Bridgeport murder: Man discovered fatally shot on Benson

Police have launched two other folks puzzled after a 38-year-old guy was once discovered fatally shot Sunday in Bridgeport at the Southwest Side. Officers answered to a ShotSpotter alert about 12:50 a.m. within the 3100 block of South Benson Street and located the person unresponsive, Chicago police mentioned. He had gunshot wounds to the pinnacle, torso, hand and again and was once pronounced useless at Stroger Hospital. The Cook County scientific examiner’s administrative center hasn’t launched information about his demise. Investigators don’t have any witnesses, however two other folks observed rushing clear of the scene in a automobile had been taken in for wondering, police mentioned. They had been later launched with out being charged. The incident was once Chicago’s first

Pilsen, Chinatown, Bridgeport: Armed robberies reported in

Chicago police are warning residents of 4 armed robberies reported in January in Near West Side neighborhoods. In every incident, somebody flashes a handgun and calls for the sufferer’s cellular phone and pockets, Chicago police mentioned in a neighborhood alert. The robberies occurred: About 12:30 a.m. Jan. 22, within the 600 block of West 33rd Street; About 1:55 a.m. Jan. 22, within the 2200 block of South Archer Avenue; About three p.m. Jan. 28, within the 2000 block of South Ruble Street; and About 6:20 a.m. Jan. 29, within the 1800 block of West 21st Street. Anyone with info is requested to contact Area Central detectives at 312-747-8380.