Teen hijacks car, forces woman to call fiancé for cash

A  teen forced his way into a car in the Edgewater neighborhood and ordered a woman inside to call her fiancé to get cash.
Broderick Epps, 18, walked up to the car in the 1100 block of West Ardmore Avenue around 10:15 p.m. on New Year's Day.  He indicated he had a gun and then began driving around while demanding cash from an 18-year-old woman who was in the car.
The woman told Epps she did not have any money and he ordered her to call her fiancé.
Foster District police were flagged down by the fiancé, who told them about the call and that he was supposed to meet up with the robber. Officers went to the location and  spotted Epps walking north with the woman.
Epps saw the officers and ran, but he was caught in the 6400 block of North Sheridan Road and identified by the woman.
Epps, of the 4200 block of Main Street in Skokie, was charged with vehicular hijacking, vehicular invasion and unlawful restraint, all felonies

2 men shot in Edgewater

At about 4:30 a.m., two men were shot from behind while walking down the sidewalk in the 5800 block of North Kenmore Avenue.
One of the men, who is 52, was taken to St. Francis Hospital in Evanston with a gunshot wound to the leg. The other, 43, was shot in both legs and was taken to Illinois Masonic. Both their conditions were stabilized

1 shot 1 shot dead in Edgewater

In  the first shooting, two victims were in the 1100 block of West Glenlake Avenue on the Far North Side when someone shot them about 10:35 a.m.
One victim was taken to Saint Francis Hospital in Evanston while the other was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center. Both were initially listed in serious-to-critical condition. One of the men was 20 and the other was 24.
The 20-year-old who was taken to St. Francis Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 11:27 a.m.
The person who began shooting at the men may have been in a wheelchair.

Shootings in Chicago August 5, 2013

54-year-old man  shot in South Chicago

At about 12:15 a.m., a 54-year-old man was shot in the ankle in the 9100 block of South Commercial Avenue in the South Chicago neighborhood. He was taken to Advocate Trinity Hospital, where he was listed in good condition.

53-year-old man shot in Gresham

A 53-year-old man was shot about 12:55 a.m. in the 8400 block of South Hermitage Avenue in the Gresham neighborhood. Police believe the man was walking into his home when he was struck in the lower abdomen. He was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where his condition was stabilized.

30-year-old man  shot in Edgewater

On the North Side, a 30-year-old man was shot in the arm about 3 a.m. in the 5500 block of North Kenmore Avenue in the Edgewater Beach neighborhood. The man was taken to St. Francis Hospital in Evanston, where he was listed in good condition.

14-year-old boy shot in Bronzeville

A  14-year-old boy was shot at about 1:40 p.m. on the 4700 block of South Indiana Avenue in the Bronzeville neighborhood.
The boy was shot in the leg and was taken to Comer Children's Hospital in good condition

21-year-old man shot in West Pullman

At about 5:03 p.m., a 21-year-old man was shot in the groin.The shooting happened on the 11600 block of South Loomis Avenue. The man was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in good condition

 18-year-old man  shot in Gage Park

At about 5:51 p.m., an 18-year-old man was shot in the arm on the 5000 block of South Oakley Avenue

Man and woman shot in Austin

At about 8 p.m., a man and woman walked into Loretto Hospital on the West Side after reportedly being shot on the 4800 block of Adams Boulevard. The 26-year-old woman and her 23-year-old companion told police they were each shot in the foot

38-year-old man shot in Englewood

At about 11:45 p.m., a 38-year-old man was shot in the 5800 block of South Wolcott Avenue in West Englewood. Police said the man had been standing on the sidewalk with a group of people when a shooter on a bicycle opened fire. The 38-year-old was struck in the arm and the stomach and was taken to John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, where his condition was stabilized.

36-year-old woman shot in Chicago Lawn

At about 11:45 p.m., a 36-year-old woman was shot multiple times in the 6100 block of South Rockwell Street in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on the Southwest Side. She was taken to Advocate Christ, where she was listed in critical condition.

 34-year-old man shot in Washington Park

At about 1 a.m. Tuesday, a 34-year-old man was shot in the stomach in the 5100 block of South Prairie Avenue in the Washington Park neighborhood on the South Side. The man was taken to Stroger, where his condition was stabilized.

17 year old shot in Edgewater

A shooting happened at about 6:20 p.m. on the 5900 block of North Kenmore Avenue in the Edgewater Beach neighborhood. A 17-year-old boy was hospitalized in serious-to-critical condition

Police release sketch of man in sex assault near Edgewater bus stop

Chicago police have released a sketch of a man in connection with the sexual assault of a woman near an Edgewater bus stop.
The attack occurred around 2 p.m. Thursday when a 22-year-old woman was approached by a man as she sat at the bus stop in the 6300 block of North Clark Street.
The man sat down next to the woman then grabbed her by the throat and told her to come with him. He He forced the woman a few blocks northeast to the 1500 block of West Highland Avenue, where he assaulted her. The man then fled with the woman's credit card.
Police described the attacker as black with a medium complexion, 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighing 300 pounds and wearing a white striped polo shirt and blue jeans.

Police search for man who assaulted woman near Edgewater bus stop

Police are seeking information from the public about a man who sexually assaulted a woman near an Edgewater bus stop.
The attack occurred around 2 p.m. Thursday when a 22-year-old woman was approached by a man as she sat at the bus stop in the 6300 block of North Clark Street.
The man forced the woman a few blocks northeast to the 1500 block of West Highland Avenue, where he assaulted her. The man then fled with the woman's credit card.
Police described the attacker as black, 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighing 300 pounds and wearing a white striped polo shirt and blue jeans

Shootings in Chicago Feb. 1- 2, 2013

Edgewater shooting seriously injures man

A 30-year-old man was shot multiple times this afternoon in the Edgewater Beach neighborhood on the North Side.
Someone shot the man in the legs and buttocks at 1:20 p.m. in the 5300 block of North Kenmore Avenue.
He was taken in serious condition to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center

19-year-old and 20-year-old shot in Gage Park

In a shooting, a 19-year-old and a 20-year-old were wounded about 11:30 p.m. in an alley west of the 5200 block of South Fairfield Avenue.
Someone opened fire from inside an SUV as the two walked home from a party, striking the 19-year-old man twice in the back and the 20-year-old man in the stomach and arm.
The 19-year-old was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, and the 20-year-old was taken to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County. Police said their conditions had stabilized

Woman shot in Lawndale

A female in her early 20s, was also shot in the foot just before 5 a.m. near the intersection of West 16th Street and South Kedvale Avenue in the Lawndale neighborhood

3 rob, shoot victim in foot on South Side

Police are looking for three assailants after a 24-year-old man was robbed and then shot in the foot early this morning in the North Kenwood neighborhood.
Police responded to the 4600 block of South Woodlawn Avenue about 12:30 a.m. and found a 24-year-old man had been shot.
The victim, who was taken to University of Chicago Hospitals in good condition, told police one of three assailants who’d confronted him pulled a black handgun and pointed it at his head while the others went through his pockets.
After they robbed him they shot the victim in the foot and all three fled eastbound through an alley

Man, 50, critically injured in Southwest Side shooting

A shooting in the Gage Park neighborhood this evening left a man in critical condition, police said.
The 50-year-old man was shot just after 7 p.m. in the 5400 block of South Sawyer Avenue.
He sustained three gunshot wounds to the stomach and was taken in critical condition to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn

18 year old man and 17 year old woman charged with North Side carjacking

An 18-year-old parolee and a 17-year-old girl robbed and carjacked two people in the Edgewater Beach neighborhood over the weekend.
Larnell A. Brown, 18, and Kaylin M. Macklin, 17, are both charged with felony vehicular hijacking and Brown was also wanted on a warrant. The two are expected to appear in bond court today in the robbery about 3:45 a.m. Saturday in the 5800 block of North Kenmore Avenue.
Brown, of the 6800 block of South Champlain Avenue, was paroled Oct. 11, after being sentenced for an unlawful use of a weapons conviction, according to the Illinois Department of Corrections website. He was serving a one year sentence at the Danville Correctional Center when he was paroled.
After carjacking a young couple at gun point, Brown and Macklin fled northbound on Kenmore in the BMW. A police “flash message” was sent out and a Rogers Park District beat officer saw the car, unoccupied, in the 1000 block of West Glenlake with its keys still inside.
The officer looked around and saw Brown and Macklin walking in the 6100 block of North Sheridan Road. They were taken into custody and identified by the victims as the people who took the car and cell phone,

Edgewater shooting sends 2 men to hospital

One man was shot in the chest and another wounded in the foot during a shooting this afternoon in the Edgewater neighborhood.
The injured were both taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in serious-to-critical condition after paramedics responded to a shooting in the 1100 block of West Thorndale Avenue about 1:20 p.m..
The victims are both men.
One was seriously wounded in the chest while the other was shot in the foot and his condition had stabilized

Police release photos of suspect in sexual assault

Police have released photos of a man suspected of sexually assaulting a woman in the Edgewater neighborhood on the North Side.
The assault happened about 5:40 a.m. on Oct. 26 in an alley on the 5600 block of North Kenmore Avenue.
The woman was walking in the alley when a man approached her and struck her numerous times in the head. The man robbed her and tried to sexually assault her.
The man was described as black, between the ages of 18 to 25, about 6 feet tall and weighing about 175 pounds.
The man has a dark complexion and was last seen wearing a white jacket with a red stripe on each shoulder.
Anyone with information can contact the Area North Detective Bureau at (312) 744-8261.

Edgewater Beach on alert following attempted sex assault

Police have released a sketch of a man who is suspected of beating, robbing and trying to sexually assault a woman early this morning in an Edgewater Beach neighborhood alley on the North Side.
The victim was walking in the alley in the 5600 block of North Kenmore Avenue when a man approached her from behind and hit her several times in the head.
He took her property and tried to sexually assault her during the 5:40 a.m. attack.
Police were called to the alley for a battery in progress and found the 30-year-old woman on the ground, bleeding from the head and in a traumatized state.
Her iPhone was lying nearby in a pile of leaves and had been broken.
She told officers the man grabbed her, put a coat over her head, and dragged her across the alley as she left for work and was on her way to the Bryn Mawr Red Line “L” station.
A man who lives nearby heard her screaming: "Let go, let go!"
The neighbor saw the man punch her in the face, remove her clothing and go through her pockets.
The attacker slammed her head on the pavement several times and the neighbor, another man, and a building security officer all ran outside to help her. The attacker yelled in an accented voice to stay away and lunged towards the men before fleeing.
Paramedics responded and she was admitted to Saint Francis Hospital in Evanston with multiple injuries including to the head, the right eye, nose, and knees.
The woman's watch and an earring were taken during the attack.
The alert describes the man as black, between the ages of 18 and 25, 6-feet tall, 175 pounds, and with a dark complexion. He was wearing a white jacket with a red stripe on each shoulder

22-year-old man shot in the Edgewater Beach neighborhood

A 22-year-old man was shot in the chest in the 5600 block of North Winthrop in the Edgewater Beach neighborhood at about 9:30 p.m.
He was taken to St. Francis Hospital in Evanston in serious condition

Woman stabbed to death in Edgewater

Officers discovered a 53-year-old Elle Mills stabbed in the chest at an apartment in the 6100 block of North Sheridan Road in the Edgewater neighborhood.
She was dead at the scene, according to a medical examiner's spokesman.
Police were called to the scene by the woman's boyfriend, who admitted to stabbing the woman to responding officers

Death investigation underway after woman's body found in Edgewater

The body of a woman was found this morning in an alley in the Edgewater neighborhood.
Someone found the woman lying face down and unresponsive in an alley behind a Toyota dealership in the 5600 block of North Broadway on the North Side, said Officer Darryl Baety, a police spokesman. Baety she was found at 7:07 a.m. and detectives are conducting a death investigation.
The unknown African-American woman, who appears to be in her 40s, suffered "unknown trauma" and did not have any identification on her.
She was fully clothed and did not show any outward signs of violence to her body. She was pronounced dead on the scene at 7:14 a.m

Police nab 2 in Edgewater iPhone robbery

A South Side man and a 15-year-old boy are accused of stealing an iPhone from a man in the Edgewater neighborhood this week, and a second stolen phone also was recovered.
 Michael P. Gray, 21, of the 3000 block of East 80th Street, was charged with robbery while the boy was charged as a juvenile, also with robbery.
 Police were already in the area of the 1200 block of West Rosemont Avenue about 3 a.m. Monday when they saw the two push the victim on the ground while the juvenile shouted: “Grab his phone, grab his phone’’.
 Gray ripped the black iPhone from the victim’s hand and they fled northbound on foot, but the Rogers Park District officers apprehended them almost immediately.
 During a search of the juvenile another iPhone was found, a white one which had been taken in a separate crime that happened the day before

1 man shot in foot, 1 shot in ass in Edgewater

At about 2:40 a.m., two males of an unknown age were wounded in the 1200 block of West Hood Avenue in the Edgewater neighborhood.
One victim was shot in the foot, while the other was wounded in the buttocks.
The victims may have been shot by two gunmen on bicycles, who fled in unknown directions

Man found fatally shot in North Side alley

A 32-year-old man was shot dead in an alley in the Edgewater Beach neighborhood on the city's North Side.
Authorities discovered the victim lying on the ground with multiple gunshot wounds in the 5800 block of North Sheridan Road just before 11:45 p.m. Monday.
The man, whose identity was being withheld, was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
UPDATE:
Killed was Aaron Price, of the 5500 block of North Winthrop Avenue, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.
Authorities discovered Price lying on the ground with multiple gunshot wounds to the chest in the 5800 block of North Kenmore Avenue