(Fox) Authorities arrested dozens of people overnight in a series of drug raids ahead of Memorial Day weekend. Chicago police…
(Sun Times Wire) Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Thursday she’s “flooding the zone” — with 1,200 additional police officers, dozens of…
(Fox) Three people were wounded by gunfire Thursday in Little Village on the Southwest Side. Two men and a woman…
(Fox) A northern Illinois man accused of killing a 2-year-old son of his daughter’s friend and dumping the dismembered remains…
(Sun Times Wire) Eight people were shot Wednesday in Chicago, including a man who was killed in a drive-by in…
(Fox) Authorities arrested dozens of people overnight in a series of drug raids ahead of Memorial Day weekend. Chicago police Organized Crime officers arrested 32 people in the South Side raids, 21 of whom have previous felony convictions, according to a tweet from CPD spokesman Anthony Guglielmi. Seven of them have prior convictions for gun-related…
(Sun Times Wire) Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Thursday she’s “flooding the zone” — with 1,200 additional police officers, dozens of religious leaders and more than 100 youth programs — to prevent Memorial Day weekend from turning violent. “I want our kids to be safe in every community. That’s what success looks like. I know that…
(Fox) Three people were wounded by gunfire Thursday in Little Village on the Southwest Side. Two men and a woman were standing on the sidewalk about 10:40 p.m. in the 3500 block of West Cermak Road when someone approached the group on foot and fired shots, Chicago police said. A woman, 27, was hit in…
(Fox) A northern Illinois man accused of killing a 2-year-old son of his daughter’s friend and dumping the dismembered remains in a Chicago lagoon was acquitted Thursday of murder charges. Kamel Harris of Rockford was found not guilty of first-degree murder, dismemberment and concealment of a homicidal death by a Cook County jury, one day…
(Tribune) Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s new security chief co-authored a report two years ago suggesting that the solution to Chicago’s crime problem on the city’s South and West sides was this: Bring in the National Guard. Former U.S. Marshal James Smith, the private security contractor whom Lightfoot picked to head her security detail, wrote the eight-page…
(Fox) A Rockford man on trial in the death of a 2-year-old boy and the dumping of his dismembered remains in a Chicago lagoon took the witness stand and declared his innocence. Prosecutors haven’t said how Kyrian Knox died, but allege 44-year-old Kamel Harris killed the toddler before scattering the boy’s weighted-down remains in the…
(ABC) A man was fatally shot by Chicago police officers after a barricade situation that prompted a SWAT response Wednesday near the University of Chicago in Woodlawn on the South Side. A man called police about 10:15 a.m. to report that his son, who had bipolar disorder, was armed and distraught at a home in…
(Fox) Six people were injured Tuesday in shootings across Chicago, including one that took place near Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s home in Logan Square. About 1:30 a.m., a man was walking in the 3400 bock of West Schubert Avenue when four to five male juveniles came up to him at the mouth of an alley, Chicago…
(Sun Times Wire) As a series of storms moved across Chicago, at least 15 people were wounded —four of them fatally— in shootings within city limits over the weekend, including a 19-year-old man who was killed early Monday in West Town. Cortney Lamonte Foy was getting picked up about 1 a.m. in the first block…
(Sun Times Wire) Four people were shot Friday in Chicago within city limits, including a 25-year-old who was killed in South Shore. About 12:53 a.m., Devante Boldon was found dead with gunshot wounds to his back and head in the 7200 block of South Jeffery Boulevard, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office…
(Sun Times Wire) It is gruesome. It is grisly. It’s as bad as it gets. It’s a rare crime called fetal abduction and it still causes a highly respected former top Chicago member of the police brass, who asked to remain anonymous, to wince reading about the murder of nine-months-pregnant Marlen Ochoa-Lopez, whose body was…
(Sun Times Wire) Nine months pregnant with her second child, Marlen Ochoa-Lopez went to Clarisa Figueroa’s home last month to buy baby clothes, just as she had done at least once before, authorities said. But four hours later, Figueroa stood on a sidewalk and called 911, claiming she had given birth to a baby who…
(Sun Times Wire) Two weeks ago, Lamar Baker beat murder and attempted murder charges in a 2017 shooting that left one man dead and another wounded. On Thursday, the 20-year-old man described by Cook County prosecutors as an “enforcer” for the Latin Kings, was charged with the 2016 killing of a 37-year-old man in Little…
(ABC) Kendrick Woods traveled from Wisconsin to Chicago last weekend to surprise his mom for Mother’s Day. But hours before Woods got the chance to see her, he was gunned down in the Humboldt Park neighborhood. His sudden, violent death came as a shock to his younger brother, Patrick Woods. “He was everything that is…
(Sun Times Wire) At least six people were shot — two of them fatally — across Chicago on Thursday. A 41-year-old man was fatally struck by gunfire in Albany Park on the Northwest Side. Dennis Sackmaster was standing in an alley about 12:24 a.m. in the 4900 block of North Kedzie Avenue when someone in…
(Sun Times Wire) Federal murder charges have been filed against an alleged gang member who fatally shot a man and wounded another last year in Scottsdale on the Southwest Side. Luis “Snoop” Contreras, 39, an alleged member of the Latin Saints gang, is charged with a count of murder in aid of racketeering, a count…
(Sun Times Wire) Eight people were shot Wednesday in Chicago, including a man who was killed while riding a minibike through Roseland on the South Side. At 11:46 p.m., Terrance Pouncy, 26, was riding in the 10800 block of South Princeton Avenue when someone fired shots, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office…
(Sun Times Wire) Two people — including a 15-year-old boy — were killed and eight others were wounded Tuesday in shootings across Chicago. The boy was with a 23-year-old woman about 2:16 p.m. in the 200 block of West 113th Street in Roseland when someone opened fire from a vehicle, Chicago police said. The boy…
(Sun Times Wire) One person was killed and five others, including two teen boys, were wounded Monday in shootings across Chicago. The day’s single reported fatality happened just after 11 p.m. in Lawndale on the West Side. Christopher Williams, 23, was in an apartment bedroom with a female in the 3300 block of West Douglas…
(Tribune) A bouquet of purple and red silk flowers — positioned in the center of an unfinished wooden garage door — surrounds the smiling picture of Nicole Ridge, who was strangled nearly a year ago but still remembered in this alley on Chicago’s Far South Side. “RIP” is written in black marker on a white…
(ABC) Chicago police said persons of interest have been taken into custody and are being questioned in relation to a pregnant 19-year-old who has been missing from Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood for three weeks. Police announced the arrests Tuesday afternoon. The persons of interest were taken into custody in the 4100-block of West 77th Place on…
(Sun Times Wire) Good riddance — but not yet. That seemed to be the message Tuesday from dozens of community activists, who applaud the decision to destroy the Cook County Sheriff’s Office’s controversial gang database but not before some key questions are answered. “This rush to get rid of it is a way to protect…
(Sun Times Wire) A Westchester man is accused of fatally shooting his wife on Mother’s Day in the western suburb. Reginald Hooks, 55, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Leifshorn Hooks, who was found Sunday lying in a bathroom with multiple gunshot wounds, according to Westchester Police Chief Brian Stelter. Officers were…
(Sun Times Wire) Four men allegedly committed murder on Northwest Side in hopes of gaining status in a street gang, according to federal prosecutors. A federal indictment unsealed last week charges four alleged members of the Milwaukee Kings street gang who allegedly committed murder in aid of racketeering, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office of…
Bloody Chicago Visual Podcast, this podcast is episode two it is about the history of serial killers in Chicago over the past 100 plus years. There are rumblings in Chicago about a serial killer roaming the streets of the city, the killer could possibly be responsible for 51 murders of young women across the Chicago over the past 18 years.
Bloody Chicago Visual Podcast, this podcast is episode two it is about the history of serial killers in Chicago over the past 100 plus years. There are rumblings in Chicago about a serial killer roaming the streets of the city, the killer could possibly be responsible for 51 murders of young women across the Chicago over the past 18 years.
(ABC) Police say a man who was shot in a police-involved shooting in the 1500 block of South Lawndale has died. The incident happened around 3:30 p.m. Saturday and police say it was armed confrontation between the man and officers. The 30-year-old man was transported to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition and later died…
(FOX) A man is accused of stabbing a Chicago police officer during an arrest Friday on the Far South Side. Damien Brooks, 43, is charged with one felony count of aggravated battery to a peace officer, according to Chicago police. About 9:28 a.m., officers responded to reports of a battery in the 13200 block of…
(Sun Times Wire) At least four people were shot Thursday across Chicago, including a 25-year-old man who was killed in a home in Englewood on the South Side. About 3 a.m., Andrew Whitaker was in the living room of a residence in the 6400 block of South Laflin Street when someone unleashed gunfire through the…
(Sun Times Wire) Two men face charges in connection with a confrontation with police after a shooting early Wednesday outside a River North nightclub in which 40 gunshots were fired. Antione Davis, 36, was accused of nearly hitting an officer with this car as he tried to leave the area after the shooting near the…
(WGN) Chicago police say one of its officers was stabbed in the neck and left arm while making an arrest. Police say the 27-year-old officer is hospitalized in good condition following the stabbing Friday morning on the city’s Far South Side. Police say the 42-year-old man who stabbed the officer is in custody and charges…
(Sun Times Wire) Six people were shot Wednesday in gun violence across Chicago, including a man fatally wounded in Lawndale on the West Side. Tony Robinson, 44, was in the 3900 block of West Arthington Street about 9 p.m. when someone fired shots, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. He was…
(Sun Times Wire) A fight between two men turned deadly last month when one of the men grabbed a gun and began shooting outside an Austin restaurant, Cook County prosecutors said Wednesday. Victor Turner, 27, initially got into a verbal confrontation with Sammy Hodges. But when the fight turned physical on March 10, Turner went…
(Sun Times Wire) A man accused of stabbing to death his new bride in a Burbank condominium the day after their wedding has been added to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. Arnoldo Jimenez, 37, is charged with murder in the May 12, 2012, death of his wife, Estrella Carrera, 26, shortly after they…
Bloody Chicago Video: On April 26th, 2019, a, lone bullet killed a mother as she stood in a Southwest Side cellphone store with her two children had been intended for a group of rival gang members. The shooter 23-year-old Bryant Mitchell was arrested less than a week after he fired the shots that killed the mother of 3 Candice Dickerson a pharmacy technician at Norwegian American Hospital,, Mitchell told detectives that he hadn’t intended to kill miss Dickerson, he said “this wasn’t for the lady” and that “she was in the wrong place at the wrong time,” Mitchell, who faces three counts of attempted first-degree murder, was ordered held without bail, days later 24 year old Marco Zabala, was charged with first-degree murder and three counts of attempted first-degree murder for allegedly providing the handgun used to kill Candice Dickerson.
According to police before the shooting, Mitchell and two others — all reputed members of the Satan Disciples street gang — watched a Chrysler sedan occupied by three men pull into a parking lot to sell weed. Gang signs were flashed then the Chrysler started to leave the parking lot Mitchell and his friends, ran down toward 59th, and Mitchell then fired four shots at the car.
One shot shattered the rear window of the Chrysler and two others struck a nearby ambulance, but the fourth, bullet went through the window of the MetroPCS store and struck Candice Dickerson in the head, killing her, and now we have 3 young boys without a mother, hopefully the courts will find justice for Candice and her family.
(ABC) A second Chicago man was charged in connection with the murder of a single mother inside a cell phone store on the city’s Southwest Side. Police said Marco Zabala provided the gun that Bryant Mitchell allegedly used to shoot at rival gang members near West 59th Street and South Kedzie Avenue on April 26.…
