MAN SHOT IN ARGUMENT WHILE PARKING CAR IN WEST ROGERS PK.
A man was shot as he parked a car Sunday afternoon in the West Rogers Park neighborhood on the North Side.
The 34-year-old pulled into a parking lot at 1:50 p.m. in the 2500 block of West Touhy Avenue when someone came up and opened his passenger door, Chicago police said.
After arguing briefly, the person who opened the door fired shots, police said.
The man was struck in his hand and leg, and taken in good condition to St. Francis Hospital in Evanston, police said.
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1 killed, 1 wounded in Gage Park
A man was killed and another wounded Sunday evening in a shooting in Gage Park on the Southwest Side, police said.
Investigators were told the two men were standing on a corner at 6:35 p.m. in the 5000 block of South Maplewood Avenue when a light-colored van pulled up and someone inside fired shots, Chicago police said.
An 18-year-old man was shot in the head and died at the scene, police said.
The other man, 20, was shot in the groin and thigh, according to police. He was treated at Mount Sinai Hospital.
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Traffic aide struck by hit-and-run driver on South Side
A traffic control aide was struck by a hit-and-run driver Sunday afternoon in the Douglas neighborhood on the South Side.
The aide was struck at 3:25 p.m. in the 500 block of 31st Street by a white Hyundai Elantra, Chicago police said.
The man, 26, was treated at Mercy Hospital for a knee injury, police said. It was unclear if he was in the street when he was hit. Anyone with information was asked to call detectives at (312) 747-8380.
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Autopsy: Boy, 17, killed in police shooting died from multiple wounds
A 17-year-old boy was shot and killed by a Chicago police officer Saturday night in the Lawndale neighborhood on the Southwest Side.
About 8:30 p.m., the boy, identified as Michael Elam, was shot during an “armed confrontation” after he got out of a car that crashed during a police pursuit in the 2100 block of South Keeler, according to authorities.
Officers had tried to pull the car over prior to the shooting, but the driver refused to stop and later struck a parked vehicle and a curb, Chicago police said. Elam was shot during an ensuing confrontation when he was seen running from the crash and holding a gun.
Elam was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition and pronounced dead at 1:30 a.m. Sunday, according to Chicago Fire Media Affairs and the medical examiner’s office. He lived in Lawndale.
An autopsy conducted Sunday found Elam died from multiple gunshot wounds, and his death was ruled a homicide, the medical examiner’s office said.
A 37-year-old man was taken to Rush University Medical Center in fair condition, but he was not shot, Fire Media Affairs said.
No officers were hurt, police said. Two weapons were recovered from the scene.
On Sunday, Ephraim Eaddy, spokesman for the Civilian Office of Police Accountability, said the agency is investigating the use of force. Eaddy said Elam attempted to run from a traffic stop and was fatally shot during an ensuing foot chase.
“COPA investigators remained on the scene and have launched a full investigation,” Eaddy said in a statement.
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Shot fired at off-duty Amtrak officer in West Loop; no one injured
A shot was fired at the car of an offduty Amtrak officer Sunday night in the West Loop. No one was injured.
About 9:35 p.m., the man was driving east in the 600 block of West Washington Street when someone in a dark-colored SUV fired a shot that struck his vehicle, Chicago police said. The man who was shot at was an off-duty Amtrak officer, a police source said.
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Judge won’t exclude dog evidence
URBANA — A federal judge has denied a request to exclude evidence about a cadaver-sniffing dog from the trial of former University of Illinois physics student Brendt Christensen, who is accused of killing Chinese scholar Yingying Zhang in 2017. The FBI says the canine “possibly indicated an alert” in the bathroom of Christensen’s off-campus apartment in Urbana. The scholar from China is presumed dead, but her body hasn’t been found.