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Charges have been dropped against Carlishia Hood and her 14-year-old son in a murder case after video evidence showed the man they shot had physically assaulted her

‘You have the right to use deadly force to stop that force against another person, and that’s exactly what happened in this case,’ legal analyst says

Hood filed the lawsuit against the City of Chicago and the five officers for malicious prosecution, false arrest and intentional infliction of emotional distress. 

Attorneys for 35-year-old Carlishia Hood announced the lawsuit Tuesday morning, claiming the arrest of Hood and her son was an “obvious rush to judgment” by police following the fatal June 18 shooting.

The man was shot twice in the back, reports say.

The Cook County State's Attorney's Office is dropping charges against 2 accused in a Chicago shooting at a Halsted hot dog stand in West Pullman.

Murder charges have been dropped against a mother and her son accused of killing a man during a fight inside a restaurant on June 18 in the West Pullman neighborhood.

According to reports, prosecutors in Cook County have dropped the charges against a 35-year-woman named Carlisha Hood and her son after they were c...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Cook County prosecutors have been dropped A woman and her 14-year-old son have been charged with murder Earlier this month, a man was

Kim Foxx's office has dropped all charges against a woman and her 14-year-old son after they were charged with murdering a man.