Good afternoon, Chicago.
A private prayer service has been scheduled in memory of Joseph Kromelis, affectionately known to Chicagoans as the “Walking Man,” who died in mid-December from burns he suffered when he was set on fire in May while he was asleep on Lower Wabash Avenue.
The white-haired, mustachioed Kromelis was known in Chicago for walking around downtown earning his nickname, “Walking Man.”
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Oak Lawn denies police officers pummeled a teen following an arrest last July in which video provided by police as well as video taken by witnesses show officers repeatedly punching the youth as he was pinned down on a village street. Read more here.
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