20-year-old man shot in Brighton Park

A man was shot about 8:20 p.m. near 47th Street and Western Avenue in the Brighton Park neighborhood. He drove to Holy Cross Hospital where he was treated for a leg wound. Police said the 20-year-old was in a parked car when someone in a passing dark vehicle opened fire.

2 dead in Southwest Side wreck

A man and a woman died early Sunday morning when the sport-utility vehicle they were traveling in hit a utility pole on the Southwest Side.
The victims, who both appeared to be in their 20s, were dead on the scene in the 3700 block of South California Avenue in the city's Brighton Park neighborhood. The man was driving and the woman was his passenger.
They were inside a vehicle that was northbound on California when the driver lost control and hit the pole about 11:35 p.m.

25-year-old man shot in Brighton Park

About 2:50 a.m., a 25-year-old man was shot in the 4300 block of South Western Avenue in the Brighton Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side. The man was walking down the sidewalk when he heard gunfire and realized he was shot. The man sustained a gunshot wound to the shoulder and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where his condition was stabilized.

24-year-old man shot in Brighton Park

About 11:15 p.m., a 24-year-old man was shot in the back in the 3500 block of South California Avenue. His condition was stabilized at MacNeal Hospital in Berwyn

2nd person charged in fatal New Year's Day beating

A 15-year-old boy is the second person charged in the killing of a teenager fatally beaten on New Year's Day on the Southwest Side.
Angel Mendez, 15, has been charged as an adult with murder in the slaying of Ezequiel Velasquez, 17, who was beaten early on New Year's Day and died Jan. 9.
Mendez, of the 4600 block of South Rockwell Street, is the second person charged in the killing of Velasquez. Mendez was 14 at the time of the fatal attack.
Vincent Lopez, 23, of the 5800 block of South Whipple Street, was charged with murder in August after being arrested in July on an unrelated burglary charge. Lopez is being held without bail on charges including murder, carjacking and arson.
Velasquez, along with a 21-year-old woman, was in the 2900 block of West 40th Street in the Brighton Park neighborhood about 6 a.m. Jan. 1 when he stopped the Chrysler Sebring he was driving because a Chevrolet Suburban was blocking his path.
Velasquez got out of the car and was beaten with a bottle and had his head smashed against a parked car. The woman was ordered out of the car and the attackers drove off in the Sebring, using it to push the apparently disabled SUV.
The Sebring later was found burned in the 4200 block of South Campbell Avenue, a little less than a mile away from where the attack took place.
The Cook County medical examiner's office determined Velasquez died from blunt force trauma to the head in a homicide.
Lopez, the man already charged in Velasquez's slaying, was arrested in July on a burglary charge connected with the March 24, 2011 break-in at a home in the 5400 block of West 63rd Place. He originally was ordered held in lieu of $80,000 bond in that case, but in August, he was ordered held without bail after he was charged with murder in Velasquez's slaying.

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29-year-old man  shot in River North

A 29-year-old man was shot early this morning as he drove in the Fulton River District neighborhood.
About 4:15 a.m., the man was driving in the 500 block of West Grand Avenue when a second vehicle pulled alongside and someone opened fire.
Despite sustaining four gunshot wounds, the man continued driving to the 1300 block of West Lake Street, where he parked the vehicle. He was with at least two other people.
The man then drove himself or was driven to Rush University Medical Center, and he was transferred soon after to John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County.
Police said he sustained two gunshot wounds to the arm and one each to the chest and abdomen. The wounds were described as superficial, and the man was listed in good condition.

21-year-old man shot in Brighton Park

Early Saturday morning, a man was wounded in a shooting on the Southwest Side in the city's Brighton Park neighborhood. That shooting happened about 3:25 a.m. on the 4100 block of South Western Avenue.
The victim, a 21-year-old man, was walking on the sidewalk when he heard gunfire and soon after felt pain.
He was driven to Mount Sinai Hospital by a friend who was at the scene. The man suffered a wound to his left torso and was listed in serious condition

3 shot on Dan Ryan Expressway

Three people suffered what were believed to be non-life threatening injuries when they were shot this evening on the Dan Ryan Expressway.
The three were shot on Interstate 94 northbound near 59th Street about 8:53 p.m.
The three went to St. Bernard Hospital and Healthcare Center on their own, where they were being treated for what were believed to be non-life-threatening injuries

3 people shot in Chatham

Three people were shot about 1:15 a.m. as they walked down the sidewalk in the 7500 block of South Ingleside Avenue. Someone in a dark-colored sedan opened fire, striking the ankles of a 16-year-old girl, a 19-year-old man and a 21-year-old man.
The girl was brought by ambulance to University of Chicago Medical Center, and someone drove the men to Jackson Park Hospital, Police News Affairs Officer Hector Alfaro said. Their conditions were stabilized.

21-year-old man shot in Back of the Yards

At about 2:10 a.m. someone opened fire on a car in the 1600 block of West 44th Place.
A bullet shattered the rear window of the car and struck a 21-year-old man in the head. The man was taken in critical condition to John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, where he was brought into emergency surgery

2 men shot in Lawndale

Two men were shot about 4 a.m. near the intersection of West Douglas Boulevard and South St. Louis Avenue.

48-year-old man shot during robbery in South Shore

About 3:30 a.m., a 48-year-old man was shot during a robbery in the 7800 block of South Burnham Avenue. The man was shot in the shoulder and taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where his condition was stabilized.

3 men shot in Austin

Three men were shot about in the 5100 block of West Maypole Avenue shortly before 2:30 a.m. A 33-year-old man was struck in the foot and lower back and taken in serious condition to Mount Sinai Hospital, a 25-year-old man was shot in the back and taken in serious condition to Stroger, and a 36-year-old man was shot in the leg and buttocks and taken to Loretto Hospital, where his condition was stabilized.

Man shot in Rogers Park

About 1:30 a.m., a man arrived at St. Francis Hospital in Evanston after being shot in the left leg near the intersection of West Jarvis Avenue and North Campbell Avenue. Further

29-year-old man shot in Austin

A masked gunman approached a 29-year-old man and opened fire about 9:50 p.m. in the 5200 block of West Congress Parkway, Alfaro said. The 29-year old was struck in the elbow and both thighs and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital. His condition was stabilized.

Southwest Side woman killed

Detectives launched a homicide investigation Sunday evening after a 31-year-old Southwest Side woman died of an apparent cut wound to the throat.
Police responding to a call for a well-being check found Lady Diana Sanabria unresponsive about 7:30 p.m., inside her apartment in the 4400 block of South Richmond Street, in the Brighton Park neighborhood.
She was declared dead at 7:59 p.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.
Police said the killing may have been related to domestic dispute.

Woman dies after boy, 13, bumps truck into gear

A  woman was struck and later died after a 13-old-boy bumped the gear shift of his father's pickup truck, then accidentally hit the gas pedal trying to stop it.
The father, a metal picker, had gotten out of his truck in an alley in the 4400 block of South St. Louis Avenue around 7:15 a.m.
The woman, identified as Ruilan Zeng, 61, who lived in the 4500 block of South St. Louis, was declared dead at 5:25 p.m. at Mount Sinai Hospital.
The boy was sitting in the passenger seat and knocked the truck into gear. When the truck started rolling, the boy got into the driver's seat to stop it and hit the gas pedal instead of the brake. The truck lurched forward and hit a garage and then the woman as she was walking.
The truck hit another garage before stopping.
The driver was cited for leaving a running vehicle unattended and for driving with a suspended driver's license.

Man dies 2 weeks after roommate charged with attacking him

A Chicago man died this morning, more than two weeks after he was hit on the head by his roommate, who is being held on battery charges in the attack, which also left the roommate’s mother injured.
Juan Zavala, 46, was declared dead at 8:56 a.m. at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital, following the attack on July 4, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. The man was attacked about 10 p.m. that night in the 1800 block of West 44th Street, around the corner where he lived as a roommate of Alvaro Elizondo, 45.
Elizondo, of the 4400 block of South Wolcott Avenue, previously has served time in prison for a manslaughter to which he pleaded guilty in 1988, and is being held in Cook County Jail in lieu of $500,000 bail on domestic battery charges and a charge of aggravated battery of a person over the age of 60.
Police were called to West 44^th about 10 p.m. July 4th after someone reported a battery in progress. They found the 46-year-old unconscious on the sidewalk after he had been punched by his roommate, and also found the roommate’s mother, age 73, had been pushed in the fight. The attacker had fled the scene by the time police arrived.
Elizondo’s mother, who also lives in the Wolcott home, declined medical treatment.
Alcohol may have been involved in the dispute that led up to the attack,.
Elizondo was arrested after he returned home hours later, and threatened other family members who lived at the Wolcott address

Man killed in Southwest Side crash identified

Authorities have identified at 34-year-old man killed early Monday morning in a multi-vehicle crash on the Southwest Side.
Sandro Santoyo, of the 4700 block of South Avers Avenue, was declared dead at Mount Sinai Hospital at 1:31 a.m..
Police said Santoyo was behind the wheel of a vehicle that was struck about 12:45 a.m. in the 4200 block of South Cicero Avenue. A driver of a separate vehicle was taken in police custody to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn after striking a pedestrian and at least one vehicle.
The pedestrian was taken to Sinai, and the driver of a second vehicle struck was taken to Rush University Medical Center

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15-year-old boy shot in West Pullman

A  15-year-old boy was shot around 10:15 p.m. Thursday in the West Pullman neighborhood on the Far South Side and taken to Comer Children's Hospital, where his condition was stabilized
He was shot in the arm and ankle by someone who may have fired from a dark four-door car

17 year old girl, 24 year old man shot in Park Manor

A teen was wounded in the Park Manor neighborhood around 11:25 p.m. A 17-year-old girl and a 24-year-old man were shot while standing in front of a house in the 6800 block of South Wabash Avenue.
The girl was shot in the chest and back and was in fair condition at Stroger Hospital. The man was shot in the chest and grazed in the arm and was at the same hospital in fair condition.

Man shot in Englewood

In the Englewood neighborhood around 10:20 p.m., a man in his 40s was shot in the leg in the 6500 block of South Morgan Street. Police said his condition was stable.

30-year-old man shot in Brighton Park

A 30-year-old man was dropped off at Mount Sinai Hospital with a gunshot wound to the thigh after someone shot him in the 4500 block of South Sawyer Avenue in the Brighton Park neighborhood he was walking in the block when someone drove by shouting gang slogans and opened fire. A friend drove him to the hospital.

24 year old man shot in Englewood

A man, 24, drove himself to Holy Cross Hospital after he was shot in both legs. He was in critical condition there. Two men jumped out of a dark-colored minivan in the 6600 block of South Hoyne Avenue in the Englewood neighborhood about 1:30 a.m.

Man shot in Lawndale

Earlier Thursday, a man was shot in the 3100 block of West Douglas Boulevard in the Lawndale neighborhood.

37-year-old woman shot in Chatham

About 6:30 p.m., a 37-year-old woman was shot in the ankle in the 8100 block of South Drexel Avenue and was taken to Jackson Park Hospital in good condition

Teen shot to death on Southwest Side

Authorities this morning identified an 18-year-old man fatally shot Wednesday morning in the Brighton Park neighborhood.
Fernando Mondragon, of the 3000 block of South Artesian Avenue, was shot in the upper chest just before 11 a.m., in the 4700 block of South Talman Avenue.
He was pronounced dead at 11:46 a.m. Wednesday at Mount Sinai Hospitaloffice.
The man was killed when someone came up to him and shot him

Brighton Park couple charged with child abuse

A mother and her boyfriend face aggravated battery charges in connection to the severe beating of the woman’s 4-year-old son.

Amy Pherigo, 31, the boy’s mother, and Jose A. Morales, 26, Pherigo’s boyfriend

A Chicago police detective arrived at the boy’s home on the 4400 block of South Fairfield Avenue on April 29 to investigate an anonymous tip called in to the Illinois Department of Children and Family ServicesKent.

The boy was found lying in bed with his eyes swollen shut and multiple facial bruises.

He was taken to a hospital and treated for a brain injury, fractured ribs, a lacerated liver and spleen, a left cheek wound and severe facial bruising and swelling.

He also suffered severe bruising on his arms, legs and back, as well as deep scratches to his back and left heel.

The boy is believed to have sustained the injuries during March and April, according to court records.

Pherigo claimed the boy was injured when he fell down the stairs but medical personnel found the injuries to be inconsistent with such a fall.

A witness and sibling of the boy said Pherigo had put make-up on the boy to mask his bruises.

Another witness saw Morales use fingernail clippers on the boy’s legs, causing lacerationsKent.

The boy identified Morales as the person who hit him during an interview at the Chicago Children’s Advocacy Center.

Pherigo, a healthcare worker at Bridgeview Health Care Center, also made incriminating statements to a witness

55-year-old man shot in Brighton Park

A  55-year-old man was shot about 9:50 p.m. while walking on the sidewalk in the 2700 block of West 44th Street.
The man was struck in the thigh and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in good condition

Life sentence for 2005 double murder

A Chicago man was sentenced to life in prison today in a 2005 double murder at a Southwest Side convenience store that police solved in part because of lottery tickets he purchased moments before the killings.
Timothy Fountain, 43, was convicted last October of first-degree murder and armed robbery in the 2005 shooting deaths of Graciela Rodriguez, 37, and Nicholas Guerrero, 75, inside Maggy’s Food Store in the 4400 block of South California Avenue.
Judge Charles Burns sentenced Fountain to life without the possibility of parole, plus an additional 30 years for the armed robbery count.
Prosecutors said Fountain, a convicted robber, went into the store and ordered two Pick-Four lottery tickets from Rodriguez, a clerk, before announcing a robbery, grabbing cash from the register and forcing her at gunpoint to a back room, where he shot her in the head. On his way out of the store, Fountain shot and killed Guerrero, a grandfather of 15 who lived next door and visited the store every day to chat with Rodriguez.
Surveillance footage of the robbery was too grainy to positively identify the killer, and a composite sketch drawn from a teenage witness who saw the gunman outside the store minutes before the robbery did not yield any leads.
A few weeks later, with the case going cold, a detective on a hunch entered one of the lottery ticket numbers – 5157 – into a police database of convicted robbers.
Fountain’s name popped up because he had used the address of 5157 S. Union Ave. -- his mother’s house -- when he was arrested in the late 1990s. Detectives then showed a photo array to the witness who had seen the gunman, and he identified Fountain.
In the ensuing investigation, DNA found under Guerrero’s fingernails was matched to Fountain, indicating the two had struggled before Guerrero was shot

22 year old man shot in Brighton Park

Tuesday morning at about 2 a.m., a 22-year-old man was shot in the hand in the 3900 block of South California Avenue in the Brighton Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side. The man was taken to Holy Cross Hospital in good condition

Southwest Side crash kills man, 28

A 28-year-old man died Sunday night after the vehicle he was driving struck a truck in the Southwest Side's Brighton Park neighborhood.
The crash happened at 10:48 p.m. near the intersection of South Kedzie Avenue and West 43rd Street.
The man was brought to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 11:15 p.m.
The medical examiner's identified the man as Alexander Ruiz, of the 5600 block of South Keeler Avenue, and said the crash happened in the 4400 block of South Archer Avenue

Intoxicated driver killed baby in womb

A  judge set bail this week at $750,000 for a 21-year-old motorist accused of being drunk and high on cocaine when he slammed into another car being driven a woman who was 9 months pregnant, causing the death of the unborn child.
Benjamin Pilar, of an unknown address, was booked into jail Friday after a judge set the $750,000 bail
Pilar is charged with reckless homicide of an unborn child, aggravated DUI resulting in bodily harm and three counts of misdemeanor DUI. He also was ticketed for driving without a license, failure to provide insurance, failure to maintain lanes and failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident.
 An autopsy Friday determined Jose Luis Escobar Jr., of the 2500 block of Kenilworth Avenue in Berwyn, died of intrauterine fetal demise and placental abruption due to abdominal trauma from the motor vehicle crash.
 Pilar was behind the wheel of a Pontiac Grand Am when he plowed into a Cadillac being driven by a 21-year-old woman Tuesday about 3 p.m. in the 3500 block of South California Avenue in the Brighton Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side.
 When police got there, Pilar was slumped over in the driver’s seat with his hands and upper body in the passenger seat, and the woman was outside of the Cadillac, sitting on a curb holding her head with a towel.
The woman told police her head and back hurt, and she was 9 months pregnant.
 Ambulances took her and Pilar to Mount Sinai Hospital.
Initial tests there showed Pilar’s blood alcohol level was 0.254 percent – more than three times the legal limit of 0.08 percent -- and about an hour later 0.217 percent.
He also had traces of cocaine in his system.
 The woman was treated in the hospital, but doctors determined that the baby had died in the womb, police said. The baby was pronounced dead Thursday at 8:15 a.m. at Mount Sinai Hospital

Man shot in Brighton Park

A  man walked into Mount Sinai Hospital this afternoon after being wounded in a shooting on the Southwest Side in the city's Brighton Park neighborhood.
Police were notified about the shooting shortly after 12:30 p.m. when a man in his 30s walked into the emergency room at Mount Sinai Hospital.
The man had suffered gunshot wounds to his legs and said he had been shot on the 4300 block of South Campbell Avenue

Chicago man charged in fatal hit-and-run

A Chicago man is facing multiple charges in connection with a hit-and-run Thursday night that killed a Southwest Side woman and injured another.
Fernando Marin, 40, of the 4500 block of South Drake Avenue, was speeding down South Homan Avenue toward the intersection with South Archer Avenue in the Brighton Park neighborhood about 8:40 p.m. Thursday, according to court documents.
Ida Quintanilla, 58, was carrying groceries, had the walk signal and was crossing Archer at the Homan intersection with her sister,
Marin allegedly attempted to turn left onto Archer as the green light was turning yellow, but he failed to yield to Quintanilla.
Marin allegedly lost control of the truck before running over Quintanilla and dragging her under the truck.
Quintanilla's sister yelled at Marin as he drove away but he did not slow down.
Quintanilla, of the 2600 block of West Montgomery Avenue, suffered severe head injuries, had a wheel run over her midsection and suffered broken legs, among other injuries.
She was taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital and pronounced dead there.
After dragging Quintanilla, witnesses said Marin made a right turn and drove the wrong way down South Christiana Avenue, court documents state. A 35-year-old woman also sustained injuries in the incident.
Police said a witness provided a license plate number for the red Chevrolet Suburban truck involved in the incident, and police traced it to the suspect.
The truck belonged to Marin’s girlfriend. It had a cracked grill, and blood was recovered from the vehicle.

He is charged with leaving the scene of accident that resulted in injury or death, driving with a revoked license, not giving the right of way to a pedestrian and not having insurance.
Marin has two prior DUI charges, Cook County Assistant State’s Attorney Jim Pontrelli said in court Sunday. He pleaded guilty in a November 2008 DUI in Chicago, and had his license suspended or revoked