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8th District Police Reports
CPD sergeant saves life of shooting victim An 18-year-old West Lawn man was shot in the left thigh as he walked down the street in front of 6141 S. Hamlin at 10:01 p.m. Tuesday, April 18. The victim told police that two men shouted a gang slogan and fired four shots at him before fleeing.…
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Teen shot and killed on Kedzie sidewalk Chicago Lawn resident Carl A. Jones, 19, died at Advocate Christ Medical Center on Friday, Dec. 2, a day after he was gunned down near his home, on a sidewalk in the 6300 block of South Kedzie. A student at Kennedy-King College, Jones was struck by bullets in…
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Man shot in chest, killed on 47thStreet A 25-year-old West Lawn man was shot in the chest and killed as he stood in the street in front of 4137 W. 47th St. at 2:14 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 23. Moises A. Gonzalez-Jimenez, of the 3800 block of West 69th Street, was pronounced dead after he was…
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Reputed gang member shot on Troy A 21-year-old man said by police to be a gang member was shot in the back as he stood on a sidewalk in the 5200 block of South Troy at 10:20 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 13. The victim told police that the gunman was a passenger in a gray Jeep…
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Man shot and killed on Karlov A 19-year-old man was shot and killed at about 8:05 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29 as he sat in a vehicle parked in the 4800 block of South Karlov. Witnesses told police that Luis Corona, a resident of the Clearing neighborhood, was shot in the chest as he attempted to…
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Man walks to bus stop, shot in back A 37-year-old Ashburn man was shot in the back as he walked down a sidewalk in front of 7800 S. Sawyer at 5:42 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 15. The victim told police he was walking to a CTA bus stop, on his way to work, when a tan…
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Man recovering after shot while watering lawn A 71-year-old Chicago Lawn man remains in serious condition after he was shot in the stomach while watering his lawn in the 7000 block of South California at 12:10 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 6. The victim was approached by two men on bicycles. One demanded his wallet, and when…
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Men shot on porch on Rockwell Two Chicago Lawn men were shot as they sat on a porch near 64thand Rockwell at 1:16 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 27. One the victims, a 25-year-old, was hit seven times in the upper body and transported to Stroger Hospital, where he was listed in serious condition. The other, a…
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Man shot in leg on Pulaski A 20-year-old Archer Heights man was shot in the leg as he sat in a car at a red light at 45th and Pulaski at 11:09 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 7. The victim told police that he and a friend were in the car, facing north on Pulaski, when another…
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Passenger shot in shoulder An 18-year-old South Side man was shot in the shoulder as he rode as a front-seat passenger in a car near Lithuanian Plaza Court (69thStreet) and Campbell at 4:31 p.m. Wednesday, April 13. The victim, one of three men in the eastbound vehicle, said he that noticed as many as 10…
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