A Chicago police officer fatally shot an armed suspect early Sunday on the Southeast Side.
The officer shot and killed the man about 1 a.m. in the 2300 block of East 85th Street, police said.
Police said the man was pronounced dead on the scene, and two weapons were recovered. The man's identity has not been released, but the Cook County Medical Examiner said the dead man is believed to be in his late 30s.
The Independent Police Review Authority is investigating the shooting.
Then about 7:15 p.m. Sunday, Chicago Police fatally shot a man in the 6800 block of South Aberdeen Street. The armed man confronted officers and a weapon was also recovered at that scene, police said.
The second dead suspect is believed to be in his 20s, the medical examiner's office said.
•A DOLTON MAN is dead Sunday.
His identitiy has not yet been revealed. He was fatally shot at 225 Riverside Drive and pronounced dead at Ingalls Memorial Hospital in Harvey at 3:25 a.m., the Cook County Medical Examiner said.
The man is believed to be in his 30s. Dolton police will not comment. Officials have no clues and no suspects.
•A POSSIBLE DRUG-RELATED SHOOTING left a man injured. Police are investigating the West Side Sunday morning incident.
About 8:30 a.m., the victim was found shot inside a residence in the 5000 block of West Gladys Avenue, police News Affairs Officer John Henry said. The incident was possibly drug-related, Henry said.
The man is in Mount Sinai Hospital in "stable" condition, Henry said.
The shooter is unknown. Officials have no clues and no suspects.
•LATASHA BARNSLATER, 19, of Merrillville and her cousin, Chante Latrice Stinson, are in jail and a 6-month-old baby in protective after the pair allegedly mugged a woman with a crowbar in a grocery parking lot and led police on a high-speed chase with the infant in the getaway car.
Police said Barnslater drove Stinson, of Sauk Village, Ill., and a friend to the Jewel parking lot on U.S. 41, where Stinson struck a 53-year-old woman on the head and arm with a "crowbar or tire iron" and then took the woman's purse.
"It was pretty shocking what all happened, and even more so that there was a 6-month-old baby in the back seat the whole time," Dyer Police Sgt. Dan Hein said.
Stinson told police she and her friend had gone into the Jewel bathroom and discussed snatching a purse as a way to get money. Her friend pointed to the victim walking alone from the store and Stinson took the crowbar from the car, "tapped" the victim on the head and snatched the purse, police said.
After the incident, Stinson ran to a white Dodge Neon driven by Barnslater and the three women took off. Officer Jerry Patrick pulled the Neon over on U.S. 41 and Deer Creek, where he scuffled with Barnslater, who was subdued by a second officer, who Tasered her.
As officers struggled with Barnslater, Stinson slid from the passenger seat into the driver's seat and sped away with the third girl and Stinson's son still in the backseat.
•MARTELL JONES, 10 years old, is dead after being hit by a car Saturday night in the Austin neighborhood.
The boy was hit by a vehicle in the 4900 block of West Chicago Avenue about 7:40 p.m., police News Affairs Officer David Banks said. Jones, of 4852 W. Cortez street, was prpounced dead at 8:15 p.m. he was hit after walking into the flow of traffic, according to Banks, who said the accident has not been classified as a hit-and-run.
The boy was initially taken to John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County in critical condition, Banks said.
•TWO MEN were shot while driving on a West Side street Saturday night. As soon as the driver of the car was shot in the back, he lost control of the car and crashed.
About 10:10 p.m., the men were driving at West Chicago and North Kilpatrick avenues, according to police News Affairs Officer David Banks, when they were shot. The passenger was hit in the shoulder. The men's identities and ages have not yet been revealed.
The passenger is "good" condition, Banks said, while the driver's condition has not been releasedy.
Because of the subsequent police investigation at the scene, the CTA's No. 66 Chicago bus was rerouted around the crime scene, according to a CTA passenger alert.
Grand Central Area detectives are investigating.Officials have no clues and no suspects.
•MARIO BUTLER was fatally shot early Saturday while driving in the South Chicago neighborhood.
Butler, of 8131 S. Coles Ave., was pronounced dead at Northwestern Memorial Hospital at 4:24 a.m., according to the Cook County Medical Examiner. Butler was driving south on Exchange Avenue when he was shot by one or more gunmen – the gunmen were pedestrians -- on foot near 80th Street about 3:35 a.m., police said.
Calumet Area detectives are investigating. Officials have no clues and no suspects.
•DARYL SAWYER is dead after being shot while standing on a street in the South Chicago neighborhood early Saturday.
Sawyer, of 17820 Ridgewood Dr. in Hazel Crest, was pronounced dead at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn at 9:26 a.m., the Cook County Medical Examiner's office said.
Police responded to a shooting at 8401 S. Colfax Ave. about 3:30 a.m. Saturday, police News Affairs Officer JoAnn Taylor said.
Sawyer, 31, was shot in the back as he stood on the street, according to Taylor, who said a gunman approached Sawyer on foot and shot him. He was initially taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center.
Calumet Area detectives are investigating. Officials have no clues and no suspects.
• GEORGE HUFF, 66, beaten to death Friday night in the Englewood neighborhood, is being investigated
Police responded to a battery victim at 63rd Street and Ashland Avenue about 11:55 p.m., according to police News Affairs Officer JoAnn Taylor.
Huff, of 154 W. 61st St., was pronounced dead at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn at 12:37 a.m., the Cook County Medical Examiner said.
An autopsy Saturday ruled Huff died from a laceration of vertebral artery, blunt cranial trauma and assault, the medical examiner said. His death is ruled a homicide.Officials have no clues and no suspects.
• A 15-year-old boy was shot early Saturday in the South Side’s Englewood neighborhood.
An unidentified gunman shot the boy about 1:05 a.m. in the 2100 block of West 70th Place, police said. The victim is in Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in “good” condition with a gunshot wound to the abdomen, police said. He said he did not know hte shooter.
Wentworth Area detectives are investigating.Officials have no clues and no suspects.
• RICHARD FONSECA HERNANDEZ, 9 months old, died in April. Officials have ruled the Joliet infant was killed by blunt force trauma and his death has been ruled a homicide.
The findings came from the Will County Coroner's office. He died on April 11 at Provena Saint Joseph Medical Center in Joliet.
Will County Sheriff's police are investigating. Officials have no clues and no suspects.
• JUAN TORRES is dead following a shooting Friday night in the Humboldt Park neighborhood.
Torres, 35, was pronounced dead at John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County at 7:50 p.m., according to a Cook County Medical Examiner, who said Torres suffered multiple gunshot wounds at Campbell and Potomac avenues. Torres' home address was not revealed.
Grand Central Area detectives are investigating. Offcials have no clues and no suspects.
•TWO MEN WERE CRITICALLY WOUNDED after being shot while sitting on a West Side porch.
The men were sitting in the 3900 block of West Fillmore Street when a man approached on foot and shot them, police said. Harrison District police said the men did not know the shooter.
The 24-year-old man is in "guarded" condition at Mount Sinai Hospital with gunshot wounds to his abdomen, back and leg. The 31-year-old victim is also in "guarded" condition at Mount Sinai with gunshot wounds to the back, leg and foot.
The gunman, described only as a black man in his 30s, fled the scene after the shooting. Harrison Area detectives are investigating. Officials have no clues and no suspects.
• MICHAEL TYNER, 32, is dead, killed while attempting to defend his recently stabbed wife. Tyner was fatally shot early Friday in the Englewood neighborhood. Police say they are continuing to interview witnesses and no charges have been filed against the gunman and stabber.
Tyne, of 2238 W. Marquette Ave., was pronounced dead at Saint Bernard Hospital, said the Cook County Medical Examiner. An autopsy reveals Tyner died from a gunshot wound to the chest, the medical examiner said. His death has been ruled a homicide.
Tyner's wife was stabbed in the ear during an argument with another woman in the 6400 block of South Justine Street. Tyner was trying to help his wife when he was fatally shot by a 22-year-old man, police said.
The gunman and stabber were taken into police custody following the shooting, police said. Police are continuing to talk to witnesses in the case, according to police News Affairs Officer JoAnn Taylor said, who said no charges have been filed.
Tyner is in “good” condition at Saint Bernard Hospital, police said.
The relationship between the female attacker and the gunman is not known, police said, nor it known if the two groups knew each other.
Wentworth Area detectives are investigating.
•JOHN NORRIS, a Valparaiso man who first told lawmen he discovered his fiancee’s body, is now charged with her murder.
Investigators say it appears to have stemmed from a fight about a stranger who visited their apartment.
The Porter County Prosecutor's Office charges Norris, 48, with the murder of Elizabeth A. Lepucki. If convicted, he could get a 20- to 30-year sentence. He already had been arrested and charged for not registering as a convicted sex offender.
Valparaiso police arrested Norris shortly after hed called 911 for Lepucki about 6:30 a.m. Thursday because she was unconscious. She was taken to Porter Memorial Hospital, then flown to University of Chicago Hospitals, where she died at 9:37 p.m. from blunt force trauma to the head and the resulting brain injury. The autopsy confirmed the report.
While she was hospitalized, police learned Norris had failed to register as a sex offender after he moved into Valparaiso with Lepucki about three months ago.
Norris was convicted of sexual battery in July 2002 when he lived in Gary. Failure to register is a Class D felony, which carries up to three years in prison.
According to court records, Norris admitted to the slaying during questioning, saying "I did it" and "I killed her." He later told police a man named Isaac had come home with him from a gas station to use the phone and Isaac brought beer.
The man shared his beer with Lepucki and began flirting with her, Norris told police. After Norris returned from the bathroom, he saw them kissing and told Isaac to leave the apartment.
During a heated conversation with her, Lepucki teased him and told him that Isaac kissed better, Norris told police. He slapped her, then they went into the bedroom, where "she was saying some 'raw' things," he told lawmen.
He said he slapped her again, and she spun and fell, hitting her head on the dresser and wall. They fought on the bed for a while before turning passionate and having sex, he said. Then he left the room to eat dinner.
Norris also told another story about how he returned home and she'd been drinking, they had sex and he found her unconscious the next morning.
Prior to the alleged confession, police found that Norris had called Lepucki's employer at 5:50 a.m. Thursday and told them she was in a car accident the day before but was released from the hospital. He allegedly said he found her unconscious in the morning and was going to take her to the hospital.
When she was at the hospital, tests showed no presence of alcohol or drugs, court documents state. A Porter doctor told police she had multiple broken facial bones, significant brain swelling and was comatose.
Digital photos taken by police show extreme swelling on the left side of her face, a left eye swollen shut, bruises and abrasions on her neck and bruises on her arms and legs, police stated.
A warrant search of the apartment with Indiana State Police turned up torn and bloody bedclothes that were hidden, apparent blood on the bed and bedroom walls, and a large clump of what looked like human hair in the kitchen trash can.
An area of broken drywall in the bedroom had been concealed with a bag, the report said.
• POLICE RELEASED a woman in custody for a fatal stabbing after the Cook County State’s Attorney's office rejected charges, cruling self-defense.
Police responded to West 64th Street and South Rockwell Avenue for a domestic disturbance, according to News Affairs Officer JoAnn Taylor. An argument between Grant and the woman turned physical, and Grant was stabbed, Taylor said. Police did not know whether the woman was Grant's girlfriend, but said their relationship qualified as being domestic.
Ronald Grant, 29, of 6456 S. Fairfield Ave., was stabbed at 6400 S. Rockwell and pronounced dead at 1:55 p.m. at Holy Cross Hospital, the Cook County Medical Examiner said.
An autopsy reveals Grant died from a stab wound to the abdomen and the medical examiner ruled thwe death as a homicide.
The woman was taken into custody following the stabbing, but the state's attorney's office rejected charges, according to Taylor, who said the state felt the stabbing was in self-defense.
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