As a clearer picture of what happened Tuesday begins to emerge, neighbors are still coming to the defense of Margaret Matthews, the 68-year-old woman who shot and injured a 12-year-old boy who is accused, along with an accomplice, of harassing the woman and vandalizing her home. The account police offered hadn't changed all that much from yesterday. Matthews had returned home from grocery shopping to find her windows broken and saw the two boys running from her house. She called the police but the boys returned, shouting at her and when she went outside, she found them standing on a nearby shed throwing bricks, one of which, she told the Tribune, hit her in the chest. She called police again, got her gun, and fired. Matthews told the Tribune, "There is no explanation for how I felt. I was terrified...The young man hit me in the chest with a brick. After a year of harassment, that was the straw that broke the camel's back." more ›

Meet Mostafa Mohammad who on Tuesday thwarted an attempted robbery in the phone store he owns at 64th & King St. when he wrestled the would-be robber and managed to get the gun away from him. According to the Trib's report of the incident, the gun went off just as Mohammad reached for the gun, striking another employee in the arm (the injury was not life-threatening). Check out full surveillance footage here and the WGN 9 story on the incident below. more ›

The ever-prescient Second City Cop has taken in the controversy surrounding the video of a Chicago Police Officer confronting a bus passenger that's been making the rounds as of late and has offered a rebuttal. In its response, SCC defends the officer, pointing out how many times the officer asks the passenger to leave the bus and explaining the officer's action. [Language still NSFW] more ›