CPD: OFFICERS FATALLY SHOOT MAN WHO SHOT ANOTHER
Chicago Police officers shot and killed a man whom they saw shoot another man when a fight spilled onto a West Englewood neighborhood street late Friday on the South Side, according to police.
Shortly before midnight, the officers were on patrol near 69th Street and Damen when they saw one man shooting at the other, according to a CPD statement.
They “repeatedly ordered” the gunman to drop the weapon, and when he didn’t, they opened fire, police said.
The 25- year- old was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he died, according to police and fire officials. The 26- year- old man whom police say he shot in the abdomen was taken to the same hospital in critical “but stable” condition, officials said.
A weapon was recovered at the scene, according to police, who said the two men knew each other and that the initial shooting was not random.
The officers involved in the shooting, who were not hurt, will be placed on desk duty for 30 days, per CPD policy.
A spokeswoman for the Independent Police Review Authority, which investigates officer- involved shootings, could not immediately be reached for more details.
Daniel Brown
Man charged with fatal stabbing at Hawthorne
A man has been charged with stabbing another man to death Wednesday evening at Hawthorne Race Course in southwest suburban Stickney.
Miguel Salgado, 28, was charged with first- degree murder for the stabbing death of 30- year- old Rodrigo Flores- Garcia, according to Stickney police. Salgado lives in the 2400 block of Roanoke Lane in Shelbyville, Indiana.
Officers responded to a stabbing about 6 p. m. Wednesday at the southwest suburban race track’s stable area and found Flores- Garcia with multiple stab wounds, according to Stickney police.
Authorities initially had three people in custody Thursday morning, but the other two have since been released without being charged, police said.
Anyone with information about the incident should call police at ( 708) 788- 2131.
Luke Wilusz
Man killed, teen boy seriously hurt in shooting
A man was killed and a 13- year- old boy was seriously wounded in a shooting Saturday morning in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side, police said.
The boy and the 18- yearold man were walking about 11: 15 a. m. in the 1400 block of North Latrobe when someone fired at them, according to Chicago Police.
The man was shot in the head and pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
The Cook County medical examiner’s office confirmed the death, but did not release the man’s name Saturday.
The boy was shot in the face and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in serious condition, according to police.
Luke Wilusz
Man shot to death in backyard of home
A man was discovered with fatal gunshot wounds to the head and body in the backyard of a Gage Park neighborhood home early Saturday on the Southwest Side, according to Chicago Police.
Officers found the 27- yearold about 12: 15 a. m. in the 3500 block of West 57th Street, and he died at Mount Sinai Hospital, police said.
Area Central detectives are conducting a homicide investigation.
Mitchell Armentrout