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Angelo Wells loved being a Chicago police officer. Then one night in 2020, his femur was shattered by gunfire in North Lawndale. Recovery took a year and pointed him toward Northbrook.
“Justice for Jai’Mani” and “justice for number seven” were among the rallying cries for the boy who was shot and killed Tuesday outside his home on the Near West Side. No one has been arrested.
Reginald Meadows, a 31-year-old father of two, was killed and more than 20 others were wounded in a shooting in a strip mall parking lot near Willowbrook.
The three-alarm — soon upgraded to a four-alarm — fire broke out about 5:45 p.m. Tuesday at Commercial Pallet, according to the Chicago Fire Department. Crews were rotated out as high temperatures and humidity made the firefight more difficult.