Girl dies from fire
An 11-month-old girl who suffered from smoke inhalation during a Christmas Eve morning fire at her Little Village home died Sunday, officials and family said. Mariana Pasteles of the 2800 block of South Sawyer Avenue was pronounced dead at 1:15 p.m. at Children’s Memorial Hospital, said a spokesman for the Cook County medical examiner. The spokesman said an autopsy is scheduled for Monday, but it seems that the toddler died as a result of the fire.
2 teens shot on CTA bus
Two 14-year-old males were shot on the South Side on Saturday night while they were passengers on a Chicago Transit Authority bus. About 9:50 p.m. Saturday, the teens were eastbound on the 79th Street bus, police said. When the bus arrived at Ashland Avenue, unknown suspects entered through the rear door and opened fire, police said. Police do not have a motive in the shooting and there are no suspects in custody.
Jackson seeks probe
Rev. Jesse Jackson is urging Rockford residents to push for a federal investigation into the police shooting of an unarmed man inside a church-run day care. At a news conference at the day care center, Jackson criticized a grand jury for ruling last week that the shooting was justified. He urged residents to push for an outcome that’s “just and fair.” The Aug. 24 killing of 23-year-old Mark Anthony Barmore in Rockford has heightened racial tensions in the community.
