Tag: Illinois

Chicago Police: 33 People Shot, 6 Dead Over Weekend

Officials in Chicago confirmed that separate shootings over the weekend left dozens injured and six dead, local media reported. From Friday to Monday morning, 33 people were shot across Chicago, police told the Chicago Sun-Times on Monday. Two young girls, aged 3 and 6, were counted among the victims who were shot and injured. Police…


Chicago Man Arrested in Shootings of US Marshal, Police Dog

CHICAGO—A Chicago man was charged in the shootings of a U.S. marshal and his police dog who were wounded while serving an arrest warrant, police said Saturday. Tarrion Johnson, 19, faces charges of attempted murder, attempted robbery with a firearm, aggravated cruelty to animals and injury to a police animal, the Chicago Police Department said….


Chicago Officer Critically Hurt When Shots Fired Into Car

CHICAGO—A man with an arrest record for a gun charge that was later dropped is suspected of shooting and seriously wounding a Chicago police officer, according to a police alert sent Thursday. The 28-year-old, who remains at large, was identified in the alert as the gunman who opened fire on a marked police car on…


Illinois Mom Killed, 2 Kids Hurt Parasailing in Florida Keys

PIGEON KEY, Fla.—A woman from Illinois was killed and two young children were injured when a sudden storm prompted a boat captain to cut loose their parasail, which then dragged them across the ocean and slammed them into a bridge in the Florida Keys, authorities said. A nearby boater saw them hit the water and…


Chicago Police: 52 Shot, 10 Killed Over Memorial Day Weekend

At least 52 people were shot and 10 were killed in separate shootings across Chicago over Memorial Day Weekend, officials said Tuesday. One of the victims, Jeremy Benson, 33, was shot and killed on Sunday morning while he was driving in the West Garfield Park neighborhood, officials said, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. As he was…


21 Shot, 4 Dead Across Chicago Over Memorial Day Weekend: Police

At least 21 people were shot, including four fatally, across Chicago from Friday to Sunday morning, officials confirmed. In one mass shooting incident, five people were seriously wounded after a fight broke out early Sunday morning in the Lawndale neighborhood on Chicago’s West Side. Five people aged 16 to 33 were on a sidewalk on…


Illinois Senior Refuses to Remove Religious Symbols; Denied Graduation Ceremony

Nimkii Curley grew up hearing the stories of his grandparents and great grandparents, all survivors of the Federal Indian boarding school system which purposely erased Native American culture in generations of children, spanning 150 years, in an effort to take Native American land. His Navajo grandfather, 90, lives with Curley, 17, and his parents and…


2 Men Charged in Fatal Chicago Shopping District Shooting

CHICAGO—Two men have been charged in a shooting that left two people dead and seven injured outside a fast food restaurant just blocks from Chicago’s famed Magnificent Mile shopping district. Jaylun Sanders, 21, of Chicago, faces two counts of first-degree murder, seven counts of first-degree attempted murder and other charges, Chicago police said in a…


Cybercriminals Steal Records of 500,000 Chicago Students in Huge Data Breach

Chicago Public Schools (CPS) has revealed that nearly half a million students and over 50,000 staff members have fallen prey to a massive data breach involving the theft of personal information via a ransomware attack. A technology vendor for CPS called Battelle for Kids notified the school district that, on Dec. 1, 2021, an unauthorized…


Police: Chicago Shooting Leaves 2 People Dead, 8 Wounded

CHICAGO—Two people are dead and another eight wounded following a shooting near a fast food restaurant just blocks from Chicago’s famed Magnificent Mile shopping district that sent bystanders scattering, authorities said. The shooting happened about 10:40 p.m. Thursday near a McDonald’s on the city’s Near North Side. One person was taken into custody and a…