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Police Reports for Aug. 18
Man shot, killed in drive-by A 26-year-old man was shot multiple times and killed as he stood in the street next to a car in the 3000 block of West 60thStreet at 12:10 a.m. Monday, Aug. 14. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Witnesses told police that the shooter fired from a tan-colored sedan…
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Woman used beer bottle to slash lost tourist, police say A 26-year-old Back of the Yards woman has been charged with battery after she and another woman allegedly used a broken beer bottle to slash another woman in the forehead during a struggle at the mouth of an alley near 70thand Springfield at 5:10 p.m.…
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Walks out of home, shot to death in car A 38-year-old Chicago Lawn man was shot three times and killed as he walked out of his home in the 7200 block of South Artesian at about noon Monday, July 31. Police said the victim had just gotten into his car when a gunman got out…
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Oak Lawn teen shot, killed on Artesian An 18-year-old man from suburban Oak Lawn was shot and killed as he ran down a sidewalk in front of 7157 S. Artesian at 9:41 p.m. Saturday, July 22. Tayvion Roberson, of the 10400 block of South Major, was hit in the chest and back and was later…
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Reputed gang member shot on Lawndale A 29-year-old West Side man said by police to be a gang member was shot in his car in the 8600 block of South Lawndale at 12:07 a.m. Monday, July 17. The victim suffered a gunshot would to his abdomen. He was transported to Advocate Christ Medical Center, where…
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Good Samaritan stops sexual assault of woman A Good Samaritan interrupted the sexual assault of a 22-year-old Oak Lawn woman, causing the offender to flee the scene. The victim told police she was at the Jewel-Osco at 7910 S. Cicero, Burbank, just after midnight Saturday, July 8 when she was approached by a man who…
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Ashburn teen shot, killed on 79th Street A 16-year-old Ashburn boy was shot to death as he and his brother walked east down a sidewalk in the 3300 block of West 79thStreet at 7:32 p.m. Wednesday, June 28. Jose Mendoza Jr., shot in the back, was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center, where he was…
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Suburban man shot on Mozart A 19-year-old man from suburban Cicero was shot in the ankle as he stood in front of 6237 S. Mozart shortly after 2 a.m. Sunday, June 4. Police on patrol heard shots fired and found the victim at the Citgo gas station at 63rdand California. The victim was bleeding and…
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Shot while standing on a porch A 27-year-old man was shot in the back as he stood on a porch in the 6600 block of South Campbell at 1:05 a.m. Sunday, May 28. Police said “several male offenders” fired at the victim from a nearby gangway. No description was offered of the shooters. The victim…
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Man shot on 55thStreet A 46-year-old man is in critical condition at Mount Sinai Hospital after he was shot in the head while walking down a sidewalk in the 2700 block of West 55thStreet at about 3:45 a.m. Sunday, May 21. According to police, a man approached and started firing at the victim. No one…
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