Left for Dead: Family of Hit-and-Run Victim Says Chicago Police Have Kept Them in the Dark

Left for Dead: Family of Hit-and-Run Victim Says Chicago Police Have Kept Them in the Dark

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Here are today's top stories It's Friday, Sep. 9th. 1 Left for Dead: Family of Hit-and-Run Victim Says Chicago Police Have Kept Them in the Dark Nearly two years after a deadly hit-and-run crash that remains unsolved, the parents of one victim say Chicago police have kept them in the dark, leaving them with no idea how much evidence investigators have collected – until NBC 5 Investigates showed them. On the evening of Dec. 23, 2020, as their families prepared for the Christmas holiday, 12-year-old Giovany Bucio and Araceli Gutierrez, 48, walked to the store just blocks away from his family's Gage Park home. They never returned. Just after 8 p.m., a black sedan speeding west on 55th Street fatally struck them as they crossed the street just east of Kedzie Avenue. The car fled the scene. Read More → 2 Coronavirus in Illinois: Nearly 20K New Cases, 64 Deaths Reported in Last Week Illinois health officials reported 19,933 new COVID-19 cases over the past week, along with 64 additional deaths, marking a decrease in cases from a week prior, as 28 counties within the state remain at a "high" community level for COVID-19. The previous week, Illinois reported 26,127 new cases and 70 deaths. The week before that, 24,297 new cases and 82 deaths were reported. The latest numbers come as reformulated vaccines that target the latest omicron subvariants, BA.4 and BA.5, began across the state. Read More → 3 Target's Car Seat Trade-In Event Is Coming Up. Here's When It Is, and How It Works Parents, this one's for you. Beginning this month, all Target locations will hold a car seat trade-in program where guests bring into the store one old, expired or damaged car seat to be recycled, and receive a coupon for a new car seat or stroller in exchange. According to Target, the twice-a-year program, established in 2016, has so far recycled 1.97 million car seats. Read More → 4 Teen Killed in Shooting Near Chicago's Kenwood Academy, Police Say A teenager was killed in a shooting near Chicago's Kenwood Academy near the Hyde Park neighborhood Friday afternoon, police said. The shooting happened around noon in the 1600 block of East 50th Place, according to police. Chicago Police Commander Ron Pontecore said a Chicago Public Schools student was "attacked by armed offenders." Read More → 5 Everything We Know About This Year's Fright Fest at Six Flags Great America First comes pumpkin spice everything, then comes Halloween. In between that? Apple picking, fall colors, supernatural tours, haunted houses…and of course, Fright Fest. Fright Fest, Six Flags Great America's spookiest celebration is back at the Gurnee amusement park for its 31st terrifying season with haunted houses, live performances, spooky scare zones, rides after dark and more. And while the park offers family-friendly fun during the day, the frights show "NO MERCY" according to the park, after 6 p.m. Read More → 6 Monarch Migrations Peak Tomorrow in Chicago. Here's What to Know It's that time of year again: Flocks of monarch butterflies will flutter through Chicago over the weekend, tackling an undertaking to migrate south for the winter. Chicagoans will be able to catch sights of the critters in various ways. From the best viewing spots to the prime times to head outdoors, chief curator of the Chicago Academy of Sciences at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum Doug Taron shared the latest details on the annual phenomenon. Here's what to know: Read More → Got a tip or story idea? tips@nbcchicago.com Follow NBC Chicago Unsubscribe from this Mailing | Unsubscribe from all | Privacy | Terms ©2021 Copyright NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations 30 Rockefeller Plaza - New York, NY 10112