Two people were killed, and seventeen others wounded Wednesday in Chicago, including a 16-year-old boy who was shot to death in Roseland on the Far South Side.
The
Chicago Sun-Timesreports the first of the two fatalities occurred around 2:20 p.m. when a 21-year-old who was shot and killed as he was sitting in a vehicle.
The vehicle was located “in the 7500 block of South Chappel Avenue,” and WGN-TV reports another vehicle pulled close and a passenger opened fire.
The 21-year-old died at the scene.
Wednesday’s second fatality occurred just after 6 p.m., when a 16-year-old was shot in the head while inside a home located “in the first block of East 113th Place.”
The teen died at the scene.
The
Chicago Tribunenotes 1,298 people were shot in Chicago January 1, 2021, through May 24, 2001.
Man beheaded corpse inside South Shore apartment where saw was found: prosecutors
By Sun-Times Media Wire
Eric Bryant | Chicago police
CHICAGO - A man is charged with decapitating the corpse of a woman whose body was discovered inside a
South Shore apartment last summer, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting.
Kimiko Armstrong’s headless body was found wrapped in plastic and bedding when
Chicago police officers conducted a wellbeing check July 23 at an apartment in the 7400 block of South Chappel Avenue, Cook County prosecutors said in court Thursday.
It remains unclear exactly how Armstrong, 61, died, prosecutors said.
Narcotics were found in Armstrong’s body, which had been decomposing inside the home, but no obvious trauma was discovered, prosecutors said.