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A 17-year-old boy was charged with first degree murder of a 70-year-old woman who was fatally shot in an ambush as she waited in her car before work last week, according to police.

Chicago police on Tuesday released images of two suspects wanted in the fatal shooting of a 70-year-old woman who was ambushed as she waited in her car for work on Chicago’s Far South Side.

A 70-year-old woman who was shot and killed on Chicago’s Far South Side Monday morning was waiting in her car for the grocery store where she worked to open when she was ambushed, her boyfriend said. NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski reports.

A 70-year-old woman who was shot and killed on Chicago’s Far South Side Monday morning was waiting in her car for the grocery store where she worked to open when she was ambushed, her boyfriend stated.

Warning: This video contains images unsuitable for some viewers. A 70-year-old woman who was fatally shot on Chicago’s Far South Side early Monday was waiting in her car for the grocery store where she worked to open when she was ambushed and killed, according to her boyfriend, who said her stepson had stopped by to say hi to her...

A 70-year-old woman who was fatally shot on Chicago’s Far South Side early Monday was waiting in her car for the grocery store where she worked to open when she was ambushed and killed, according to her boyfriend, who said her stepson had stopped by to say hi to her before work and witnessed the entire attack.

A 70-year-old woman who was fatally shot on Chicago’s Far South Side early Monday was waiting in her car for the grocery store where she worked to open when she was ambushed and killed, according to her boyfriend, who said her stepson had stopped by to say hi to her before work and witnessed the entire attack. Jen DeSalvo...

A 70-year-old woman was fatally shot Monday while sitting in a car on Chicago’s Far South Side, according to police.

A 13-year-old boy and his father were rescued after a car plunged into the Calumet River Sunday evening in the Hegewisch neighborhood, authorities said. NBC 5’s Christian Farr reports.

A 13-year-old boy and his father were rescued after a car plunged into the Calumet River Sunday evening in the Hegewisch neighborhood, authorities said.

A garage fire spread to three others early Monday in Hegewisch on the Far South Side — only two blocks away from a blaze that swept through three others days earlier.

Chicago firefighters are battling an extra-alarm fire on the city’s far Southeast Side on Wednesday evening. NBC 5’s Alex Maragos has the latest details.

Chicago firefighters are battling an extra-alarm fire on the city’s far Southeast Side on Wednesday evening. Flames were seen shooting from the roof of an industrial building in the 11900 block of South Avenue O on Wednesday night in the Hegewisch area. Chicago fire officials called a three-alarm fire for the blaze, bringing in extra equipment to help battle the…

The Environmental Protection Agency has begun a long-anticipated cleanup project at the Hegewisch Little League field this week, with fences coming down and heavy equipment moving into the area. The cleanup was undertaken after years of complaints by residents, alleging that the site was contaminated with various chemicals because of a nearby industrial corridor. In 2013, the EPA began studying…

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday started the cleanup process to remove soil contaminated with lead and arsenic at a South Side Chicago Little League field. NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup reports.

Authorities responded to an accident involving a school bus and a CTA bus on Chicago’s Far South Side early Monday. The crash took place near the intersection of East 118th Street and South Avenue O in the city’s Hegewisch neighborhood, Chicago fire officials tweeted at around 7:45 a.m. Seven people were taken to area hospitals in good condition, according...