Man charged with fatally capturing rival gang member in

A person went house after being shot at, modified garments and gunned down a rival gang member in Brighton Park over the summer season, prosecutors mentioned. Carlos Rueda, 22, and someone else allegedly opened hearth on 3 males about 1:10 p.m. on Aug. 16 in an alley within the 3000 block of West 44th Street, consistent with a bond proffer ready via Cook County prosecutors. Alexis Rivera suffered two gunshot wounds to his again and died at Mount Sinai Hospital, prosecutors mentioned. The different males, 19 and 20, have been additionally wounded within the capturing. Rueda, charged with first-degree homicide, used to be ordered held with out bail at a listening to Monday, prosecutors mentioned. He is a

Coronavirus in Chicago: second Chicago Fire Department member

A 2nd member of the Chicago Fire Department has examined sure for coronavirus, hearth officers introduced Wednesday. The CFD was once alerted to the case by way of a “local health care facility,” and the member is being handled at a sanatorium, in keeping with CFD spokesman Larry Langford. Those in shut touch had been recommended to self-quarantine as a precaution. Langford showed that the member is on “the EMS side of things,” however declined to divulge their rank. However, he additionally mentioned that officers imagine the individual didn't select up the virus whilst at the activity. “We think the greater chance is that it is not a patient who transmitted the virus, based on how [the member] interacts

DePaul University college member, University of Chicago

A school member of DePaul University and a pupil of the University of Chicago’s trade college have examined sure for coronavirus. DePaul introduced Wednesday {that a} college member who works on the 1150 W. Fullerton construction examined sure for COVID-19. The construction, which homes the varsity’s Art, Media and Design division, its Health Services Clinic and a Chicago Public Library department, is closed Wednesday for cleansing. DePaul mentioned the college member was once ultimate within the construction on Sunday with any individual now not from DePaul, who additionally examined sure for the virus. Separately, the University of Chicago Booth School of Business introduced Tuesday {that a} pupil dwelling off-campus examined sure for coronavirus. The pupil, who's the college’s first showed case

Gang member who shot ATF agent within the head will get greater than 16

A federal choose in Chicago sentenced a gang member to greater than 16 years in jail for capturing an ATF agent within the head final yr. A jury convicted Ernesto Godinez, 29, in June for the high-profile May 2018 capturing of ATF agent Kevin Crump. The capturing occurred early within the morning, when just a few individuals might be seen wandering the world within the Back of the Yards the place it occurred. Federal brokers had been attempting to switch a monitoring system on a automobile within the 4400 block of South Hermitage. They might be seen on surveillance video, and so may Godinez, who was noticed scurrying into a close-by gangway. Moments later, 5