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Sunday, July 17, 2011

Man fatally wounded by Chicago police in exchange of gunfire on West Side

chicagotribune.com Police flagged down for shots fired at Madison and Parkside, then male suspect fled on foot then pointed gun at police and fired shots ...

At least 5 shot in overnight Saturday/Sunday violence on South Side

chicagotribune.com 11:10 pm: Back of the Yards neighborhood, 27-year-old man shot in the forearm;  in the 5200 block of South Justine Street; 11:50 pm: Englewood neighborhood, 17-year-old boy critically wounded, shot in the head; 2:32 am: Parkway Gardens neighborhood, 26-year-old man shot multiple times standing outside in the 400 block of East 65th Street; 3:12 am: West Englewood neighborhood, two men shot in the 7200 block of South Honore Street ...

Tony McCoy, 7' tall, 20-yr-old, shot killed in his Kenwood neighborhood

chicagotribune.com Well-liked, college-bound, non-gang member killed in the 1100 block of East 47th St. Saturday; robbed two days prior, no word on shooter ...

Engine fire on Lake Michigan tour boat

chicagotribune.com One man transported to Northwestern Memorial Hospital after fire on the Anita Dee about 8:45 p.m. Saturday; Chicago Fire Department fireboat on the scene; boat returned to Navy Pier ... 


facebook.com/ChicagoFireAlerts Chicago Fire Boat Christopher Wheatley on the scene ...

Victim dies as victim of a bike robbery; teen Ronald Wade of Ford Heights in custody

arlingtoncardinal.com Victim and suspect Ronald Wade were struggling over the victim’s bicycle near the 1400 block of East 13th Place in Ford Heights about 9:00 p.m. Monday July 11, 2011; Wade allegedly used choke hold, three victim to ground ...

Minor injuries to 2 firefighters in Downers Grove house fire on Meadow Lane

dailyherald.com About 10 fire departments responded to a fire at 5310 Meadow Lane at 4:35 p.m. Saturday ... facebook.com/ChicagoFireAlerts Photos at secluded property near Denburn Woods ...

Autopsy: Resident at Maryhaven NSG and Rehabilitation in Glenview

chicagotribune.com Mercedes Iverson of the 1700 block of East Lake Avenue in Glenview was pronounced dead Thursday at Evanston Hospital ...

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