access to district systems, internet services and computer infrastructure” and forced the cancellation of scheduled on-campus activities until Wednesday, according to the school’s website.
Chicago police initially reported the teen had been charged with aggravated battery for allegedly shooting the four other boys over the weekend. But the Cook County state’s attorney’s office later said he only faces gun possession charges.
The victim was found early Monday with multiple gunshot wounds in the 4500 block of West Kinzie Avenue.
A 32-year-old man was found with a stab wound to his abdomen Sunday night inside a home in the 8100 block of South Paulina Street.
Riley O’Neil, 35, was riding his bike Friday afternoon when he was hit with a car door and sent into traffic where an oncoming semitruck hit him. He is at least the third cyclist killed by a driver this year.
Among the victims was Stephon Jacobs, a 16-year-old boy fatally shot in the head in the Grand Crossing neighborhood.
The man, 25, was shot about 4:30 p.m. Saturday in the 5100 block of South Campbell Avenue, police said.
Isaac “Wavy” Bradley and Lamar Butler were in a group at a home on South Wood Street early Friday morning when two masked men began walking down the 5100 block and opened fire. Five others also were injured.
A police spokesperson said the case was suspended after investigators exhausted all “investigative leads,” despite video that appears to show a federal immigration agent causing the crash Tuesday morning.
The two dead men, 43 and 32, have not been identified after the attack that erupted when two masked men walking in the 5100 block of South Wood Street started firing at a group of people around 12:25 a.m., according to the Chicago police.
The name of the deceased man has not been released after the suspicious fatal explosion, which caused road closures on Interstate 290 near Mannheim Road in Hillside from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday.
Travion R. Taylor, 27, an Amazon staffer from Chicago’s West Side, was fatally shot about 9:10 a.m. Thursday, during an “isolated incident,” officials said.
South suburban Lansing police said the fatal shooting occurred at Nippon Paint Automotive Americas. Officers responded around 1 p.m. Thursday and found a man, 48, dead, officials said.