Six shot at Montgomery Easter party

Posted: Apr 20, 2014 3:25 PM CDTUpdated: Apr 20, 2014 3:25 PM CDT

 

MONTGOMERY, Ill. (Sun-Times Media Wire) -Six people were shot at an Easter party on Sunday after a gunman opened fire in west suburban Montgomery.

The shooting happened about 12:40 a.m. at a home in the 1300 block of Jackson Street, according to a statement from the Montgomery Police Department. According to police, a man got out of a gold SUV -- with gold and black rims -- and began shooting into a garage where the party was taking place.

Four men and two women, all said to be in their 20's, were shot, police said. Five were taken to Mercy Center Hospital while another person was driven to Rush Copley by a friend, police said. While children were at the party, none were hit.

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#chicago #crime - 6 dead, 24 wounded in shootings since Friday evening

Posted: Apr 19, 2014 10:09 AM CDTUpdated: Apr 20, 2014 2:50 PM CDT

 

Officers investigate near a West Side gangway where police say a man was shot and killed Friday night. (NVP News Video)

CHICAGO (Sun-Times Media Wire) -

Six people have been killed--not including a death from a murder-suicide--and at least 24 others have been wounded in shootings across the city since Friday evening.

A Chicago Police Officer and her husband, a Cook County Sheriff’s correctional officer, were found dead in their Southwest Side home Sunday in what appears to be a murder-suicide, authorities said.

The correctional officer apparently shot his wife before shooting himself, said Cook County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Cara Smith.

The two - both 50 - were found unresponsive at 5:08 a.m. at their residence in the 5300 block of South Austin Avenue, police said.

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#PopeFrancis, huge crowd joyously celebrate #Easter

Posted: Apr 20, 2014 4:12 AM CDTUpdated: Apr 20, 2014 8:33 AM CDT

 

(AP Photo/Andrew Medichini). Pope Francis incenses the faithful as he arrives to celebrate an Easter Sunday Mass in St.

 

(AP Photo/Andrew Medichini). Pope Francis, center, arrives to celebrate an Easter Sunday Mass in St.

 

(AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino). Cardinals hold lit candles during the Easter vigil service celebrated by Pope Francis in St.

By FRANCES D'EMILIO
Associated Press

VATICAN CITY (AP) - Marking Christianity's most hopeful day, Pope Francis made an Easter Sunday plea for peace and dialogue in Ukraine and Syria, for an end to terrorist attacks against Christians in Nigeria and for more attention to the hungry and neediest close to home.

Well over 150,000 tourists - Romans and pilgrims, young and old - turned out for the Mass that Francis celebrated at an altar set up under a canopy on the steps of St. Peter's Basilica.

So great were their numbers that they overflowed from sprawling St. Peter's Square, which was bedecked with row after row of potted daffodils, sprays of blue hyacinths and bunches of white roses. Waving flags from the pope's native Argentina as well as from Brazil, Mexico, Britain, Poland and many other countries, they also filled the broad boulevard leading from the square to the Tiber River.

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