Carolyn Stein

4 days ago | chicagotribune.com | Carolyn Stein

A man wanted in connection to the fatal stabbing last week of 10-year-old girl and her 21-year-old sister has been taken into custody, Streamwood police announced Monday. The man, 25-year-old Jalonie Jenkins, was taken into custody “without incident” late Sunday night in Downers Grove, police said. A relative previously identified him as the stepbrother of the victims, Janiya Jenkins, 21, and Eyani Jones, 10.

4 days ago | chicagotribune.com | Carolyn Stein

A man from Hammond is now facing charges after allegedly striking an officer with a vehicle early Saturday morning on the city’s Northwest Side, Chicago police announced Sunday evening. Carlos Sanchez-Roa, 28, faces three felony counts, including one for attempted murder, after he allegedly fired a gun during a large fight outside of a business in the 3100 block of North Central Avenue and then struck a responding officer with a red pickup truck, police said.

4 days ago | chicagotribune.com | Carolyn Stein

A male who appeared to be in his late teens was fatally shot in the West Pullman neighborhood on Sunday morning, according to Chicago police. The shooting took place in the 11900 block of South Wallace Street around 3:08 a.m. on Sunday. Upon arriving at the scene, officers said they spoke with a witness who said the male was in an alley when they heard gunshots. The witness then relocated to where the victim was and found him in alley with a gunshot wound to the head.

5 days ago | chicagotribune.com | Carolyn Stein

Paula Fasseas always loved animals but never thought she would dedicate her life to saving cats and dogs. “I always thought I’d like to be a vet, but I really didn’t like blood so much. And it was funny, because back then, as a kid, growing up, you liked animals, the vet was the only path,” Fasseas said. But that all changed when her daughter was volunteering at a local animal shelter about 28 years ago.

5 days ago | chicagotribune.com | Deanese Williams-Harris |Carolyn Stein

Chicago police said seven teens were wounded in an overnight shooting at a large gathering in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood after a St. Sabina graduation party, drawing an angry statement from the church’s longtime leader, Father Michael Pfleger,Shortly before 2 a.m. Saturday, officers on patrol in the 1200 block of West 78th Street were trying to disperse a large crowd when a vehicle drove by and someone opened fire. Seven teens were shot before the vehicle fled the scene, police said.