Nearly $158,000 raised for Chicago-area beating victim
CHICAGO — People from across the U.S. have sent gifts and nearly $158,000 has been raised for a white Chicago-area mentally disabled teenager who was shown live on Facebook being beaten by four black people.A spokesman for the youth's family tells the Chicago Tribune that the outpouring has been "heartwarming." Neal Strom says several groups have reached out since last week's incident, including police officers from Buffalo, New York.Strom said he is working with the victim's family to manage proceeds from the online fundraising effort .
CHICAGO — People from across the U.S. have sent gifts and nearly $158,000 has been raised for a white Chicago-area mentally disabled teenager who was shown live on Facebook being beaten by four black people.A spokesman for the youth's family tells the Chicago Tribune that the outpouring has been "heartwarming." Neal Strom says several groups have reached out since last week's incident, including police officers from Buffalo, New York.Strom said he is working with the victim's family to manage proceeds from the online fundraising effort .
Judge refuses to release 4 accused of beating disabled youth
CHICAGO — A Chicago judge has refused to allow four black people recorded by a cellphone taunting and beating a mentally disabled white youth to leave jail, saying they are accused of such "terrible actions" that they are a danger to society.Cook County Circuit Judge Maria Kuriakos Ciesil rebuked them during a Friday court appearance, asking: "Where was your sense of decency?"The beating of an 18-year-old youth was captured on video by one of the assailants and has since been viewed millions of times on social media.
CHICAGO — A Chicago judge has refused to allow four black people recorded by a cellphone taunting and beating a mentally disabled white youth to leave jail, saying they are accused of such "terrible actions" that they are a danger to society.Cook County Circuit Judge Maria Kuriakos Ciesil rebuked them during a Friday court appearance, asking: "Where was your sense of decency?"The beating of an 18-year-old youth was captured on video by one of the assailants and has since been viewed millions of times on social media.
GoFundMe for victim tortured on Facebook Live reaches more than $70K
CHICAGO -- Donations for the mentally disabled victim who was bound, beaten and tortured during a Facebook Live broadcast in Chicago surpassed $70,000 on the website GoFundMe Friday evening.Bartlett Jackson, a GoFundMe regional communications manager, confirmed to the Associated Press that the account is legitimate, and that the creator has been working with the young man's family.The GoFundMe campaign called "Let's show the Chicago victim love", which had raised over $44,000 as of Friday morning, reached $70,000 from more than 2,400 donors that evening.Suspects Jordan Hill, Tesfaye Cooper and Brittany Covington, all 18 years old, and 24-year-old Tanishia Covington, are charged with battery, kidnapping and hate crimes in connection to the attack of the 18-year-old victim.Authorities say the suspects tied up the 18-year-old, who is from a Chicago suburb, for four to five hours.
CHICAGO -- Donations for the mentally disabled victim who was bound, beaten and tortured during a Facebook Live broadcast in Chicago surpassed $70,000 on the website GoFundMe Friday evening.Bartlett Jackson, a GoFundMe regional communications manager, confirmed to the Associated Press that the account is legitimate, and that the creator has been working with the young man's family.The GoFundMe campaign called "Let's show the Chicago victim love", which had raised over $44,000 as of Friday morning, reached $70,000 from more than 2,400 donors that evening.Suspects Jordan Hill, Tesfaye Cooper and Brittany Covington, all 18 years old, and 24-year-old Tanishia Covington, are charged with battery, kidnapping and hate crimes in connection to the attack of the 18-year-old victim.Authorities say the suspects tied up the 18-year-old, who is from a Chicago suburb, for four to five hours.
4 charged with hate crime in Facebook Live torture of man with special needs
CHICAGO — Four suspects have been charged in connection with the attack on a special-needs teen that was streamed on Facebook Live.Jordan Hill, 18; Tesfaye Cooper; 18; Brittany Covington, 18; and Tanishia Covington, 24, have each been charged with a hate crime, felony aggravated kidnapping, aggravated unlawful restraint and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.Hill, Cooper and Brittany Covington also face charges of residential burglary.
CHICAGO — Four suspects have been charged in connection with the attack on a special-needs teen that was streamed on Facebook Live.Jordan Hill, 18; Tesfaye Cooper; 18; Brittany Covington, 18; and Tanishia Covington, 24, have each been charged with a hate crime, felony aggravated kidnapping, aggravated unlawful restraint and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.Hill, Cooper and Brittany Covington also face charges of residential burglary.
94-year-old woman beaten, robbed inside her Chicago home
CHICAGO -- Chicago officials are searching for a man who attacked a 94-year-old woman on Chicago's Southwest Side.According to WGN, Josephine Regnier, 94, is in serious but stable condition at a hospital after she was robbed and beaten in her home located near South Long Avenue and West 51st -- in the Garfield Ridge neighborhood in Chicago.
CHICAGO -- Chicago officials are searching for a man who attacked a 94-year-old woman on Chicago's Southwest Side.According to WGN, Josephine Regnier, 94, is in serious but stable condition at a hospital after she was robbed and beaten in her home located near South Long Avenue and West 51st -- in the Garfield Ridge neighborhood in Chicago.
Chicago students allegedly forced to fight in classroom
CHICAGO - Chicago police are investigating after a fight between children inside an elementary school classroom was caught on video and posted to social media.
CHICAGO - Chicago police are investigating after a fight between children inside an elementary school classroom was caught on video and posted to social media.
Disturbing video shows Chicago man beaten as bystanders yell ‘Don’t vote Trump!’
CHICAGO -- Chicago police are now reviewing shocking video from the city's West Side that shows several people pulling a man out of his car and attacking him.The victim, identified as 49-year-old David Wilcox, told the Chicago Tribune that Wednesday's violence started with a minor car accident.Wilcox said one of his attackers was driving a black sedan that scraped the side of his Pontiac Bonneville."I stopped and parked.
CHICAGO -- Chicago police are now reviewing shocking video from the city's West Side that shows several people pulling a man out of his car and attacking him.The victim, identified as 49-year-old David Wilcox, told the Chicago Tribune that Wednesday's violence started with a minor car accident.Wilcox said one of his attackers was driving a black sedan that scraped the side of his Pontiac Bonneville."I stopped and parked.
At least 17 dead in Chicago's street violence over weekend
CHICAGO — At least 17 people were killed and over 40 injured in Chicago's street violence over the weekend.Two Chicago newspapers that analyzed police data from Friday afternoon to early Monday called it 2016's deadliest weekend.
CHICAGO — At least 17 people were killed and over 40 injured in Chicago's street violence over the weekend.Two Chicago newspapers that analyzed police data from Friday afternoon to early Monday called it 2016's deadliest weekend.
Chicago cop says she was afraid to use gun while being severely beaten
CHICAGO – A police officer who is now recovering in the hospital after being badly beaten by an unhinged man said she was afraid to use her weapon because of the scrutiny she would have faced, according to Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson.The officer, publicly identified only as a 17-year veteran, was responding to a car crash in the suburban neighborhood of Austin Wednesday when the attack happened.The officer tried to talk to one of the drivers involved in the crash, a 28-year-old man believed to be high on PCP, when he became violent and struggled with them, Johnson said.
CHICAGO – A police officer who is now recovering in the hospital after being badly beaten by an unhinged man said she was afraid to use her weapon because of the scrutiny she would have faced, according to Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson.The officer, publicly identified only as a 17-year veteran, was responding to a car crash in the suburban neighborhood of Austin Wednesday when the attack happened.The officer tried to talk to one of the drivers involved in the crash, a 28-year-old man believed to be high on PCP, when he became violent and struggled with them, Johnson said.
Doctors save baby of pregnant woman gunned down in Chicago; baby named "Miracle"
CHICAGO -- Doctors saved the baby of a pregnant woman who was shot and killed in the South Chicago neighborhood.19-year-old Parasha Beard was sitting in a car with a 26-year-old man at 87th and Marquette around 6:10 p.m. Sunday, September 18th when someone pulled up in another car and opened fire.Beard was shot in the neck, and the man was shot in the neck and chest.She was pronounced dead at Northwestern Hospital, and the man remains hospitalized in critical condition.Beard's family learned that doctors were able to save her baby, who wasn't due until December.
CHICAGO -- Doctors saved the baby of a pregnant woman who was shot and killed in the South Chicago neighborhood.19-year-old Parasha Beard was sitting in a car with a 26-year-old man at 87th and Marquette around 6:10 p.m. Sunday, September 18th when someone pulled up in another car and opened fire.Beard was shot in the neck, and the man was shot in the neck and chest.She was pronounced dead at Northwestern Hospital, and the man remains hospitalized in critical condition.Beard's family learned that doctors were able to save her baby, who wasn't due until December.
Elderly man robbed, shot while watering lawn in Chicago: "Ridiculous -- You're not even safe in your own yard"
CHICAGO -- A man in Chicago was shot while out watering his lawn -- and the incident was caught on camera.Bullet casings were found scattered on a sun-baked block at 71st and California on Chicago's south side."I heard the gunshot and I ran out here and he was, like, dazed in the street," Lois Walker said.Surveillance video from a neighbor's home shows exactly that.71-year-old Frederico LaGuardia was out watering his front lawn when two men on bicycles rode up and robbed him of his wallet before firing a shot into his abdomen.The video shows the garden hose going airborne -- and the suspects pedaled off."It's just absolutely ridiculous.
CHICAGO -- A man in Chicago was shot while out watering his lawn -- and the incident was caught on camera.Bullet casings were found scattered on a sun-baked block at 71st and California on Chicago's south side."I heard the gunshot and I ran out here and he was, like, dazed in the street," Lois Walker said.Surveillance video from a neighbor's home shows exactly that.71-year-old Frederico LaGuardia was out watering his front lawn when two men on bicycles rode up and robbed him of his wallet before firing a shot into his abdomen.The video shows the garden hose going airborne -- and the suspects pedaled off."It's just absolutely ridiculous.
Dwyane Wade's cousin shot to death while pushing baby stroller
CHICAGO – A Chicago woman related to professional basketball player Dwyane Wade was shot and killed on Chicago's South Side Friday afternoon.
CHICAGO – A Chicago woman related to professional basketball player Dwyane Wade was shot and killed on Chicago's South Side Friday afternoon.
"Suspicious in nature:" Police question person of interest after man, children killed in fire in Chicago
CHICAGO -- Police are questioning an individual in connection with a large fire that happened Tuesday, August 23rd at an apartment building which killed a man and three children.The fire started early Tuesday morning in an apartment building near 81st and South Essex Avenue in the South Chicago neighborhood.According to WGN, a 36-year-old father jumped from a third-story window with his infant daughter in his arms.
CHICAGO -- Police are questioning an individual in connection with a large fire that happened Tuesday, August 23rd at an apartment building which killed a man and three children.The fire started early Tuesday morning in an apartment building near 81st and South Essex Avenue in the South Chicago neighborhood.According to WGN, a 36-year-old father jumped from a third-story window with his infant daughter in his arms.
Landspout near Midway Airport: Chicago records first tornado within city limits since 2006
CHICAGO -- Officials with the National Weather Service, and FOX6's sister station WGN in Chicago say the city recorded its first tornado within city limits since September of 2006 this week -- on Tuesday, August 9th.According to the National Weather Service, a "landspout" formed on a lake breeze boundary on Tuesday afternoon around 4:00 p.m.The National Weather Service says the landspout was spotted by Melanie Harnacke, an FAA contract observer on duty at Midway Airport.It was estimated to have begun at 3:48 p.m. and it dissipated by 3:58 p.m.The National Weather Service reports this was the first tornado within Chicago city limits since a brief F-0 on the campus of Loyola University on September 22nd, 2006.The National Weather Service describes a landspout as follows:"A landspout is a tornado with a narrow, rope-like condensation funnel that forms while the thunderstorm cloud is still growing and there is no rotating updraft - the spinning motion originates near the ground.
CHICAGO -- Officials with the National Weather Service, and FOX6's sister station WGN in Chicago say the city recorded its first tornado within city limits since September of 2006 this week -- on Tuesday, August 9th.According to the National Weather Service, a "landspout" formed on a lake breeze boundary on Tuesday afternoon around 4:00 p.m.The National Weather Service says the landspout was spotted by Melanie Harnacke, an FAA contract observer on duty at Midway Airport.It was estimated to have begun at 3:48 p.m. and it dissipated by 3:58 p.m.The National Weather Service reports this was the first tornado within Chicago city limits since a brief F-0 on the campus of Loyola University on September 22nd, 2006.The National Weather Service describes a landspout as follows:"A landspout is a tornado with a narrow, rope-like condensation funnel that forms while the thunderstorm cloud is still growing and there is no rotating updraft - the spinning motion originates near the ground.
Chief Flynn takes part in crime and policing summit in Chicago after deadliest day of shootings in 13 years
MILWAUKEE -- Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn was in Chicago Wednesday, August 10th for a crime and policing summit.The meeting at the University of Chicago came after the deadliest day of shootings in Chicago in 13 years.On Monday, August 8th, nine people were killed across the city.Flynn and other top police officials from nearly a dozen other major cities discussed national crime trends and the problems many departments face."If we were to draw and ellipsis and a density map around our highest poverty neighbors with our highest rate of unemployment, highest rate of school drop outs and the highest number of abandoned homes, that ellipsis would be the location of our highest rates of violence.
MILWAUKEE -- Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn was in Chicago Wednesday, August 10th for a crime and policing summit.The meeting at the University of Chicago came after the deadliest day of shootings in Chicago in 13 years.On Monday, August 8th, nine people were killed across the city.Flynn and other top police officials from nearly a dozen other major cities discussed national crime trends and the problems many departments face."If we were to draw and ellipsis and a density map around our highest poverty neighbors with our highest rate of unemployment, highest rate of school drop outs and the highest number of abandoned homes, that ellipsis would be the location of our highest rates of violence.
AP source: Site for Barack Obama's presidential library chosen
CHICAGO -- A person familiar with the selection process says an exact location for President Barack Obama's presidential library has been chosen.The individual tells The Associated press that Obama and first lady Michelle Obama have selected Jackson Park on Chicago's South Side for the library and presidential center.The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the individual wasn't authorized to discuss the choice before a formal announcement.Jackson Park is near the University of Chicago, where Obama once taught constitutional law.
CHICAGO -- A person familiar with the selection process says an exact location for President Barack Obama's presidential library has been chosen.The individual tells The Associated press that Obama and first lady Michelle Obama have selected Jackson Park on Chicago's South Side for the library and presidential center.The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the individual wasn't authorized to discuss the choice before a formal announcement.Jackson Park is near the University of Chicago, where Obama once taught constitutional law.
Chicago police officer shot near Soldier Field; suspect fatally shot by police
CHICAGO -- A Chicago police officer was shot Thursday evening, July 21st while working in an affluent area on the city's South Side.Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi says the officer was shot in the "lower body." Guglieimi said the officer suffered non-life threatening injuries.
CHICAGO -- A Chicago police officer was shot Thursday evening, July 21st while working in an affluent area on the city's South Side.Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi says the officer was shot in the "lower body." Guglieimi said the officer suffered non-life threatening injuries.
"Cure Violence:" Chicago-based group training "interrupters" in Milwaukee
MILWAUKEE -- When it comes to preventing future violence in the city, some help has come to Milwaukee.
MILWAUKEE -- When it comes to preventing future violence in the city, some help has come to Milwaukee.
WGN shares incredible video of gorilla rescuing three-year-old boy who fell into pit in 1996
CINCINNATI/CHICAGO -- The incident Saturday, May 28th at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens in Cincinnati, Ohio has reminded some of the incredible rescue of a boy who fell into the gorilla enclosure at the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago nearly 20 years ago.WGN on Sunday, May 29th shared video of that rescue, which happened back on August 19th, 1996.According to WGN, the boy, whose name was never released publicly, slipped away from his mother and climbed through a barrier at the Western Lowland Gorilla Pit at the Brookfield Zoo.A female gorilla named Binti Jua made headlines around the world after she cradled the three-year-old boy who fell nearly 20 feet into her enclosure.Stunned spectators and employees looked on as Binti Jua, who was eight years old at the time, picked up the boy's lifeless body and cradled him for several minutes and then carried him to safety.Zoo workers who witnessed the rescue say they will never forget it.Binti Jua carried her own baby, 17-month-old Koola, on her back during the entire ordeal.The video of the rescue, recorded by an onlooker, went viral around the world.Binti Jua, who still lives at the Brookfield Zoo, became an international sensation.According to WGN, the boy who fell into Binti Jua's enclosure suffered a broken hand and cuts to his face.He spent four days in the hospital and was able to make a full recovery.Below, you can take a look at video from the incident at the zoo in Cincinnati:
CINCINNATI/CHICAGO -- The incident Saturday, May 28th at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens in Cincinnati, Ohio has reminded some of the incredible rescue of a boy who fell into the gorilla enclosure at the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago nearly 20 years ago.WGN on Sunday, May 29th shared video of that rescue, which happened back on August 19th, 1996.According to WGN, the boy, whose name was never released publicly, slipped away from his mother and climbed through a barrier at the Western Lowland Gorilla Pit at the Brookfield Zoo.A female gorilla named Binti Jua made headlines around the world after she cradled the three-year-old boy who fell nearly 20 feet into her enclosure.Stunned spectators and employees looked on as Binti Jua, who was eight years old at the time, picked up the boy's lifeless body and cradled him for several minutes and then carried him to safety.Zoo workers who witnessed the rescue say they will never forget it.Binti Jua carried her own baby, 17-month-old Koola, on her back during the entire ordeal.The video of the rescue, recorded by an onlooker, went viral around the world.Binti Jua, who still lives at the Brookfield Zoo, became an international sensation.According to WGN, the boy who fell into Binti Jua's enclosure suffered a broken hand and cuts to his face.He spent four days in the hospital and was able to make a full recovery.Below, you can take a look at video from the incident at the zoo in Cincinnati:
Mom helped 13-year-old stab honor student to death, prosecutors say
CHICAGO -- A 13-year-old girl and her mother have been charged in the fatal stabbing of a 15-year-old honor student over the weekend.15-year-old De’kayla Dansberry was killed Saturday, May 14th outside the Parkway Gardens Housing Complex at 65th and King Drive on Chicago's South Side, according to WGN.The 13-year-old suspect faces one count of first degree murder.Her mother, 35-year-old Tamika Gayden, has also been charged with first degree murder and one felony count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
CHICAGO -- A 13-year-old girl and her mother have been charged in the fatal stabbing of a 15-year-old honor student over the weekend.15-year-old De’kayla Dansberry was killed Saturday, May 14th outside the Parkway Gardens Housing Complex at 65th and King Drive on Chicago's South Side, according to WGN.The 13-year-old suspect faces one count of first degree murder.Her mother, 35-year-old Tamika Gayden, has also been charged with first degree murder and one felony count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.