DEADLY BANK SHOOTING IN CHICAGO….. AN INDIANA TEEN IS IN CUSTODY FOR SHOOTING IN POTER COUNTY, IN…..NO VERDICT IN WILKINS ARSON TRIAL….. RED CROSS ASSISTS HOMELESS AFTER APARTMENT FIRE IN BOURBONNAIS……Top news stories on WGFA for Wednesday, May 23rd     >

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• Authorities in Chicago have located a getaway car used in Tuesday morning’s deadly bank robbery on the city’s south side.  But the search continues for the suspects.  The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for info that leads them to the suspects.  A teller was shot and killed.  Two others were injured.
• Northwest Indiana authorities say a teenager is in custody in connection with a shooting and wounding of another teen.  Poter County Sheriff’s Police say a 15-year-old is expected to be charged with an incident where a 14-year-old was shot in the face.
• The jury in the Matt Wilkins arson case has not reached a verdict and will resume deliberations this morning.  The seven women-five men jury deliberated for about five hours Tuesday.  The judge recessed for the day a little after 6 pm.  Wilkins is facing an aggravated arson charge for a 1997 Watseka fire that destroyed two businesses.
• The Kankakee County Chapter of the Red Cross is assisting 15 homeless people after a fire destoyed an apartment building in Bourbonnais.  Tuesday’s fire had emergency responders rescuing three children and an adault from the building.  The fire is being blamed on food left on a stove.
• State Police will be out in force Friday.  A crackdown is scheduled along I-55 between Chicago and St. Louis.
• Lawmakers are considering another compromise from utility companies.

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