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Chicago police detectives returned to the Austin neighborhood Saturday afternoon investigating a shooting inside a Family Dollar that killed 43-year-old Loyce Wright on Friday.

A 43-year-old man was shot to death inside a Family Dollar in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood, NBC Chicago’s Natalie Martinez reports.

Chicago police were investigating on Friday afternoon after a man was shot and killed at a Family Dollar location on the city’s West Side. NBC Chicago’s Vi Nguyen reports.

A 43-year-old man was shot to death inside a business in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood Friday afternoon, officials said.

A car crashed into a Texas hospital’s emergency room Tuesday, killing the driver and injuring five other people, including a child with life-threatening injuries, authorities said.

Chicago police are searching for the gunman who shot and killed one person inside a laundromat in the city’s Austin neighborhood. The shooting was reported at around 9:11 p.m. on Saturday evening at Loads of Fun, 4840 W. Chicago Ave. According to authorities, a gunman entered the laundromat, approached a 57-year-old man and opened fire, striking the victim multiple times….

The shooting and attempted carjacking comes days after a Lyft driver was shot and killed in the same neighborhood. Lisa Chavarria has more.

The shooting and attempted carjacking comes days after a Lyft driver was shot and killed in the same neighborhood.

Chicago police said Saturday a person of interest had been taken into custody for the fatal shooting of a mother who was gunned down on her front lawn in mid-December. Maria Roque was shot and killed outside her home in the city’s Austin neighborhood on Nov. 13. Andres Roque, Maria’s brother, told NBC Chicago police notified his family that...

Grade school students in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood were surprised with a Christmas assembly from a nonprofit organization, NBC Chicago’s Kye Martin reports.

A Texas jury on Friday sentenced a woman to 90 years in prison for the May 2022 shooting death of rising professional cyclist Anna “Mo” Wilson in a case that sent investigators on a 43-day international search for the killer.

Members of a volunteer group are helping residents on Chicago’s West Side repair storm damage to their homes after historic rainfall earlier this year, NBC Chicago’s Christian Farr reports.

After living in a minivan in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood, a family of eight moved into their new home, NBC Chicago’s Sandra Torres reports.

A teenage boy was rushed to an area hospital after someone shot him in the head Saturday evening in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood, police said. The shooting was reported at around 5:50 p.m. in the 4900 block of West Madison. According to law enforcement, a 16-year-old boy was near the sidewalk when he was struck to the head by gunfire. He…

A person and a Chicago police officer were shot at Sunday morning in Austin, according to Chicago fire officials. Just before noon, paramedics responded to the 4700 block of West North Avenue and found a person shot, fire officials said. The man, 18, was taken to Stroger Hospital with gunshot wounds to the hand, arm and abdomen, Chicago police said….

Two teenagers were injured during a shooting in broad daylight Saturday at Galewood Park in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood, police said. The shooting occurred at around 4:10 p.m. at the park in the 5700 block of West Bloomingdale. A 16-year-old boy and 17-year-old girl were both shot by an unknown offender, according to police. The boy was shot in the right…

A Texas man who was convicted of killing an 8-year-old girl in the 1980s and then run out of several towns following his early release from prison has been indicted on two new murder charges, including one that could carry the death penalty, prosecutors announced Friday.

The bodies of two men, a woman and a dog were pulled from the tank in a cornfield outside of Austin.

Three hog hunters from Florida died in an underground tank filled with sewer gas after they jumped to rescue their dog after it fell into the hole, police in Texas announced Thursday.

A Chicago firefighter was rushed to the hospital with serious injuries on Sunday afternoon following a fire at an apartment building in the city’s Austin neighborhood, fire officials said.