Source: Jessica D’Onofrio, John Garcia and Karen Jordan / ABC 7 Chicago A baby girl died Tuesday after she and father were shot in Chicago. The 6-month-old was hit five times. Her father remained in critical condition Tuesday fighting for his life. The shooting happened Monday in the Chicago’s Woodlawn neighborhood near the intersection of South [...]
Source: The Huffington Post A 6-month-old girl and her father were shot multiple times in Chicago’s Woodlawn neighborhood Monday afternoon. According to DNAinfo Chicago, the child was one of two people wounded in the shooting, which took place around 12:48 p.m. in the 6500 block of South Maryland Avenue. Both victims — the other the girl’s father, [...]
Source: Lisa Balde / NBC News After another violent weekend in his city, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has a message for anyone involved in the shootings that left nine people killed and 37 injured: Stop the culture of silence. “I’d like to remind everybody that it also requires a community to step up,” Emanuel said Monday at an unrelated [...]
Source: Rahiel Tesfamariam / The Washington Post During Barack Obama’s first run for presidency one question followed him almost everywhere he went: What is your plan and timeline for ending the war in Iraq? It was arguably his response to that question that won the votes of millions of Americans who were tired of seeing flag-draped [...]
Source: ABC 7 Chicago CHICAGO - Former NBA star Isaiah Thomas was back in his hometown Friday night with a message to stop the violence. He joined Father Michael Pfleger from Saint Sabina Catholic Church and his supporters for their weekly march. The goal is to convince young people to stay in school. Thomas told one [...]
A former high school basketball star has become another statistic of the violent crime that is taking over Chicago. WATCH:
Source: Noah Rothman / Mediaite On Fox & Friends on Friday, Geraldo Rivera joined to cast to talk about a spike in homicides in Chicago that has left several children dead. He said that some of those shootings in Chicago occurred because the victim was wearing “thug wear,” prompting him to gloat that, despite the criticism he received for the observation, he was [...]
Source: Evelyn Holmes / ABC 7 Chicago Jerrel Dorsey of Chicago was charged Sunday in the shooting of 7-year-old Heaven Sutton on Wednesday night and a judge ordered that he be held without bond. Relatives of the murdered child cried as prosecutors outlined Dorsey — allegedly fired ten times into a crowd gathered in front [...]