Post by Admin on Dec 2, 2015 5:24:44 GMT
Boy, 17, shot to death by police on Southwest Side identified
WRITTEN BY MITCHELL ARMENTROUT POSTED: 10/21/2014
chicago.suntimes.com/crime/7/71/145458/boy-17-shot-to-death-by-police-on-southwest-side-identified
A 17-year-old boy who was shot to death by a Chicago Police officer Monday night on the Southwest Side has been identified.
Laquan McDonald of the 500 block of North Springfield was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
An autopsy Tuesday found he died of multiple gunshot wounds and his death was ruled a homicide, according to the medical examiner’s office.
About 9:45 p.m. Monday, Chicago Lawn District officers received a call about a person breaking into cars in the 4100 block of South Karlov, according to a statement from Chicago Police.
Officers found the 17-year-old “with a strange gaze about him” carrying a knife which he refused to drop when police ordered him to do so, Fraternal Order of Police spokesman Pat Camden said.
The teen used the knife to puncture the front passenger-side tire of a squad car and damage its front windshield before leading officers on a foot chase, police said.
Other officers used a squad car to try and box the boy in against a fence near 41st and Pulaski, Camden said. An officer shot him in the chest when he “refused to comply with orders to drop the knife and continued to approach the officers,” police said.
No officers were injured, and a knife was recovered, officials said.
The Independent Police Review Authority is investigating.
OTHER CRIME:
17-year-old boy shot in Gresham
chicago.suntimes.com/crime/7/71/1145433/17-year-old-boy-shot-gresham
WRITTEN BY SUN-TIMES WIRE POSTED: 12/01/2015, 08:33PM
A 17-year-old boy was shot in the side Tuesday evening in the South Side Gresham neighborhood.
The shooting happened about 6:40 p.m. in the 1600 block of West 79th Street, according to preliminary information from Chicago Police.
The boy was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn but additional details were not immediately available.
Man wounded in Englewood shooting
chicago.suntimes.com/crime/7/71/1145426/man-wounded-englewood-shooting-8
WRITTEN BY SUN-TIMES WIRE POSTED: 12/01/2015, 08:28PM
A man showed up at a South Side hospital after being shot in the foot Tuesday evening in Englewood.
About 6:35 p.m., the 28-year-old walked into St. Bernard Hospital with a gunshot wound, according to Chicago Police.
He told investigators he had been standing outside in the 7300 block of South Stewart when someone in a passing vehicle started shooting, police said.
3 shot in Albany Park
chicago.suntimes.com/crime/7/71/1145421/3-shot-albany-park
WRITTEN BY SAM CHARLES POSTED: 12/01/2015, 08:23PM
Three people were shot in the Albany Park neighborhood Tuesday night on the Northwest Side.
Two 25-year-old men and a boy — whose age was not immediately known — were shot about 7:40 p.m. in the doorway of a building in the 4600 block of North Central Park Avenue, according to preliminary information from Chicago Police.
One man was shot in the hand, while the other was shot in the leg, police said. Both were taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center. The boy was shot in the leg and taken to St. Francis Hospital in Evanston. The conditions of all three had stabilized, police said.
A man who has lived on the same block as the shooting for six years was outside with family members as police investigated. He said he called police after hearing six gunshots.
The 29-year-old, who did not want to be named, said he is trying to move somewhere else with his wife and child.
“I work armed security at 71st and Jeffrey and it’s crazy down there,” he said. “Now I get it at home.”
The shooting occurred one day after a man was shot and critically wounded near the Kimball Brown Line station a few blocks away. Officers could not say if the two shootings were connected because the three victims from Tuesday’s shooting were not cooperating with investigators.
Teen shot in South Austin
chicago.suntimes.com/crime/7/71/1145171/teen-shot-south-austin-2
WRITTEN BY SUN-TIMES WIRE POSTED: 12/01/2015, 06:30PM
A 17-year-old boy was shot in the leg Tuesday evening in the South Austin neighborhood on the West Side.
The shooting happened about 5:30 p.m. in the 5100 block of West Madison, according to Chicago Police.
He suffered a gunshot wound to the leg and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where his condition was stabilized, police said.
Details weren’t immediately available, but a police source said the shooting likely was gang-related.
WRITTEN BY MITCHELL ARMENTROUT POSTED: 10/21/2014
chicago.suntimes.com/crime/7/71/145458/boy-17-shot-to-death-by-police-on-southwest-side-identified
A 17-year-old boy who was shot to death by a Chicago Police officer Monday night on the Southwest Side has been identified.
Laquan McDonald of the 500 block of North Springfield was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
An autopsy Tuesday found he died of multiple gunshot wounds and his death was ruled a homicide, according to the medical examiner’s office.
About 9:45 p.m. Monday, Chicago Lawn District officers received a call about a person breaking into cars in the 4100 block of South Karlov, according to a statement from Chicago Police.
Officers found the 17-year-old “with a strange gaze about him” carrying a knife which he refused to drop when police ordered him to do so, Fraternal Order of Police spokesman Pat Camden said.
The teen used the knife to puncture the front passenger-side tire of a squad car and damage its front windshield before leading officers on a foot chase, police said.
Other officers used a squad car to try and box the boy in against a fence near 41st and Pulaski, Camden said. An officer shot him in the chest when he “refused to comply with orders to drop the knife and continued to approach the officers,” police said.
No officers were injured, and a knife was recovered, officials said.
The Independent Police Review Authority is investigating.
OTHER CRIME:
17-year-old boy shot in Gresham
chicago.suntimes.com/crime/7/71/1145433/17-year-old-boy-shot-gresham
WRITTEN BY SUN-TIMES WIRE POSTED: 12/01/2015, 08:33PM
A 17-year-old boy was shot in the side Tuesday evening in the South Side Gresham neighborhood.
The shooting happened about 6:40 p.m. in the 1600 block of West 79th Street, according to preliminary information from Chicago Police.
The boy was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn but additional details were not immediately available.
Man wounded in Englewood shooting
chicago.suntimes.com/crime/7/71/1145426/man-wounded-englewood-shooting-8
WRITTEN BY SUN-TIMES WIRE POSTED: 12/01/2015, 08:28PM
A man showed up at a South Side hospital after being shot in the foot Tuesday evening in Englewood.
About 6:35 p.m., the 28-year-old walked into St. Bernard Hospital with a gunshot wound, according to Chicago Police.
He told investigators he had been standing outside in the 7300 block of South Stewart when someone in a passing vehicle started shooting, police said.
3 shot in Albany Park
chicago.suntimes.com/crime/7/71/1145421/3-shot-albany-park
WRITTEN BY SAM CHARLES POSTED: 12/01/2015, 08:23PM
Three people were shot in the Albany Park neighborhood Tuesday night on the Northwest Side.
Two 25-year-old men and a boy — whose age was not immediately known — were shot about 7:40 p.m. in the doorway of a building in the 4600 block of North Central Park Avenue, according to preliminary information from Chicago Police.
One man was shot in the hand, while the other was shot in the leg, police said. Both were taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center. The boy was shot in the leg and taken to St. Francis Hospital in Evanston. The conditions of all three had stabilized, police said.
A man who has lived on the same block as the shooting for six years was outside with family members as police investigated. He said he called police after hearing six gunshots.
The 29-year-old, who did not want to be named, said he is trying to move somewhere else with his wife and child.
“I work armed security at 71st and Jeffrey and it’s crazy down there,” he said. “Now I get it at home.”
The shooting occurred one day after a man was shot and critically wounded near the Kimball Brown Line station a few blocks away. Officers could not say if the two shootings were connected because the three victims from Tuesday’s shooting were not cooperating with investigators.
Teen shot in South Austin
chicago.suntimes.com/crime/7/71/1145171/teen-shot-south-austin-2
WRITTEN BY SUN-TIMES WIRE POSTED: 12/01/2015, 06:30PM
A 17-year-old boy was shot in the leg Tuesday evening in the South Austin neighborhood on the West Side.
The shooting happened about 5:30 p.m. in the 5100 block of West Madison, according to Chicago Police.
He suffered a gunshot wound to the leg and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where his condition was stabilized, police said.
Details weren’t immediately available, but a police source said the shooting likely was gang-related.