Son angry, frustrated over the shooting of his dad
Frederick Laguardia’s hands trembled slightly as he prepared to speak, just a few feet from where his 71-year-old father was shot while watering his lawn a few days earlier. It might have been nerves....
View ArticleMan, 54, shot to death in Austin
A 54-year-old man man was found shot to death Thursday night in Austin. The man, whose name hasn’t been released, was found with multiple gunshot wounds to the chest around 9:20 p.m. in the 5600 block...
View ArticleMan charged with wounding retired Chicago police deputy chief
A South Side man has been charged with wounding a retired Chicago Police Department deputy chief in a shooting Wednesday in South Chicago. Keith Vaughns, 21, of the 7800 block of South Oglesby St., is...
View Article12 wounded in Chicago weekend shootings
At least 12 people have been hurt — one critically — in shootings in Chicago since Friday evening. The most recent shooting occurred in the Homan Square neighborhood on the West Side. A 24-year-old man...
View ArticleNo bail in caught-on-video shooting of man, 71, on Southwest Side
A judge denied bail Saturday for Antoine J. Davis, who’s charged with bicycling up to a 71-year-old man Southwest Side man as he watered his lawn earlier this month and robbing and shooting him in an...
View ArticlePolice: 2 men killed in shootout in West Pullman
Two men who were shooting at each other and both were killed early Wednesday in the West Pullman neighborhood on the Far South Side. Miguel Williams, 34, was sitting in a vehicle in the 12300 block of...
View ArticleMan, 49, shot in the neck during robbery on Far South Side
A 49-year-old man was robbed and shot in the neck Saturday night on the Far South Side. He was walking with a 43-year-old woman around 7 p.m. in the 200 block of East 95th Street when a man with a gun...
View ArticleMan shot in the head while walking near Millennium Park downtown
A 54-year-old man was in critical condition Saturday night after being shot in the head near Millennium Park and the Art Institute of Chicago downtown, and a man was being questioned in the shooting....
View ArticleValentine’s Day 2013 parolee charged with killing 2 last Feb. 14
A 22-year-old Chicago man — paroled last year for an armed robbery on Valentine’s Day in 2013— has been charged with killing two men on the South Side this past Valentine’s Day. Marquise Hollerway...
View ArticleMan shot, wounded in Grand Crossing
A 25-year-old man was shot and wounded Tuesday in Grand Crossing on the South Side. He suffered a leg wound and a graze wound to the neck around 6:15 p.m. in the 7000 block of South Harper Avenue,...
View ArticleMan, 36, shot multiple times driving on the Northwest Side
A 36-year-old man was in critical condition after being shot multiple times as he drove in the 1600 block of North Melvina Avenue in Galewood on the Northwest Side just after 11:30 p.m. Tuesday,...
View ArticleMan, 24, shot in the leg walking on the Southwest Side
A 24-year-old man suffered a gunshot wound to the leg in a drive-by shooting early Wednesday on the Southwest Side. He was shot as he walked in the 4600 block of South Cicero Avenue around 12:45 a.m.,...
View ArticleMan shot while riding in vehicle on Bishop Ford
A man was shot early Wednesday while riding in a vehicle on the Bishop Ford Freeway on the Far South Side. Four men were in a vehicle heading south on I-94 near 111th Street about 1:30 a.m. when a...
View ArticleMan, 28, wounded in Englewood shooting
A 28-year-old man was shot and wounded early Wednesday, according to the police, who said he was in a vehicle at 1:13 a.m. in the 7300 block of South Yale in Englewood on the South Side when someone in...
View ArticleMan, 27, shot in hand by robber on the South Side
A 27-year-old man was shot in the hand early Wednesday during a robbery in on the South Side. The man told investigators he was outside at 12:51 a.m. in the 5700 block of South King Drive in Washington...
View ArticleMan, 19, tells pair he’s not in a gang, then gets shot
A 19-year-old man was shot and wounded by two men who accosted him early Wednesday on the South Side, demanded to know what gang he’s in and shot him when he said he wasn’t in any gang, the police...
View ArticleShot in Austin, she’s able to drive to Far South Side hospital
A person who was shot Wednesday morning in Austin drove herself to a Far South Side hospital. The 34-year-old woman was shot in the right side in the 700 block of North Laramie Avenue around 7:45 a.m.,...
View ArticleMan ‘critical’ after being shot multiple times in Austin
A 31-year-old man was hospitalized in critical condition after being shot multiple times in the torso Wednesday morning in Austin. After being shot in the 5800 block of West West End around 8:30 a.m.,...
View ArticleMan grazed in head by bullet in East Garfield Park
A 28-year-old man was grazed in the head by a bullet Wednesday morning in East Garfield Park on the West Side. It happened around 9:30 a.m. in the 3200 block of West Madison Street when someone in a...
View Article16-year-old boy wounded in Bronzeville drive-by shooting
A 16-year-old boy was wounded in a drive-by shooting Thursday night in Bronzeville on the South Side. He was walking on the sidewalk around 9:15 p.m. in the 4300 block of South Michigan when someone in...
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