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A judge in Chicago has ordered a suspected killer held over claims he gunned down a 71-year-old Chinese restaurant owner in broad daylight, while the victim was walking down the street. Police say they do not yet know why Alphonso Joyner, 23, allegedly opened fire on Woom Sing Tse on Tuesday, as he walked to buy a newspaper. Surveillance camera footage shows the moment that Joyner opened fire from his small two-door, light blue Toyota Scion at around 12:30pm, in the 200 block of West 23rd Place, in Chinatown. The first round of shots did not strike Tse. 'You could...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago police have charged a 19-year-old man they say fatally shot two teens in the South Shore neighborhood after they asked how tall he was. Police say Laroy Battle, 19, opened fire on two teens in an alley in the 7900-block of South Luella Avenue around 5 p.m. on Saturday, June 20. According to Deputy Chief of Detectives Brendan Deenihan, the shooting took place after the two teens and a friend had a brief encounter with Battle, whom they did not know, in a corner store. "The victims commented, because, since Battle is quite tall, and they...

An Englewood man is accused of killing two teenagers last weekend after they noted how tall he was while they bought candy at a gas station in South Shore. Laroy Battle, 19, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder and possession of a controlled substance, Deputy Chief Brendan Deenihan said at a news conference Thursday. Jasean Francis, 17, and Charles Riley, 16, were “very good kids from really excellent families,” Deenihan said. They had gone to a gas station Saturday afternoon in the 7900 block of South Luella with a third friend to buy candy when they ran into...