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Just after 2 p.m., police were called to the 12100 block of South Stewart Street where the man had been shot by someone in a dark car, Chicago police said in a media notification. The responding officer “inadvertently struck” the man who was lying in the street, police said.
Gosia Menyhart, center, joins a group of parents with students attending Our Lady of Perpetual Help School in Glenview to protest the Archdiocese of Chicago’s decision to continue the state’s COVID-19 mask mandate and other virus mitigation measures outside of Our Lady of Perpetual Help on Feb.. 8, 2022. (Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune)
The arrest comes after 38-year-old Carlos Valliant, of Hammond was arrested Thursday in Crown Point, Indiana, police said. He was identified as one of the main people responsible for the smash-and-grab burglary on Dec. 11, where a glass case was smashed and five watches were taken from a car dealership in the 800 block of North Rush Street, police said. He was charged with theft of $500,000 to $1 million and burglary.
According to the indictment, Reggans obtained unemployment insurance benefits from the Illinois Department of Employment Security using the names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth and other personal information from other people without their knowledge to file claims for jobless benefits.
Community organizer William Calloway, at the Quin Chapel AME Church on Feb. 4, 2022, as Cassandra Greer-Lee, back row from left, Cate Readling, Kina Collins, Amber Leaks, William Calloway, Ja’Mal Green, Dave Power, and Nataki Rhodes listen. All members of the group were arrested in the lobby of the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse building during protests following the early release of ex-police Officer Jason Van Dyke who was serving time for the murder of Laquan McDonald. (Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune)
Gov. J.B. Pritzker adjusts his masks after speaking with members of the press at the Illinois Emergency Management Agency office after issuing a disaster proclamation and activating 130 members of the National Guard to assist with emergency operations in central Illinois ahead of a winter storm Tuesday Feb. 1, 2022 in Springfield, Ill. (Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune)
James H. Davis III, 32, whose last known address was in the 700 block of North Dearborn Ave., Chicago, was charged with home invasion with a dangerous weapon, a Class X felony; aggravated kidnaping while armed with a dangerous weapon, a Class X felony, and two counts of aggravated assault against a peace officer, a Class 4 felony.
Black Bench Chicago’s advisory board chair Jonathan Swain and program founder Alex Sims speak as the first cohort of graduates gathers Nov. 14, 2021 during an event at Tree House in River North. The organization launched in spring 2021 with the goal of training a new generation of Black leaders in politics, government, policy and advocacy. (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)
The Indian Prairie School District 204 school board Monday evening recessed multiple times, pictured, and adjourned without taking action on agenda items or public comment after issues in the public over the wearing of masks. (Rafael Guerrero / Naperville Sun)
“The allegations that Mr. Caffey, who was completely unprovoked, approached an innocent, unsuspecting man, put a gun to his head and pulled the trigger twice, killing him execution style, are very disturbing,” DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin said in the release.