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Man Allegedly Pushes Woman Into Pond, Holds Her Underwater At Old Orchard Mall

Permanent address · /il/cook-county/2026/10/13/man-allegedly-pushes-woman-into-pond-holds-her-underwater-at-old-orchard-mall-321881

Status

Reported, not yet confirmed

Independent sources

3

First seen

Oct 13, 9:46 AM CDT

updated Oct 13, 4:22 PM CDT

Topic

Local News

Reported by WMAQ-TV, WLS-TV and WSNS-TV, not yet confirmed.

What Happened

A woman was attacked at Westfield Old Orchard mall in Skokie, where a man allegedly pushed her into a pond and held her underwater before being detained by police, according to WLS-TV, WMAQ-TV, and WSNS-TV.

Written by our system from the sources below (3), version 5, Oct 13, 7:10 PM CDT. Official warnings are never rewritten: they are quoted as issued.

Sources · Copies Of One Story Count Once

How It Unfolded

Oct 13, 3:21 PM CDT · first source seen

Official Confirmation

No official source confirms this yet. It is reported, not confirmed.

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Cook County and its neighbours, as they are right now. The event is placed on the county; it is not drawn as a point.

How We Decided

Oct 13, 3:47 PM CDTHeld: One source so far, and no official source confirms it yet.Oct 13, 4:55 PM CDTPublished: Two or more independent sources reported it.NextConfirmed when an official source agrees.