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morning attack. riverdale police have yet to comment or release details on exactly what happened here. it's not clear if the murdered man was deliberately targeted or simply the random victim of and ent crime friends family converge on the crime scene near 144 street and clark and south suburban riverdale. the place where melvin burnside lived for decades in this quiet and well tended residential neighborhood. >> he was nice to everybody. he gave everybody anything they asked for. i don't know who would want to hurt my dad. >> neighbors heard a single gunshot close to 2:30 this morni...

one of the victims, the lake and will county sheriffs are earn urging anyone with information to contact them immediately. authorities believe he is a man in his 40s driving a light colored chevy cheyenne pick up truck with indiana plates which was last seen on tuesday in lowell soon after the shootings of three men in illinois and indiana. one victim was killed. two others hospitalized. police are hoping someone will be able to identify the killer. and we heard from will county sheriff roy dominguez urging people to hopefully be able to recognize that suspect from the sketch. and so...

wgn's muriel clair is live at cook county criminal court with that story. >> reporter: good afternoon. acid victim espiranza medina is in the courthouse. she is waiting to be called into the courtroom. she in earlier interviews this week promised she would wear a black dress. a black sleeveless dress and she is wearing one with cut low in the back and cut low in the front. so that her scars are in full display for the two women who allegedly planned the assault on her that caused her to be disfigured for life. espiranza medina is the prosecution's star witness. and they are holding h...

in this case both whom are in custody walked into the courtroom this morning calmly looking out at the crowd of spectators to connect with family and friends who may be among them. and garcia immediately connected with someone and began smiling and waiving and blowing kisses before she finally took her seat at the defense table. garcia and her co-defendant, 37- year-old maria garcia overra are charged with planning an acid attack on espiranza medina and hiring three teenagers to carry it out. it happened in july of 2008. victim espiranza medina, a social worker was on her way to work...

the incident happened at 11:30 last night at 1100 block of west dicons near depaul. police say the attacker is 19 years old. lives on the south side and sources say he has been known -- is a known sexual predator. victim is a 28-year-old woman. her neighbor called police when he found a purse on the back stairway of their apartment building. when police arrived they noticed an open wingdo and found the woman being raped inside. we spoke with the sister of the young man who called for help when he spotted the victim's handbag. >> what he thought it was maybe someone stolen the purse, ...