JC Navarrete

1 month ago | nbcchicago.com | JC Navarrete

Two people are in custody after a four-year-old boy riding inside a minivan was struck and critically injured by gunfire Wednesday in the city's McKinley Park neighborhood, according to Chicago police. Just after 8:30 p.m. in the 3100 block of South Ashland Avenue, a 23-year-old man was driving a minivan with a four-year-old boy inside when an unknown vehicle pulled up behind, police said. A suspect in the vehicle pulled out a gun and fired shots at the minivan, police said.

1 month ago | nbcchicago.com | JC Navarrete

A young boy is fighting for his life after he was critically injured in a McKinley Park shooting. According to Chicago police, the boy was in a minivan in the 3100 block of South Ashland just after 7 p.m. when a vehicle pulled up behind the van. Someone inside that vehicle fired shots at the vehicle before fleeing the scene. The young boy was shot in the back and was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he was listed in critical condition, police said.

1 month ago | nbcchicago.com | JC Navarrete

1 month ago | nbcchicago.com | JC Navarrete

A person died after being pulled from Lake Michigan near 31st Street Beach Monday. According to Chicago firefighters, a full response was mounted at 31st Street Beach just after 2 p.m. for reports of a person in the water. Dozens of crews with the fire department braved the waves of Lake Michigan trying to save what appeared to be a drowning man.

1 month ago | nbcchicago.com | JC Navarrete

A person was pulled from Lake Michigan near 31st Street Beach Monday after emergency personnel were summoned to the area. According to Chicago firefighters, a full response was mounted at 31st Street Beach just after 2 p.m. for reports of a person in the water. No official update has yet been given, but NBC’s Sky 5 helicopter was over the beach as firefighters pulled a person from the water.