The Cardinal

  UPDATE: Gary Amaya, the armed robber described below, was in possession of the same weapon that was used in the October ‘honeybee shootings’ according to ballistic testing that confirmed a match with crimes in October that used a .38-caliber revolver. Police are searching Amaya’s house — a small white bungalow with a detached garage [...]

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View Chicagoland and Worldwide Crime Notebook Map Street View of Rubloff Building from Lake Shore Drive in a larger map UPDATE: Lockdown released and people are being allowed to leave after announcement just before 1:00 p.m. Access is restricted, and a police investigation is ongoing. Police activity at Northwestern University Rubloff Building, 750 North Lake [...]

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Gaffney serial killer description released by Cherokee County South Carolina Sheriff’s Office. ++++++++++ UPDATE … According to police ballistic evidence, the Gaffney, South Carolina serial killer suspect was shot and killed by Gastonia, North Carolina police after he shot at police at a vacant house he was burglarizing. A champagne-colored Ford sport-utility vehicle was parked [...]

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Two cases of random gunfire in the suburbs were reported in the last two days. In Zion, a male/black fired shots as he fled the scene of a car accident on Friday afternoon, July 3, 2009. In Northlake about 6:00 a.m. Saturday police alerted area departments of a vehicle with a woman driver and two [...]

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