Does anyone know if the victim was a gang banger? I understand it happened after midnight but would like to know more about the victim.
Neighbor message Ward 18
2 days ago
Updated 35 min ago
I don't know! Can it?
Can better parenting make Englewood safer for kids?
Ran across this story on line. But it is a question for not only Englewood but most of our communities. Like I previously stated on last week, we have kids on our block that are under 5 yo playing up and down the street without supervision.
Some years back I recall DCFS stepping into families telling the parents that they were not permitted to phyically discipline (some kids need it) their children...
Can better parenting make Englewood safer for kids?
Ran across this story on line. But it is a question for not only Englewood but most of our communities. Like I previously stated on last week, we have kids on our block that are under 5 yo playing up and down the street without supervision.
Some years back I recall DCFS stepping into families telling the parents that they were not permitted to phyically discipline (some kids need it) their children and in a few instances parents were arrested for doing so, also parents were told they could not invade a childs privacy (their bedroom in your house).
Parental guidance is a must for all children, there are parents/guardians in some cases that refuse to see the wrong and turn a biind eye to the kids hanging out. "my son is a good boy, he goes to school everyday", but is he a student at the school is actually attending classes or is he just hanging out.
Last summer when we had a incident in my community that resulted in a shooting death, one parent said "my son is going away to college, so you all can stop blaming my house for alot of the crime around here".
Now don't get me wrong I was so happy to hear that he was going off to school if he had needed a ride I would have taken him there myself, but unless the son is an Einstein, completed a 4yr university in 4 months he is still hanging out, business as usual.
What type of parent are you when you socialize and hang out in the club with your children and their friends?
I don't do "it takes a village to raise a child". I am not the parent to your kids you had them you raise them, I don't need the village because there may be a child molester in the village.
"I want to be friends with my kids", NO, I am the parent keep it real we will not party and hangout together, I think respect is lost when you remove the parent bar and lower it to the friend bar.
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3 days ago
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2 dead, 2 wounded in separate shootings
...in serious condition at Advocate Christ Medical Center, police said. He was shot on the 7800 block of South Hamilton Avenue about 6:55 p.m. in the Gresham neighborhood, police said...
This article has 3 other Chicago locations (Show)A 43-year-old man was bound and beaten inside his apartment in the 4500 block of Milwaukee Avenue in Jefferson Park about 1:20 a.m. Sunday, according to police. Two women who...
In Logan Square, a 36-year-old man was shot to death on the 1600 block of North Mozart Drive about 12:15 a.m. Police said the shooting was gang related but didn't...
Also Saturday, a 25-year-old man was shot in Rogers Park about 10 p.m. He was on the 1500 block of West Howard Street when someone shot him, police said. He made it to St. Francis Hospital on his own, after sustaining gunshot wounds to his chest and arm, and is in stable condition.
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empty nester NeighborIf you are asking about the Maplewood shooting, I believe so - there was some strange activity ion the area, and it was before midnight.
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Assault
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Aggravated assault: Knife/cutting instrument / Pool room
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Battery
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Simple battery: Simple / Sidewalk
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Simple battery: Simple / Street
1300 block W. 81st St. Comment Subscribe
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Motor vehicle theft
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Motor vehicle theft: Automobile / Street
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Robbery: Armed: handgun / Street
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Robbery: Attempted: armed: other dangerous weapon / Sidewalk
7700 block S. Vincennes Ave. Comment Subscribe
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Theft
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Theft: From building / Residence (porch/hallway)
8300 block S. Justine St. Comment Subscribe
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Neighbor message Ward 18
2 days ago
Updated 33 hours ago
Don"t get it twisted
I was going into a CVS store (79th Western) last week, this guy was asking for money well after no one gave him any he told another beggar, "they would feel hurt if I just snatched a purse". I thought to myself "don't let this pretty face fool you". Walgreens and CVS need to stop these people from standing on the property begging.
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13 Crimes
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Aggravated assault: Handgun / Residence
8300 block S. Ada St. Comment Subscribe
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Battery
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Simple battery: Domestic battery: simple / Residence
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Simple battery: Domestic battery: simple / Apartment
800 block W. 76th St. Comment Subscribe
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Vandalism: Criminal damage to property / Apartment
8200 block S. Emerald Ave. Comment Subscribe
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Deceptive practice
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Deceptive practice: Credit card fraud / Residence
7600 block S. Green St. Comment Subscribe
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Narcotics
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Narcotics: Possession of crack / Residence (porch/hallway)
8100 block S. Vincennes Ave. Comment Subscribe
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Other offense: Violating order of protection / Apartment
7700 block S. Emerald Ave. Comment Subscribe
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Robbery: Aggravated / Parking lot / garage (non-residential)
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Media mention Multiple locations
3 days ago
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6 Dead, At Least 20 Wounded In Weekend Violence
...a shooting at 10:51 p.m. Friday while standing on a corner in the 7900 block of South Paulina Avenue in the Englewood neighborhood. Three males got out of a light-colored sedan and opened...
...a light-colored sedan and opened fire, striking the victims, police said. Reeves, of the 8200 block of South Marshfield Avenue, was shot in the back and taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn...
Saturday night, a man was wounded when he was shot in the Englewood neighborhood. The 23-year-old man was shot in the 7800 block of South Hamilton Avenue about 6:55 p.m., police said. Paramedics took the man to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in serious condition.
This article has 18 other Chicago locations (Show)...Marek Kaczmarczyk, 43, of the 4500 block of Milwaukee Avenue, who was beaten to death after two men bound him and two women and ransacked...
• Joshua Gonzalez, who was in his 20s, who was found dead with a gunshot to the head about 12:15 a.m. Sunday in the 1600 block of North Mozart Street. Gonzalez, of the 2000 block of North Whipple Street, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the medical examiner’s office.
• Joshua Gonzalez, who was in his 20s, who was found dead with a gunshot to the head about 12:15 a.m. Sunday in the 1600 block of North Mozart Street. Gonzalez, of the 2000 block of North Whipple Street, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the medical examiner’s office.
...who was found dead with a gunshot to the head in her apartment in the 6400 block of South Maryland Avenue about 8 a.m. Saturday. Police said her front door had been kicked in and...
• Felix Lares, 24, was fatally shot while he was standing in a gangway in the 2700 block of South Homan Avenue in the Southwest Side Little Village neighborhood about 8:50 p.m. Friday. A gunman got out of a light-colored pickup truck and opened fire, police said.
Lares, of the 3000 block of South Trumbull Avenue, was shot in the head and chest and pronounced dead at the scene at 9:42 p.m.
• An unidentified man believed to be in his 30s was found dead about 7:30 a.m. Saturday with a gunshot wound to the head in an alley on the 6200 block of South Rhodes Avenue in the Woodlawn neighborhood, police said.
The weekend violence began Friday afternoon on the West Side in the 4100 block of West Wilcox Street, where a 26-year-old man was shot in the abdomen at 4:08 p...
...a 15-year-old boy who was standing in a strip mall lot in the 5000 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue along with a 47-year-old woman when both were shot at 9:05 p...
A 16-year-old boy was shot about 9:20 p.m. after several suspects approached him in the 7900 block of South Avalon Avenue, police said. He was taken to Jackson Park Hospital with a gunshot wound to the shoulder, and was listed in “stable” condition.
About 11:30 p.m., an 18-year-old woman was walking with a group of friends in the 6400 block of South Talman Avenue when a shooter inside a light-colored sedan opened fire. She was shot in the left thigh and taken to Holy Cross Hospital in “stable” condition.
Twenty minutes later, and also on the Southwest Side, a male was critically wounded in the 3400 block of West 83rd Street police said. Authorities think he may also have been stabbed in the attack, which left him critically wounded at Christ Hospital.
About 12:10 a.m., three people were shot in the 6700 block of South Claremont Avenue, less than a mile from where the 18-year-old woman was shot, also in the Southwest Side Marquette Park neighborhood.
A 19-year-old man was shot at 12:18 a.m. in the 1400 block of North Maplewood, police said. He was shot in the leg during an apparent gang-related drive-by shooting, and taken to Saint Elizabeth Medical Center in “stable” condition.
...realized he was shot about 12:25 a.m. after he heard gunfire in the 3300 block of West Washington Boulevard, police said. A friend dropped him off a Rush University Medical Center with a gunshot...
Five minutes later, two men in a group of people were shot in the 8200 block of South Richmond Avenue, police said. One man, 21, was shot in the right calf while the other man...
About 1 a.m. on the West Side, a 26-year-old man was walking in the 3600 block of West Chicago Avenue when a shooter walked up and opened fire, police said. A friend took the man to Norwegian-American Hospital, where he was in “stable” condition with a gunshot wound to the leg.
...of the city in the Rogers Park area. He was on the sidewalk in the 1500 block of West Howard Street at 10 p.m. when he heard gunshots, police said. The 25-year-old later...
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Neighbor message Ward 18
6 days ago
Updated 2 days ago
Maybe its just me but, your children are your responsibility
For the last 2 days my door bell has rang and each time it's one of the kids on my block, he has to be about 2 years old. He is outside with his older brother who is somewhat impaired. I have advised them to go home (I live in the middle of the block they live 2 houses off the corner). It bothers me because on today the toddler is pointing to my neighbors dog who is in the...
For the last 2 days my door bell has rang and each time it's one of the kids on my block, he has to be about 2 years old. He is outside with his older brother who is somewhat impaired. I have advised them to go home (I live in the middle of the block they live 2 houses off the corner). It bothers me because on today the toddler is pointing to my neighbors dog who is in the yard and barking. I told him to go home and not to go near the gate where the dog is because if he sticks his hand through the fence he is going to get bitten.
Why don't people watch their kids when they are outside, in my opinion these kids are walking post kids for a child molester.
When my children were young, I supervised them. I too have a child that is impaired. I have been living in my home 15yo and no one on my block can ever say they have seen my son outside unsupervised. And now that he is older he likes to sit on the deck so I have a camera's that monitor my yard.
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Princess & Sugar bear Our Love NestPeople are having kids like its going out of style...Everywhere you look theres parents with like 6 kids.Thats not a problem the problem is learn to be responable for alll of your kids..Parents go and have more and more kids and what happens is that the older kids that are...
People are having kids like its going out of style...Everywhere you look theres parents with like 6 kids.Thats not a problem the problem is learn to be responable for alll of your kids..Parents go and have more and more kids and what happens is that the older kids that are still kids end up raising there lil siblings..It becomes a chain these kids will have kids and the same will happen.. My mom is a teacher and she tells me alll the time its soso hard dealing with the parents..Lil kids look neglected and you could tell theres no help for lil onces at home..Then the trouble makers its hard no obedience at home let alone at school..I'm not a parent i'm only 24 years old i understand its hard to juggle a home,kids,bill,dinner,go stores ecta but if what you need is sometime to do alll this and more hire someone a babysitter to take you kids to the nearest park,zoo, somewhere to let some energy off..These kids are full of energy thats alll they need is to let it out runnn and scream..lol dont we need that as adults sometimes to just be let out of our cages..I'm sure someone will babysit for $5 and hour or so or parents with parents ex: i'll watch your kids take them with my kids to park this weekend and the another parent takes them the following weekend or weekday..Work together.. =)
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You both are putting the cart befors the horse. With the amount of child abuse these days I find it appalling that parents who seems to be as smart as some of the peoples who post here often would even criticize the DCFS for doing their jobs. Flower, you just...
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You both are putting the cart befors the horse. With the amount of child abuse these days I find it appalling that parents who seems to be as smart as some of the peoples who post here often would even criticize the DCFS for doing their jobs. Flower, you just posted the other day about children who play on the street and the need for someone to do the parents jobs.. This is where DCFS comes in. If you see that the parents aren't doing their"jobs", then it is time to call them.
@Duke, not that some families don't need DCFS to step in especially where the child is in danger, not just lay down guidelines for the general public. Unless there is a need for guidance from DCFS for a family, a parent's should be permitted to discipline their children and conduct random searches of their bedrooms when and if they want to.