CHICAGO - A Chicago man is accused of fatally shooting a woman in the head and then setting her home on fire last year. Joshua Mims, 37, has been charged with first-degree murder and aggravated arson for allegedly killing 32-year-old Raquel Adams and setting her residence on fire on May 12, 2023.

Police said three men walked into a South Shore neighborhood Family Dollar store and attacked a security guard Tuesday evening, only for one of the robbers to be shot and killed. At 7:19 p.m., the three men wearing face covers walked into the Family Dollar at 2346 E.

Charges have not been announced for the suspect, who officers tased during his arrest after the attack which happened around 11 p.m. in the 1500 block of East 75th Street, police said.

CHICAGO - A 16-year-old boy was shot while inside a home on Chicago's West Side Tuesday night. At about 10:42 p.m., police responded to a report of a person shot in the 600 block of North Lorel Avenue. Upon arrival, officers found the teenager, who had been shot in the hip while inside the residence.

A man was found shot and seriously injured when he crashed his vehicle into a north Birmingham Family Dollar. North Precinct officers were dispatched at 7:10 p.m. Tuesday to a report of a single-vehicle crash in the 3100 block of 26th Street North.

A man was hospitalized after being shot during a robbery at a Dollar General in southwest Atlanta, according to police.

Birmingham Police are investigating after a person was shot Tuesday evening. North Precinct officers responded to the 3100 block of 26th Street North around 7:10 p.m. where they discovered a single-vehicle collision.