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Bail denied for man charged in Chicago Lawn slaying
Tribune reporterA judge denied bail today for a 21-year-old man accused of fatally shooting a rival gang member who didn’t “throw down the fork’’ upon demand this week in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on the Southwest Side, authorities said....Tags: Justice System, Murder, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Oak Lawn
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Women comprise 12 percent of homicide victims in 2013
RedEyeTwo women were killed in separate homicides Monday, bringing the total number of female homicide victims this year to 19, a RedEye analysis of preliminary police data found. A 70-year-old woman was stabbed to death in the 1100 block of East 81st...Tags: Murder, Garfield Park, East Garfield Park, Austin (Chicago, Illinois), Greater Grand Crossing
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City to build new domestic violence shelter
Clout StreetThe city will use a $1.8 million court settlement from a strip club to help fund Chicago’s first new domestic violence shelter in more than a decade, Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced Wednesday. The 40-bed shelter to be built in the Chicago Lawn...Tags: Trials, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Mayor, Abusive Behavior
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First double homicide in 3 months
RedEyeChicago Lawn saw a double homicide last week, Chicago's first double homicide in three months, a RedEye analysis of preliminary police data found. Two men, ages 30 and 22, were discovered fatally shot in the 7100 block of South Oakley Avenue, police...Tags: Murder, Humboldt Park, Near North Side, Roseland, Shootings
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City to put $1.8M toward new domestic violence shelter
The city will use a $1.8 million court settlement from a strip club to help pay for Chicago's first new domestic violence shelter in more than a decade, Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced Wednesday. The 40-bed shelter to be built in the Chicago Lawn...
Tags: Bars and Clubs, Trials, Lifestyle and Leisure, Rahm Emanuel, Dining and Drinking
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Man critically wounded in shooting on South Side
Tribune reporterA man was critically wounded this afternoon in a possible domestic-related shooting on the South Side in the city's Chicago Lawn neighborhood. About 12:40 p.m., a man in his 20s was shot in the chest on the 6900 block of South Talman Avenue, said Police...Tags: Shootings
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Police: Robbers hit customers at 5 businesses in 3 blocks
April saw five robberies of patrons at businesses along a three-block stretch of South Kedzie Avenue in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood, police said today in a community alert. In all the attacks, from one to three robbers approached a victim and took...
Tags: Criminals, Theft, Business
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Police warn of Southwest Side robberies
Police are warning of a series of three robberies, some involving carjacking, in the Southwest Side's Chicago Lawn district in April. According to a community alert released today, during the three attacks one robber approaches the victim and displays...
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3 seriously injured in Southwest Side accident
Tribune reporterTwo children and one adult were seriously injured today after being hit by a car on the Southwest Side in the city's Chicago Lawn neighborhood, officials said. The accident happened on the 6000 block of South Western Avenue, according to Fire Media...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Motorvehicle Accidents
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Wrigleyville shooting was 7th over last day
Tribune reportersThree people were shot overnight and another four wounded Saturday afternoon, according to police. The most recent shooting happened across the street from Wrigley Field about 3:20 a.m. Sunday. A man, age 25, was shot in the upper back outside the 7-...Tags: Garfield Park, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Hospitals and Clinics, Crime, Law and Justice, Michigan Avenue
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Authorities: Body found stabbed in Marquette Park lagoon was 14-year-old boy
Tribune reporterThe body pulled from the Marquette Park lagoon on Chicago's Southwest Side last week was a 14-year-old boy who had been missing since March, according to authorities. Police and the Cook County medical examiner's office initially said the person found...Tags: Marquette Park
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2 North Side communities log 1st homicide of year
RedEyeThe North Side saw two homicides in the last week, a RedEye analysis of preliminary police data found. In Irving Park, a 19-year-old man was shot to death Saturday in the 4200 block of West Irving Park Road, police said. One day earlier, a 5-month-old...Tags: Pullman, Murder, Humboldt Park, Washington Heights (Chicago, Illinois), South Chicago
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