Police shot 3 in Fernwood

Three of the people were shot shortly before 2 a.m. in the Fernwood neighborhood after officers heard gunfire in the 100 block of West 105th Street
Officers approached the front and back of a home after hearing shots and saw a person on the back porch holding a gun told the person to drop the weapon and he instead raised it toward police.
Police opened fire, hitting the person and two others, authorities said. Police recovered a gun from the scene.
No officers were injured.

2 shot in legs on South Side

Two teens were hospitalized Saturday evening after being shot in the legs on the Far South Side.
The shooting happened at 6:45 p.m. on the 10400 block of South Wallace Avenue in the Fernwood neighborhood.
A 17-year-old boy was shot in the left ankle and an 18-year-old man sustained a graze wound to his calf, said Alfaro. Both were taken to Roseland Hospital in good condition.
The two were walking together when they heard shots and felt pain

Indiana man charged in Southside sex assaults

A 26-year-old man who was arrested in Indiana in connection with three sexual assaults that occurred on Chicago's Far South Side in the early morning hours of Oct. 9 has been charged with them.
Terrell Rush, 26, of the 1800 block of Perrine Street in Lafayette, Ind., was charged with three counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault and one count of criminal trespassing,
The rampage occurred early Oct. 9 a few blocks apart in the Fernwood and Washington Heights neighborhoods. The first attack took place about 3 a.m. near 103rd Street and Emerald Avenue when a man broke into a home, sexually assaulted a mother and daughter at knife point and robbed them.
About 90 minutes later, the same man broke into another home just a few blocks away but was scared off by the family dog before he could sexually assault a 11-year-old girl.
Then at about 6:40 a.m., the man confronted a 14-year-old girl at knife point about a block away as she walked to a bus stop to attend school. He dragged her into a backyard behind a home and sexually assaulted her before a woman resident chased him away.

2 shoot each other dead during Fernwood shootout

Two men are dead after a shooting on the Far South Side this afternoon.
Two others were injured by gunfire in shootings elsewhere in the city this evening.
About 3:25 p.m., a 22-year-old man and 28-year-old man were shot dead in the 10500 block of South Lafayette Avenue.
Police believe the men may have been shooting at each other, though detectives are also investigating whether any other people were involved
The Cook County medical examiner's office identified the dead as William Aikens, 28, and Martellis Griffis, 22.

Suspect arrested in Far South Side sex assaults

A 26-year-old man was arrested in Indiana in connection with three sexual assaults that occurred during a three-hour span last week on Chicago's Far South Side.
The man was taken into custody by deputy U.S. marshals in Lafayette and is being held in the Tippecanoe County Jail until he can be extradited to Chicago.
The man, who once lived in Chicago not far from where the rapes took place, has a felony narcotics conviction and several arrests over the last decade.
A Chicago police spokesman today confirmed that a "person of interest" was in custody in Indiana for the sexual assaults.
The rampage occurred early Wednesday a few blocks apart in the Fernwood and Washington Heights neighborhoods.
The first attack was reported about 4 a.m. near 103rd and Halsted Streets when a man broke into a home, sexually assaulted a mother and daughter at knifepoint and robbed them before fleeing.
About 90 minutes later, the same offender broke into another home just a few blocks away, near 101st and Green Streets. He tried to sexually assault a 16-year-old girl but was chased away by her father and their dog.
Then shortly before 7 a.m. about a block away, the man confronted a 14-year-old girl at knifepoint as she walked to a bus stop to attend school. He dragged her into a backyard behind a home in the 10000 block of South Peoria Street and sexually assaulted her. A resident of that home chased the man out of the yard.
Within hours of the three attacks, Chicago police arrested a man after discovering he had a cell phone that had been stolen from one of the rape victims. But he was later released without charges.

Shootings in Chicago October 12, 13, 2013

27-year-old man shot in Austin

About 3 a.m., someone shot a 27-year-old man as he was traveling inside a vehicle in the 2100 block of West Fullerton Avenue. It was not immediately clear whether the man was a driver or passenger. His vehicle continued onto the expressway and traveled about 14 miles before exiting the Dan Ryan Expressway.
Paramedics met the man nearby and took him to Advocate Christ Medical Center, where his condition was stabilized.

23-year-old woman shot in Roseland

At about 12:30 a.m., someone shot a 23-year-old woman in the back in the 0-100 block of East 102nd Place. The woman was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center, where her condition was stabilized.

28-year-old man shot in Fernwood

A man was wounded this evening in a shooting on the Far South Side in the city's Fernwood neighborhood.
The shooting happened shortly before 7 p.m. on the 0-99 block of West 105th Street.
A 28-year-old man suffered wounds to his leg and buttocks.

Girl, 14, and 2 women sexually assaulted on Far South Side

Police are looking for a man who went on a three-hour rampage on the Far South Side this morning, sexually assaulting a woman and her grown daughter in their home, then breaking into a house five blocks away and trying to attack a 16-year-old girl as she slept, and then grabbing a 14-year-old girl off the street and dragging her at knife-point into a backyard.
The attacks started around 4 a.m. when a man broke into a home in the 10300 block of South Emerald Avenue in the Fernwood neighborhood and assaulted a 40-year-old woman and her 22-year-old daughter.
The man apparently used a garbage can from the alley to climb into the kitchen window.
The man walked down the hall and entered the mother's room and put a knife to her throat, asking if anyone else was in the house.
"Just my daughter," the mother replied. " 'Call her here,' " the man said. ."
When the daughter entered the room, the man still had the knife to the mother's throat. "If you don't want to die, you better sit down," . "That's when he began sexually assaulting them."
The man then covered them with sheets and stole their credit cards, money and phones before fleeing. The mother ran next door and had a neighbor call police.
About an hour later, the same man slipped through the window of a home in the 10000 block of South Green Street. He entered a room where a 16-year-old girl was sleeping, but her father spotted him and chased him off.  The father called police, who said the girl was not injured.
The man then went down the block and grabbed a 14-year-old girl who was walking to a bus stop on her way to school. A boy, who also was getting ready for school, heard her screaming as she was forced into a backyard.  He alerted a woman who lived in the house and she ran out the back door with a shovel and chased the attacker away.
He dropped a knife as he fled, and it was later identified as the knife stolen in the first home.
The suspect was described as a black man in his 20s with a dark complexion, about 6 feet tall, 150 pounds, shoulder-length dreadlocks and wearing a dark gray or black T-shirt, blue jeans, and black gym shoes

Sergeant shoots gunman after witnessing gunfight

A Chicago police sergeant shot and wounded a gunman involved in a shootout in the South Side's Fernwood neighborhood.
The sergeant was responding to a domestic disturbance call in the 10000 block of South State Street around 8:30 p.m. Sunday when he saw two people shooting toward each other.
One of the shooters turned toward the sergeant and the sergeant told the gunman to drop his gun, according to the statement. The gunman didn't and and the sergeant fired, striking him in the foot.
The gunman, whose age was not released, was taken to Roseland Community Hospital and was expected to survive

Man shot dead in Fernwood

A man was found fatally shot in an attack in the Fernwood neighborhood Thursday afternoon, one of four people shot in two South Side attacks.
The man, 34, was attacked in the 10400 block of South Perry Avenue just after 1 p.m.
Police responded to a call of a person shot and found the man lying in the street unresponsive.
The man was taken in critical condition to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn. The man later died

Shootings in Chicago September 10, 11, 2013

Male shot In Lawndale

 A male victim was shot in the arm tonight in a shooting on the West Side in the city's Lawndale neighborhood.
The shooting happened about 9 p.m. on the 1500 block of South Kedzie Avenue

2 males shot in Englewood

Two males were shot in the West Englewood neighborhood today.
The shooting happened at 12:34 p.m., on the 7200 block of South Paulina Street.
One of the males sustained multiple gunshot wounds while the other male was shot in the leg. The one who suffered multiple wounds was considered in critical condition

2 people shot in Brainerd

In  the shooting, someone inside a dark-colored sedan opened fire about 2 a.m. outside a South Side gas station in the 8900 block of South Ashland Avenue wounding a 20-year-old man and a 22-year-old woman walking down the sidewalk.
Bullets struck the man in the back and the woman in the buttocks. Both were taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where they were listed in serious condition

23-year-old woman shot in Fernwood

A 23-year-old woman was hospitalized this evening after being shot in the Fernwood neighborhood.
The woman was shot on the 10100 block of South Emerald Avenue.
The woman was shot in the leg and was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in good condition

27-year-old man shot in Gage Park

Someone shouting gang slogans out of a car shot a 27-year-old man near 53rd Street and Kedzie Avenue in the Gage Park neighborhood. The man was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital with a hip wound

Man charged inmurder of 16 year old boy

Bail was set at $1.5 million today for a man accused of fatally shooting a 16-year-old boy and wounding a man in the Fernwood neighborhood on the Far South Side.
Michael O. Johnson, 23, of the 300 block of West 106th Place, is charged with murder, attempted murder and aggravated battery.
He is accused of opening fire in the 10500 block of South LaSalle Street late Monday afternoon, killing 16-year-old Maurice Knowles and wounding a 24-year-old man.
A relative of Maurice had stolen a gun from Johnson, so Johnson and two others went to the home on LaSalle looking for revenge. Johnson and one of his companions stepped out of a gangway and fired shots at a porch where the two victims were.
A witness told police she "heard a warning" about someone near the gangway and she turned and saw someone in a dark hoodie pointing a gun toward the porch. She dove into the house as Maurice was hit in the abdomen and the man was grazed in the back.
The wounded man declined medical attention and would not go to the police station to talk to detectives.
Other witnesses led police to Johnson, she said. When officers went to his home, Johnson kicked out a window and police initially thought the noise was gunfire. Officers finally arrested Johnson after he fell through the floor of the attic where he had been hiding

Woman killed with metal flag pole on South Side

A woman was beaten to death with a metal flag pole in the Fernwood neighborhood on the Far South Side over the weekend.
The woman was identified by police and the Cook County medical examiner's office as Patricia Martin, 40, of the 10000 block of South Princeton Avenue.
An autopsy conducted Monday indicated that blunt abdominal trauma contributed to Martin's death.
 Martin reported two separate attacks Saturday at her home involving the same man. She was pronounced dead at Roseland Hospital shortly after midnight.
Martin had allowed a man to stay at her home Friday night and when she asked him to leave the next day, he became violent and punched her in the head. He took her keys and fled. The woman refused medical treatment but made a report.
Later, police received another call from Martin, who said she had been battered. She said she had walked out of her home when the same man threw an 8-foot-long metal flag pole and hit her in the chest. The man picked up the pole and threw it through the front window. The man then fled the area.
Witnesses told police they saw the man hit Martin and break the window. According to a witness, the man said she owed him $200. Martin filed a second police report.

Shooting in Chicago July 1, 2013

24-year-old man was shot in Garfield Park during robbery

A 24-year-old man was shot in the course of a robbery, police said.
Two assailants approached the man in the 4200 block of West Wilcox Street and tried to rob him.
After a brief struggle, the men was shot in the leg while trying to flee. His condition was stabilized at John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County.

2 men shot in Washington Park

At about 2:10 a.m. this morning, two men were shot in the 100 block of East 58th Street, Alfaro said.
One of the men was shot in the leg and taken to John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County. The other sustained gunshot wounds to the chest and leg and was taken to Provident Hospital.
The men, who police found in a vacant lot, were not cooperating with police

2 women shot in Fernwood

 Two women were shot near 102nd and State streets in the Fernwood neighborhood a little before 1:45 p.m. and ran into Rose Ridge Foods, 10500 S. Michigan Ave. One of the women, who is 42, suffered a gunshot wound to the chest was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where she was in critical condition early this morning. The second victim, who is 32, was treated and released from Roseland Community Hospital.

 15-year-old boy shot in Englewood

Monday night, a 15-year-old boy was shot about 10:40 p.m. in the 6400 block of South Claremont Avenue in the West Englewood neighborhood, police said. The boy was struck in the leg and taken to Holy Cross Hospital, where he was listed in good condition

 22-year-old man shot in Washington Park

At about 9:30 p.m., a 22-year-old man was shot in the 0-100 block of East 59th Street in the Washington Park neighborhood. The man sustained graze wounds to the back and calf and was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where his condition was stabilized.

South Side man charged in Roseland slaying

A South Side man has been charged in last month's slaying of a Fernwood man outside of his home.
Devonta Williams, 19, has been charged with murder in the slaying of Michael Kizer, 34, of the first block of West 107th Street, on May 29, police said. Witnesses identified Williams as the shooter.
Kizer was on the street when someone walked up to him and shot him, police said at the time. Kizer was declared dead at 3:11 p.m. May 29 at the scene

2 people shot in Fernwood

Two people were wounded in a Fernwood neighborhood attack about 9:50 p.m. A 32-year-old man was shot in the shoulder and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital after he walked into Roseland Hospital with the wound. A 35-year-old man was treated for a graze wound to his arm

23-year-old man shot in Fernwood

A 23-year-old man was shot in the buttocks and taken to Roseland Hospital. He was in a back yard when he told police he "heard shots and felt pain,"  in the 10600 block of South Lafayette Avenue in the Fernwood neighborhood.

Man shot dead in Fernwood

About 2:15 p.m., a man believed to be in his 30s was shot multiple times and killed in the 0-100 block of West 107th Street in the Fernwood neighborhood. The man was on the street when someone walked up to him and shot him multiple times

40-year-old man shot during robbery

A 40-year-old man was wounded in a shooting in the city's Fernwood neighborhood.
About 8:09 p.m., someone shot the man in his leg on the 10600 block of South Normal Avenue.
The man's condition and hospital information were not immediately released.
The shooting may have been connected to a robbery

16-year-old shot in Fernwood

A  16-year-old was dropped off at Roseland Hospital with a gunshot wound to the back after getting shot about 10:30 p.m.. Two men stepped out a gray vehicle and shot him while he was walking in an alley in the 300 block of West 104th Street in the Fernwood neighborhood

Toddler walking with mother hit and killed by truck

A  3-year-old girl was hit and killed by a delivery truck this morning in the Fernwood neighborhood on the Far South Side.

The child was crossing the street in the 10200 block of South State Street and was in the middle of the block when a delivery truck struck and killed her.
 The crash happened at 11:24 a.m.
 Makayla Dameron, of the 00-100 block of East 102^nd Place, was pronounced dead at 11:53 a.m. at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn.
   The driver stayed on the scene and the police Major Accident Investigation Unit is investigating the crash.
 Authorities said the child was with her mother when the crash happened.