A suspect was apprehended Monday morning, May 17, by bank security during an apparent robbery attempt at the US Bank branch at 183rd Street and Kedzie Avenue, according to Homewood police. No one was injured in the incident, which was reported to police at 10:31 a.m. The suspect was turned over[Read More…]
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Homewood police say shooting on Saturday was homicide (free content)
Homewood police said Tuesday that a shooting death on Saturday was the result of a homicide. Police identified the victim as Robert James Jr. of Country Club Hills. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s office reported that James was 48 years old. James was found in an office in the 900[Read More…]
Homewood police investigate shooting death (free content)
A 48-year-old man was found dead Saturday morning when Homewood police responded to a report of a gunshot victim in the 900 block of 175th Street. The victim was found in an office about 10:30 a.m. The identity of the victim is being withheld pending notification of the family, police[Read More…]
Teen injured in shooting Monday night
A 13-year-old was injured by gunfire late Monday in the 18800 block of Castle Road in Homewood, according to police. The teen was in a vehicle when the shots were fired and was transported to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said. The incident occurred about 10:30 p.m. Police[Read More…]
Homewood closes Halsted business corridor as precaution against looters
Homewood implements a business curfew in response to reports that there have been efforts to incite looting in the South Suburbs. Violence overnight in Chicago resulted in injured police officers and more than 100 arrests.
Police: Charges filed in homicide
Charges have been filed in the alleged shooting death of a South Side Rehabilitation Center resident on Saturday, according to Homewood police. Maurice McMullen, 32, was charged with homicide in connection with the death of William Foster, police said. Police were called to the facility at 19000 S. Halsted St.[Read More…]
Homewood police investigate shooting death at local rehab center
A 77-year-old resident of South Surburban Rehabilitation Center died Saturday after suffering a gunshot wound, according to Homewood police. Officers responded to a report of shots fired at the facility at 19000 S. Halsted St. shortly after 3 a.m. and learned that a resident had been wounded. The resident was[Read More…]
1 injured Saturday in shooting at Speedway
One man was injured in a shooting Saturday night at the Speedway gas station, 18002 Halsted St., according to Homewood police. The 52-year-old male victim suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was transported to an area hospital by ambulance, police said. The incident occurred about 8:50 p.m. The gunfire came from a[Read More…]
Seven vehicle break-ins reported this week in Flossmoor
Flossmoor police are reminding residents to lock their cars at night following a series of vehicle break-ins this week. In an email alert, police said there were break-ins to seven vehicles on the 2600 block of Central Drive and Flossmoor Road between 5 and 6 a.m. on April 8. All[Read More…]
Homewood man arrested in connection with Wisconsin double homicide
Marcus Randle El, 33, of Homewood has been arrested in connection with the death of two women in Janesville, Wisconsin, on Monday, according to media reports. Randle El turned himself in to Chicago police on Saturday, according to a Chicago Tribune report. The former Wisconsin Badger football player is the[Read More…]