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there is a connection between the doctor and the shooter or what the motive was. we will have the latest details as they become available. many chicagoans consider it a vital crime fighting tool. the caps program could be headed for a major shake up with police officers being pulled out of the program. wgns julian crews is live in the west loop with details in whats going on with caps. >> reporter: good afternoon. for nearly two decades now the community policing program or caps fo...

murder of a classmate. as the family of 16-year-old deantonio goss make funeral arrangements, police are moving fast in this case. the first murder of a cps student in the new school year. goss and an 18-year-old classmate were shot multiple times just blocks from the school as they walked home after classes. goss died soon after and the other student remains hospitalized. witnesses say the deadly violence was preceded by an argument in the school cafeteria hours earlier. the victims f...

already there is the same ol deadly violence. >> everybody getting killed. >> reporter: thats because bowen high students are mourning the death of 16-year- old deantonio goss. sophomore was with a friend when he was shot and killed near 86 and south saginaw just after classes yesterday. the 18-year-old friend remains hospitalized in critical condition. the boys were just blocks away from the school. >> just didnt have to shove your child to walk two blocks home from school. its just a...

envious. >> steinbrenner was a passionate outspoken and medalsome owner. he fired managers on a whim and paid huge salaries for big name players. but the team won 11 pennants and seven world series under his ownership. took control of the yankees to his sons three years ago. authorities say steinbrenner suffered a massive heart attack in his home in tampa, florida, this morning. >> and in other news, lawyers for rod blagojevich may get the time out they are asking for. the judge in the...

it was spring of 2005 when a nine-year-olds were found stabbed multiple times their bodies lying side by side in the park. within days laura hobbs own father was charged with the heinous crime. case remained dormant for years when 21-year-old jorge torres dna was entered into the data base. it was a match with the dna found on hobbs. he was charged with multiple counts of criminal sexual assault. his family confirms he was living in zion in 2005 and a close family friend of one of the ...

avenue. 83-year-old lewis rocca was accompanied by his 80-year-old wife and an officer when he returned to the scene of the attack. he did not want to talk about the incident which brought police rushing to the home at around 4:35 this morning. the couple woke up to an intruder in their bedroom. he was said to be dressed in all black with a skeleton mask. the man was hit in the head with a baseball bat. his wife was not hurt and not clear if the intruder got away with anything. inciden...

loo is live with details. >> reporter: good afternoon. the mayor was here to unveil his new gun ordinance just awhile ago. and now it appears poised to speed through the full city council like a bullet. aldermen are set to debate and vote on it tomorrow. >> our new ordinance allows a two step process to own and register a hand gun. >> this morning mayor daley was deliberate in outlining the citys new responsible gun ownership ordinance. flanked by over a dozen city aldermen, community ...

the paper work has been completed today, john burge is free to return to his home in florida. immediately. as soon as they are finished he will be able to go back and to await his sentencing. >> john burge was back in court today for a bond hearing the government wanted to amend burges standing bond to include electronic monitoring. burges attorney came up with a count proper posele. jeff burge, burges brother, put his chicago home up for collateral. so substantially increasing $275,00...

convict former enron ceo jeffrey skilling. >> in her opinion justice ruth bader ginsburg wrote that prosecutors may continue to seek honest services fraud convictions in cases where evidence shows that defendants acceptd bribes or kickbacks. that is something that did not happen in the skilling case or in the case of former sometimes newspaper magnet conrad black. what does the ruling mean for blagojevich who was on trial right now? wgns julie unruh is live in the loop at the trial. ...

a very smart, beautiful and well behaved young girl. the hit-and-run happened in the 2500 block of east 79th street just after 6:00 last night. police say the girl was crossing 79th going north when a white 93 chevy van going east struck her. the van dragged her several feet before stopping. when a crowd grand to approach the van, the driver got nervous and took off. witnesses were able to get a license plate number. police tracked that plate to 18 and kedzie where they waited for the ...