THREE INJURED IN SHOOTING ON STEVENSON EXPRESSWAY
Three people were shot and wounded Friday night on the Stevenson Expressway near the Dan Ryan Expressway interchange on the South Side.
It happened at 11: 50 p. m. The injured were among five people in a southbound vehicle on the Stevenson, according to the Illinois State Police, which said it wasn’t clear where the shots came from.
One person was shot in the abdomen and leg, another in the hand and the third suffered a graze wound to the neck and were taken to Stroger Hospital for treatment, according to the police, who said the two other people suffered cuts from shattered glass, police said. Jacob Wittich
Driver sued over crash that killed motorcyclist
The driver of a car that struck and killed a 37- year- old motorcyclist two months ago in West Town is being sued for more than $ 100,000.
The lawsuit was filed Friday in Cook County circuit court on behalf of the estate of Daniel Nitu, who died three days after being hit by a BMW X5 May 17 on Grand Avenue at Green Street. The suit blames the other driver for the crash. Matthew Hendrickson
2 injured in West Town fire
Two people were injured when flames ripped through a West Town apartment building early Saturday on the Near West Side.
Crews were called about 1: 45 a. m. to the fire on the second floor of a two- anda- half floor building in the 2000 block of West Huron, according to the Chicago Fire Department.
The fire spread to two adjacent buildings, and fire officials called a second alarm about 45 minutes later, bringing more than 100 firefighters to the scene.
Two residents, a 79- yearold woman and 26- year- old man, suffered smoke inhalation and were taken in fair condition to Stroger Hospital, fire officials said. Sun- Times Wire
Ground broken for Fermilab subatomic particle experiment
Ground has been broken on the site of a physics experiment that would send subatomic particles 800 miles underground from Batavia to South Dakota.
Friday afternoon’s groundbreaking for the LongBaseline Neutrino Facility was held simultaneously at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia and Sanford Lab in South Dakota.
Construction over the next decade will create the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment. The project includes 1,000 scientists and engineers from more 30 countries.
The experiment will send a beam of neutrinos 800 miles through the earth to let scientists study their interaction with other particles. The beam would be one of the biggest U. S. particle physics projects in many years.
Neutrinos are so fast and small that scientists have barely detected them for study. Experts say the ultimate goal is to better understand the origins of the universe. AP
Man killed in Gresham
A 23- year- old man was shot to death Friday night in Gresham on the South Side.
Officers responding to a call of shots fired in the 8800 block of South Eggleston found Brendon Frazier, who lived nearby, with multiple gunshot wounds, according to the police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Frazier was dead at the scene at 10: 35 p. m.
No one has been arrested. Jacob Wittich