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CBS News
05-07-2025
- CBS News
7 hospitalized after mass shooting in Back of the Yards neighborhood, police say
Seven people were hospitalized following another mass shooting Friday night in Chicago, this time on the city's Southwest Side. It happened after 11 p.m. in the 4800 block of South Justine Street in the Back of the Yards neighborhood. Chicago police said officers responded to a call of multiple people shot. Preliminary reports indicated that two unknown men approached the victims on foot, pulled out guns, and shot into a crowd of people who were standing outside, hitting the seven victims. A 27-year-old woman was hit in the left leg, a 21-year-old woman was hit in the right thigh, and a 21-year-old man was hit in the right quad and right foot. They were taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital in serious condition. Four others were taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center. A 29-year-old man was shot in the left arm and is listed in serious condition. A 25-year-old woman was hit in the left flank and is in serious condition. A 25-year-old woman was hit in the rear and is in critical condition, and a 42-year-old man was hit in the left calf and is in critical condition. As of Saturday, no one is in custody. Area 1 detectives are investigating. This is the fifth mass shooting in the city since Wednesday. That's when 4 people were killed and 14 others were wounded in a shooting outside a River North nightclub, where an album release party for Chicago rapper Mello Buckzz occurred. Two other mass shootings followed in less than 24 hours. Four people were wounded in a mass shooting early Thursday in the Riverdale neighborhood. Four other men were also wounded in the West Englewood neighborhood later that evening. Early Saturday morning, four other men were shot while sitting inside a parked car in the Marshall Square neighborhood.
CBS News
22-06-2025
- CBS News
Chicago man charged in November 2023 deadly shooting of 3 men in Ashburn neighborhood
Two killed, one hurt in Southwest Side Chicago shooting Two killed, one hurt in Southwest Side Chicago shooting Two killed, one hurt in Southwest Side Chicago shooting A man was charged with fatally shooting three other men on the city's Southwest Side in 2023. Vilmer Alcaraz, 32, of Chicago, was arrested Friday afternoon in the 5700 block of South Cicero Avenue. He was charged with three felony counts of first-degree murder. Chicago police said Alcaraz was identified as the gunman who, on Nov. 10, 2023, fatally shot the victims, ages 28, 34, and 38, in the 8300 block of South Pulaski Road. Police said on that day, shortly before 4:30 p.m., the victims were inside a vehicle when they were shot. They were taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center with gunshot wounds. Two of the men were pronounced dead. The third was taken in critical condition and later died. Alcaraz is scheduled to appear at a detention hearing on Sunday. The video above is from a previous report.
CBS News
27-05-2025
- CBS News
Family demands justice after woman, 84, was hit, killed in wreck on Chicago's Southwest Side
Family united in pain and purpose after woman, 84, is hit and killed on Southwest Side Family united in pain and purpose after woman, 84, is hit and killed on Southwest Side Family united in pain and purpose after woman, 84, is hit and killed on Southwest Side Loved ones on Monday pleaded for better safety measures after a woman was struck and killed by a car while walking in her neighborhood on Chicago's Southwest Side. Maria Ochoa Flores, 84, was run over when two cars collided in a Garfield Ridge neighborhood intersection this past Saturday. Ochoa's family said two days afterward and with so many questions lingering, it was still hard to talk about what happened. But they want answers and solutions, and they said as much Monday evening. Ochoa's family marched for justice, following in her footsteps on a route she walked every day for exercise. They wants answers and solutions. "She was a great woman — always made sure our family was safe, always asking about her grandkids — my kids," said Maria Ochoa's son, Fernando Ochoa. "We actually live a block apart." The family is united in their pain, and their purpose, calling for more safety measures like speed bumps and cameras — and a review of videos that may have caught the crash that killed their matriarch. "They're both saying they both had the green light," Fernando Ochoa said of the two drivers involved in the crash on Archer Avenue on Saturday. "How is that possible?" In an accident report, police said the two drivers were coming from different directions. A silver vehicle was headed northeast on Archer Avenue and tried to make a left turn onto northbound Laramie Avenue, only to be struck by a gray sedan headed southwest and also trying to turn north onto Laramie Avenue. The force of the crash sent the silver car careening into Ochoa. Police arrived as two doctors tried to save her on the street, but she would die from her injuries at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn. "Never harmed to no one," said Fernando Ochoa. "Just taking a normal daily walk that she did every single day to keep her body and exercise moving." Now, Maria Ochoa's family wants to make sure they help save other lives at an intersection streaked with the skid marks left behind by street takeovers — signs of recklessness that will likely outlast the flowers left for Maria. "You're here in the middle of the night, late at night — because my bedroom is right there," said Fernando Ochoa. "You can hear the screeching, the peeling, of people racing each other out there. The 26-year-old man driving the silver car, the 63-year-old man driving the gray car, and their respective passengers were not injured, police said. The driver of the silver car was cited. Wentworth Area detectives are investigating.
CBS News
25-05-2025
- CBS News
Woman, 84, struck and killed in crash on Chicago's Southwest Side
A tragic crash this weekend left an 84-year-old woman dead on Chicago's Southwest Side. The crash happened at 5:30 p.m. Saturday in the 5600 block of South Archer Avenue, near 53rd Place, in the Garfield Ridge neighborhood. Police said a silver vehicle was headed northeast on Archer Avenue and tried to make a left turn, only to be struck by a gray sedan headed southwest. The impact sent the silver car into Maria Ochoa Flores, 84, who was crossing the street. Bystanders rushed to help, but Flores later died at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn. The 26-year-old man driving the silver car, the 63-year-old man driving the gray car, and their respective passengers were not injured, police said. The driver of the silver car was cited. Wentworth Area detectives are investigating.
