California man held in stabbing of woman near Union Station
A California man has been charged in the stabbing of a woman near Union Station on Wednesday afternoon.
Wilson Barreno of Oakland, California, was arrested moments after attacking a 71-yearold woman in the 200 block of South Canal Street about 1:30 p.m., Chicago police said.
Police say Barreno, 25, stabbed the woman several times with a sharp object before running from the scene. Good Samaritans held Barreno until officers arrived and arrested him in the 500 block of Tilden Street.
The woman was taken in critical condition to a hospital. Barreno was charged with one count each of attempted first-degree murder, aggravated battery causing bodily harm and aggravated battery with use of a deadly weapon.
2 charged in shooting of man on I-57
Two men have been charged in connection with a shooting this week on Interstate 57 near Morgan Park.
The driver of a Chevrolet Impala rearended a Toyota RAV4 about 10 p.m. Monday on northbound I-57 near 111th Street. Both drivers pulled over, Illinois State Police said.
Tayvon Green-Powe, 25, who was in the Impala, is accused of firing multiple shots at the driver of the Toyota. Kraig Payne, 25, then drove away in the Impala, according to police.
The driver of the Toyota, a man whose age wasn’t released, was shot and taken to a hospital, police said.
Green-Powe, of Harvey, is charged with two felony counts of attempted murder. Payne, of Chicago, faces a felony count of aggravated fleeing to elude and three felony counts of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
They were arrested Tuesday at a home in Harvey, where officers found multiple firearms in Payne’s possession, police said.
A judge ordered both men held in custody.