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>> an elderly man was choked and robbed... now chicago police are asking for your help to identify and the attacker >> this awful attack happened on april 3rd but investigators are releasing this surveillance video now... the victim walks with a cane. he served in the south pacific during world war two. to protect his identity we
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are not naming him and we blurred his baseface >> i picked up my bag. next thing i knew someone grabbed me by my neck and that was it >> this surveillance video is hard to watch. the victim is a 86 year-old. one man runs and grabbed him from behind. choking him until he passes out. a second attacker takes money the elderly man had stashed in issue. they searched him and drop him. the door closing on his head >> this is one of those crimes that hits us at the pit of our stomach >> this all started with the victim out running errands... but he had no idea he was being watched and followed >> he first went to a bank...
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see this man on the cellphone? he is one of the attackers. he followed the victim to a currency exchange across the street. the elderly man then took a bus to this target storage and had a shuttle van drop him off at his building. that is where he was ambushed. police say the ban and a driver is cooperating with the investigation. the victim was treated and released from hospital says he is thankful >> i just take it with a grain of salt and keep on stepping and i do not let that bother me because i have got my life >> here is another look at the two men wanted for this crime. police believe they were driving a silver in 1996 mercury sable >> if you recognize those men please call police. crime stoppers is offering up to a $1,000 reward for information
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leading to arrests >> 7 teenagers have been charged with a violent mugging of a man last night >> the victim is a tourist in his forties he was robbed and beaten leaving him with a broken jaw. police say the teen-ager's range from 13 years old to 16 years old. charges are also pending against and adult. about 30 minutes later in just a few blocks south a couple was accosted by a different gang at a red line station near the chicago theater. they were also robbed >> chicago police are looking for the person who killed a 16 year-old boy... the victim was on the porch of his home when
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the gunfire erupted >> he was just sitting on the porch... the car went by a couple times. as he was walking in the house they shot him... >> he was hit in the head as his sister watched. he was pronounced dead early this morning. they say the shooting was gang related. he suffered from epilepsy... >> he was 1 of 21 people shot
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last night across the city... >> his friends say he was excited about summer >> his best friend... >> he was like my little brother >> no arrests have been made >> it is hard. like a nightmare >> murder charges have been filed in the death of a teenager. her body was discovered in a dumpster in indiana last week
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>> a 27 year-old man has been charged with killing her prosecutors. say he is married to her mother. he was reported missinshe was reported missing wednesday and her body was discovered on thursday morning. she had been strangled to death. police say he admitted to choking her after she tried to fight him >> the chicago teachers union is expected to announce this week the results and a strike authorization is vote... chicago schools ceo spoke about the challenges facing the school district during an appearance today. he says he hopes the teachers will be willing to compromise and avoid a storike >> teachers across the city
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voted last wednesday through friday on whether to authorize a strike. the teachers' contract expires at the end of the month >> wild fires and forced hundreds of people from their homes in colorado >> plus it has been a big weekend for the children's hospital. we will take you along for the historic move >> why these runners are on a special mission in the western suburbs... >> also the forecast is coming up... break [ bell dings ] agents, when it comes to insurance, people feel lost. that's a dead end. don't know which way to turn. this way. turn around. [ woman ] that's why we present people with options to help them find coverage that fits their needs. almost there.
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killed three people including two former auburn university football players. three others were wounded. it happens overnight in an off-campus party. police are searching for the suspected 22 year-old shooter >> wild fires are sweeping through parched forest in chicago and new mexico tonight. one blaze in northern colorado covers 14,000 a.. many residents have fled the area but there are fears some they have lost their lives in the fires. at least 18 homes and buildings have been
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destroyed. a wildfire in southern new mexico has burned 40 square miles. fema is releasing funds to pay for fighting the blazes. winds of up to 40 mi. an hour are hampering efforts to fight the wild fires >> parts of the gulf coast from the western florida to southeast mississippi are flooded tonight after record rain on saturday. almost 22 in. of rain and a massive surge of floodwater forced authorities to declare a state of emergency. residents in low-lying areas have been advised to evacuate >> it has been quite a week and for the patients and staff at children's hospital. up next we take you behind the scenes to see what really went into moving the precious cargo miles away to a new home >> and the later another sign that summer is under way in
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ar excuse us, while we change into something more comfortable. cool. introducing, the square sunnyd bottle. then 100 and tiny special patients and hundreds of nurses and doctors are settling into their new home >> yesterday's historic move across town was a major task that took years to plan and went off like clockwork >> in a small conference room a.
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they're leaving behind... >> we will never forget what this place has meant to everybody... >> this day is special for her too... >> we have to keep her warm... >> the biggest challenge is to make sure the tube in her stomach stays in place during the move >> she is proud of her baby girl >> she was brought here miles from her mother... >> immediately a nurse came in
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