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Chicago police are advising residents to be on the lookout after a teenage boy attempted to sexually assault a female jogger on a bike path on the Northwest Side.

Tribune photo by Terrence Antonio James

Chicago police shot and killed a teen Tuesday afternoon in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side, authorities said.

A person was grazed by a bullet in the 5600 block of South Bishop Street Friday night, Chicago Police Officer David Banks said.

 

Another high-ranking Chicago police official is retiring from the department, among a half-dozen to leave since Supt. Jody Weis took office in February.

 

Two teenage girls have been charged with beating a female witness in the shooting deaths last month of an off-duty Chicago police detective and his female companion.

A Chicago police officer was bitten Thursday afternoon by a woman during a traffic stop in the West Pullman neighborhood, police said.

A man in his 20s was found shot to death Wednesday afternoon on the West Side.

Jason Austin's mother, Ruthie Austin, is comforted by investigator Tom Romano after Cook County prosecutors dropped all charges against her son. (Tribune photo by Terrence Antonio James / September 10, 2008)

 

Cook County prosecutors dropped all charges Wednesday against a Chicago man in the murder and robbery last month of off-duty Chicago Police Detective Robert Soto and his friend, Kathryn Romberg.

Jason Austin, 26, is expected to be released from custody later Wednesday afternoon.

Following a high-speed police chase, three people were hurt early Wednesday when a stolen car struck two other vehicles outside Midway Airport.