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On October 29, 2023, at around 1:05 a.m., a mass shooting occurred at a business hosting a Halloween party, wounding fifteen people. [1] Police alleged that the shooter was a partygoer that was thrown out of the venue, who later returned with a handgun and fired into a crowd of people. The shooter fled the scene on foot before being arrested by ...
The George Floyd riots in Chicago were a series of civil disturbances in 2020 in the city of Chicago, Illinois. Unrest in the city began as a response to the murder of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020. The demonstrations and riots, supporting justice for Floyd and protesting police brutality, occurred simultaneously ...
The River North Gallery District or simply River North, in Chicago, is in the Near North Side, Chicago. It once hosted the largest concentration of art galleries in the United States outside of Manhattan. [1] River North has experienced vast changes in the years 1990 - 2012, including the development of large high-rise buildings, nightclubs and ...
CHICAGO — An 8-year-old girl was killed and 10 others were injured in a shooting Saturday evening in Chicago’s New City neighborhood, police said Sunday. Chicago Police Department officers ...
Protests also started at a Walmart in Peoria, then appeared at the Walmart in East Peoria. The East Peoria police chief said that the protests were mostly peaceful, but that the police responded with pepper balls in instances when projectiles were thrown at the police line, and the side of a nearby Lowe's hardware store was set on fire.
Injuries. April 21, 1855. Prohibition, immigration. Lager Beer Riot - German and Irish immigrants rioted after mayor Levi Boone raised the cost of a liquor license, an act that was seen as targeting those groups. One rioter was killed by police after he shot a policeman. 1. 1+. July 23 – 26, 1877.
6 (including the perpetrator) Injured. 2. Perpetrator. Jason Nightengale. Motive. Unknown. On January 9, 2021, 32-year-old Jason Nightengale shot and killed five people during a shooting spree that began on Chicago's South Side and ended in Evanston before being fatally shot by police. [ 1][ 2][ 3]
The Chicago River is a system of rivers and canals with a combined length of 156 miles (251 km) [ 1] that runs through the city of Chicago, including its center (the Chicago Loop ). [ 2] Though not especially long, the river is notable because it is one of the reasons for Chicago's geographic importance: the related Chicago Portage is a link ...