Police: Several in custody after man killed in Aurora shooting
Several people were taken into custody after an hours-long standoff with police which was sparked by a fatal shooting Friday in suburban Aurora.
Officers responded to the shooting about 4:45 p.m. in the 300 block of South Spencer Street and found a man with gunshot wounds, Aurora police said in a statement.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
“Several neighbors and witnesses in the area provided key information and video evidence to officers, which allowed investigators to obtain a search warrant for a resident in the 700 block of South Spencer Street,” police said.
A Special Response Team executed the search warrant on a home there about 1 a.m. Saturday, police said. Officers knocked on the door and told the residents to come out but they did not exit immediately.
Over the next two hours, five men, one woman and three children came out of the home, police said.
However, there were still two people inside, police said, and a negotiator was called to the scene but was also unsuccessful in getting them out.
Officers entered the home just after 3:45 a.m. and took the two into custody, police said. An infant was also found inside. Emmanuel Camarillo
Woman charged with robbing 4 stores in less than an hour
A woman is accused of robbing two convenience stores in the downtown area and two others on the Northwest Side in less than an hour Thursday.
Jessica Short, 21, of Belvidere, allegedly began her spree at 7:57 a.m. when she robbed a store in the 300 block of North LaSalle Street, Chicago police said.
She robbed another store at 8:10 a.m. in the 500 block of West Lake Street, police said.
Short allegedly struck again half an hour later, when she robbed a store about 8:40 a.m. in the 3600 block of West Belmont Avenue and another in the 3000 block of North Pulaski Road, police said.
She was later arrested in the first block of South Halsted Street when she was seen driving a vehicle wanted in connection with the incidents, police said. Emmanuel Camarillo