Man charged with fatally stabbing cousin

The cousin of man stabbed to death with a pair of scissors who said they were “play wrestling’’ when it happened early Wednesday on the Northwest Side has been charged with his murder.
Erik Jensen, 45, of the 100 block of West Willow Road, has been charged with murder.
Jensen is expected to appear in court Friday after fatally stabbing the 43-year-old man to death during a domestic incident in the Union Ridge neighborhood.
Jensen told officers on the scene that they were “play wrestling’’ when Ogara placed him in a headlock about 1:20 a.m. at the home in the 5400 block of North Natoma Avenue.
Jensen said that he “got the best” of Ogara and told police the next thing he remembered was seeing someone lying on the living room floor, bleeding.
Jensen called 911 and officers found Ogara, in the front room, and a pair of scissors near his body
At a bond hearing today, prosecutors said that Jensen and his cousin had been drinking on the 5400 block of North Natoma Avenue in the Union Ridge neighborhood at about 2 a.m.
As they two were drinking, an argument broke out over a broken Marvel Comics collector glass.
"The defendant stated that he and the victim were drinking alcohol from Marvel Comic collector glasses that the victim dropped his glass and it shattered," prosecutors said.
After the glass broke, the two had a verbal argument that then became physical, prosecutors said.

Man found dead in Northwest Side home with throat slashed

A man in his 40s was found with his throat cut inside a home in the Union Ridge neighborhood early Wednesday morning and an acquaintance about the same age is being held for questioning in connection with the homicide.
The man, who authorities say lived at the Northwest Side home in the 5400 block of North Natoma Avenue.
Police believe the dead man and the man being questioned were intoxicated at the time of the 'domestic altercation' about 1:20 a.m.
The  man in his 40s was found dead, stabbed in the neck with a scissors

2 sought after shots fired during altercation with police on NW Side

Chicago police arrested one man and are searching for another tonight on the Northwest Side after they were involved in an altercation with officers in which shots were fired.
The incident began about 7:40 p.m. in the alley behind the 5300 block of North Natoma Avenue, police said. The men were being questioned by police, and according to preliminary reports, shots were fired by police in the incident but no one was hit.
A police officer was taken to Resurrection Medical Center with a hand injury. The officer was in good condition. It's not clear how he was injured.
Police conducted a widespread search of the area for the men who fled after the altercation.
Police took one man into custody before midnight but are still looking for the other. Nobody has been charged in connection with the altercation.
A weapon was recovered from the scene
UPDATE:
Boy charged, 1 sought after shots fired during altercation with police on NW Side
Police took a 17-year-old boy into custody before midnight but are still looking for the other. The boy was charged as a juvenile with a misdemeanor count of resisting an officer, possession of a replica firearm and two misdemeanor counts of aggravated assault of an officer
A replica weapon was recovered from the scene