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Chicago violence: 72 shot, 11 fatally, over weekend, CPD says
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CHICAGO SHOOTING
Chicago violence: 72 shot, 11 fatally, over weekend, CPD says
Sun-Times Media Wire
Monday, August 9, 2021 6:16AM
CHICAGO -- At least 72 people have been shot, 11 fatally, across Chicago over the weekend, police said.
Markie Post, actress known for 'Night Court,' 'Fall Guy,' dies at 70
Around 2:05 a.m., a 24-year old man opened fire after getting into a verbal fight with another man, 37, at a lounge in the 1800-block of West 87th Street in Gresham on the Far South Side, Chicago Police said.
The 37-year-old was shot twice in the neck and three times in the back and was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn where he died to his injuries, police said.
Chicago mourns fallen Officer Ella French; 3 suspects in West Englewood shooting in custody
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Chicago violence: 72 shot, 11 fatally, over weekend, CPD says
Sun-Times Media Wire
Monday, August 9, 2021 6:16AM
CHICAGO -- At least 72 people have been shot, 11 fatally, across Chicago over the weekend, police said.
Markie Post, actress known for 'Night Court,' 'Fall Guy,' dies at 70
Around 2:05 a.m., a 24-year old man opened fire after getting into a verbal fight with another man, 37, at a lounge in the 1800-block of West 87th Street in Gresham on the Far South Side, Chicago Police said.
The 37-year-old was shot twice in the neck and three times in the back and was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn where he died to his injuries, police said.
Chicago mourns fallen Officer Ella French; 3 suspects in West Englewood shooting in custody
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CHICAGO SHOOTING
Chicago shootings: 70 shot, 12 fatally, in weekend violence across city; top cop blames courts
By Craig Wall
Monday, July 26, 2021
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Chicago shootings: 70 shot, 12 fatally, in weekend violence across city; top cop blames courts
By Craig Wall
Monday, July 26, 2021
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3 charged in connection with weekend shooting of 2 Chicago officers, one of whom died
By Amir Vera, Keith Allen and Omar Jimenez, CNN
Updated 1:16 AM ET, Tue August 10, 2021
(CNN) -- Three men have been charged in connection with a weekend shooting that killed a Chicago police officer, including one who federal officials accused of buying a weapon in a straw purchase in another state.
Officer Ella French, 29, died as a result of Saturday's shooting, according to Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown. The other officer, who's been with the department for six years, is in critical condition as of Sunday, Brown said.
Emonte Morgan, 21, has been charged with one count of first-degree murder, two counts of attempted murder of a police officer, one count of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon with a prior conviction and one count of unlawful use of a weapon by a felon, according to a news release from the department. Eric Morgan, 22, has been charged with unlawful use of a weapon by a felon, one count of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon with a prior conviction and obstruction of justice, the release said. Brown said a woman who was also in the car was not charged.
Related Article: A Chicago police officer is dead and another is fighting for his life following a shooting during a traffic stop
The Department of Justice has charged Jamel Danzy, 29, of Indiana, with conducting a straw purchase to obtain the semi-automatic handgun used in Saturday's shooting, according to a news release from the department. Danzy bought the gun in Hammond, Indiana, from a federal firearms dealer in March and is accused of "knowingly making a false written statement to acquire a firearm," according to the criminal complaint filed in the US District Court in Chicago.
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By Amir Vera, Keith Allen and Omar Jimenez, CNN
Updated 1:16 AM ET, Tue August 10, 2021
(CNN) -- Three men have been charged in connection with a weekend shooting that killed a Chicago police officer, including one who federal officials accused of buying a weapon in a straw purchase in another state.
Officer Ella French, 29, died as a result of Saturday's shooting, according to Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown. The other officer, who's been with the department for six years, is in critical condition as of Sunday, Brown said.
Emonte Morgan, 21, has been charged with one count of first-degree murder, two counts of attempted murder of a police officer, one count of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon with a prior conviction and one count of unlawful use of a weapon by a felon, according to a news release from the department. Eric Morgan, 22, has been charged with unlawful use of a weapon by a felon, one count of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon with a prior conviction and obstruction of justice, the release said. Brown said a woman who was also in the car was not charged.
Related Article: A Chicago police officer is dead and another is fighting for his life following a shooting during a traffic stop
The Department of Justice has charged Jamel Danzy, 29, of Indiana, with conducting a straw purchase to obtain the semi-automatic handgun used in Saturday's shooting, according to a news release from the department. Danzy bought the gun in Hammond, Indiana, from a federal firearms dealer in March and is accused of "knowingly making a false written statement to acquire a firearm," according to the criminal complaint filed in the US District Court in Chicago.
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