Chicago

3 dead, including a child playing video game during home invasion

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Tragic news has emerged from one of the most affluent areas of Illinois, where three people have been declared dead and one individual taken into custody after a home invasion. The Bolingbrook Police Department (BPD) issued a press release on Sunday stating that the incident had resulted in the deaths of two adults and one child, with a fourth person being wounded. The emergency call was received by police at 8 pm local time, leading …

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Flight attendant sent to hospital after altercation with angry passenger

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After an altercation with an angry, shouting passenger on a flight to Chicago Sunday, a United Airlines flight attendant was taken to the hospital. A video posted to Twitter shows a woman holding a small child screaming and being told to “step back” by an attendant aboard a flight from San Francisco International Airport to Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. “Where is it?” the woman yelled after screaming in the aisle of the plane, according to …

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Halloween mass shooting, victims include several children, including a 3-year-old

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A drive-by shooting on Halloween night on Chicago’s West Side injured at least 14 people, including three minors, according to Chicago police chief David Brown. Victims’ conditions range from critical to non-life-threatening. It is not known whether any fatalities have occurred at this time. In a statement late Monday night, Brown said the youngest victim was just three years old. In addition, two teenagers, ages 11 and 13, were shot. The remaining victims are adults, …

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Building explosion, collapses in Chicago, at least 8 hospitalized

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Eight injured after building explodes on Chicago’s West Side – Chicago Tribune Several people have been taken to hospitals following an explosion at a building in Chicago on Tuesday morning. According to Chicago Fire, at least three of them are in serious to critical condition. At this time, the source of the explosion is unknown and the ATF and the Chicago Police bomb squad are on the scene to assist. A brief press conference held …

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Suspected gang members shoot 13-year-old boy in head

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Gunmen fired shots at partygoers outside a Chicago home Tuesday night and shot a 13-year-old boy in the head – but the victim’s cousin, 21, has a concealed carry license, and he shot back, ending the attack. What happened? A CCL holder, who declined to be identified, told WGN he and his family were celebrating a relative’s birthday in the Lower West Side of the city. During an interview that doesn’t show his face, he …

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Mass shooting at park after ‘altercation’

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2 dead, 7 injured in Washington Park shooting, police say – Chicago Tribune An argument in Washington Park Tuesday night ended in two people’s deaths and seven injuries, police said. Deputy Chief Fred Melean with the Chicago Police Department said in a news conference at the park across the street from the emergency room of University of Chicago Medicine that a fight broke out there just before 8 p.m. and shots were fired. According to …

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