(ABC) Two men were stabbed and critically injured after an argument became physical early Saturday morning in Chicago’s Loop, according…
(Sun Times Wire) Two teens, including a 16-year-old girl, and a man were wounded Thursday in a shooting near an…
(Sun Times Wire) Shootings across Chicago Thursday left at least one person dead and 10 others wounded. Ten people had…
(Sun Times Wire) One person was wounded Wednesday in gun violence across Chicago. The only reported shooting happened about 4:37…
(Sun Times Wire) One person was killed and five others wounded Tuesday in Chicago, including two men who were shot…
(ABC) Two men were stabbed and critically injured after an argument became physical early Saturday morning in Chicago’s Loop, according to police. A 30-year-old man was walking with his girlfriend in the 300-block of North Michigan Avenue, near Wacker Drive, about 12:07 a.m., when he got into an argument with a group of people, police…
(Sun Times Wire) Two teens, including a 16-year-old girl, and a man were wounded Thursday in a shooting near an elementary school in Washington Heights on the South Side. The trio were in the 1000 block of West 103rd Street about 8:40 a.m. when they were approached by a small, tan SUV occupied by four…
(Sun Times Wire) Shootings across Chicago Thursday left at least one person dead and 10 others wounded. Ten people had been shot by mid-afternoon, including a 3-year-old boy who was struck outside a library in Lawndale. Two gunmen approached someone at 9:17 a.m. and let off several shots in the 3300 block of West 13th…
(Sun Times Wire) One person was wounded Wednesday in gun violence across Chicago. The only reported shooting happened about 4:37 p.m. in Lawndale on the West Side. A 19-year-old man was traveling south in a vehicle in the 1400 block of South Kedzie Avenue, when a vehicle pulled alongside him and someone inside opened fire,…
(Sun Times Wire) One person was killed and five others wounded Tuesday in Chicago, including two men who were shot — one of them fatally — within the same hour in separate shootings on the West Side. Authorities were called about 2:30 p.m. for shootings in Lawndale and West Garfield Park, according to a Chicago…
(ABC) An 18-year-old man was wounded inside a home on Chicago’s Northwest Side after a stray bullet entered the bedroom from a shooting outside Tuesday night, police said. The victim was inside a bedroom of a home in the 5200-block of West Schubert Avenue when at about 9:49 p.m. police said a male suspect fired…
(ABC) Three men are in custody after shots were fired at police Wednesday morning during a traffic stop in South Shore on the South Side, Chicago police said. According to police, around 12:05 a.m., officers on patrol requested assistance in an attempt to make a traffic stop for a black jeep in the 6900-block of…
Pastor Corey Brooks made a statement on Facebook about the death of Tyquan Manney, 18, shot and killed in Gresham this past weekend. R.I.P. Tyquan Manney – Sometimes living and ministering in the Hood to people on the margins can break your heart. TQ graduated from our school, was in our construction program and was…
(Sun Times Wire) Fifteen people were shot over the weekend across Chicago, including an 18-year-old man killed in Gresham on the South Side. Tyquan Manney was on the sidewalk about 11:40 a.m. Sunday in the 8700 block of South Lowe Avenue when someone walked up and fired shots at him, Chicago police and the Cook…
(ABC) A suspect was shot by Chicago police during a chase Wednesday night in East Garfield Park, police said. Chicago Police Department Spokesman Anthony Guglielmi described the incident as an “armed encounter” between police and the suspect. According to Area North Deputy Chief Ernest Cato, officers were responding to a disturbance around 8:30 p.m. near…
(Sun Times Wire) Less than two years ago, Ernesto Godinez sent a bullet through Kevin Crump’s head. Crump, an ATF special agent, had been on the job four months in May 2018. That’s when the bullet pierced his neck and left his body between his eyes. His fellow agents heard him make “noises that barely…
(Sun Times Wire) Five people were shot — three of them fatally — Tuesday in Chicago, including a man who was killed at a CTA train station near the border of Chicago and Evanston. Macksantino Webb, 20, was standing inside the Howard station about 12:20 p.m. when someone approached him and fired shots, striking him…
(WGN) Former Chicago police Supt. Eddie Johnson’s tenure ended in controversy, and earlier than expected. Mayor Lori Lightfoot terminated Johnson effective immediately Monday, saying an investigation into an incident when Johnson was reportedly asleep in a vehicle revealed, “actions that are intolerable for any leader.” During a press conference Monday, Lightfoot told reporters she had…
(Sun Times Wire) Sixteen people were shot, three of them fatally, across Chicago over the weekend. The latest fatal shooting happened Saturday in Englewood on the South Side. About 4 p.m., 37-year-old Gerald L. Davis was walking in the 6400 block of South Laflin Street, when someone in a dark colored SUV fired shots in…
(ABC) – One person is dead and four others have been shot in a Sunday morning shooting in Aurora, according to police. Aurora police responded to the 700-block of 5th Street after receiving multiple calls around 2:30 a.m., officials said. “Probably ten shot,” said one man who lives down the street from the scene. “I…
(ABC) A Chicago man who was hospitalized after being slammed to the ground by a police officer Thursday is facing an aggravated battery charge, according to police. Bernard Kersh, 29, is charged with one count of aggravated battery of a peace officer. He’s also facing misdemeanor charges for assault, resisting arrest and drinking alcohol in…
(ABC) A man is facing a series of felony weapon and drug charges after a nearly seven-hour standoff with police last week in Portage Park on the Northwest Side. Claudio Torres, 30, is charged with reckless discharge of a firearm, unlawful use of a weapon by a felon, possession of a controlled substance, possession of…
(Sun Times Wire) A man awaiting trial in an earlier gun case now also faces an attempted murder charge after he allegedly shot his neighbor’s brother multiple times in Englewood while out on bond. Vertis Peterson, 26, appeared for a bail hearing Thursday at the Leighton Criminal Court Building where Judge Charles Beach revoked his…
(Sun Times Wire) A man was hospitalized after being slammed to the ground by police Thursday in Chatham when he allegedly spit on an officer while being detained for drinking alcohol in public. The incident was caught on video and posted to social media. About 3:58 p.m., officers saw the 29-year-old drinking alcohol at a…
(Sun Times Wire) Two people were shot Wednesday in Chicago, including a 31-year-old man who was shot during a robbery in Humboldt Park on the West Side. About 7:50 p.m., he was in the 900 block of North Pulaski Road when a silver-colored vehicle pulled up and three to four people got out from inside,…
(Sun Times Wire) Four people were shot, two of them fatally Tuesday in Chicago, including a 32-year-old man was shot and killed in South Chicago. The man was walking on the sidewalk about 9:13 p.m. in the 8300 block of South Crandon Avenue when a male approached him on foot and fired shots, Chicago police…
(Sun Times Wire) As hundreds of UIC students gathered Monday night to mourn the death of 19-year-old Ruth George, officials announced a man had been charged with her weekend murder and sexual assault in a campus parking garage. Donald D. Thurman, 26, was charged with first-degree murder and aggravated sexual assault in connection with the…
(Sun Times Wire) A veteran Chicago police officer will spend a year and half in prison for taking bribes to leak the names of crash victims to an attorney referral service. Milot Cadichon, 47, was sentenced Monday to 18 months in federal prison for accepting about $10,000 in the scheme, according to U.S. Attorney’s Office…
(Fox) A man was killed and 19 other people were wounded by gun violence across Chicago this weekend. The 20-year-old man was fatally shot Friday night in University Village. Rayveon Hutchins was walking at 11:59 p.m. in the 1200 block of South Throop Street when a male approached him and opened fire, Chicago police and…
(ABC) Chicago police announced over the weekend that more than 10,000 illegal guns have been taken off city streets so far this year. That’s equivalent to roughly one gun taken off the street every 48 minutes. CPD Supt. Eddie Johnson is expected to discuss the milestone at a press conference Monday morning. This progress helps…
(Sun Times Wire) A Chicago police officer who was shot by a suspected bank robber in Irving Park last week has been released from the hospital and is continuing his recovery at home. The officer, a 46-year-old man, was released from Illinois Masonic on Friday, according to Chicago police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi. He was shot…
(CBS) A 19-year-old student who was found dead in her car in a University of Illinois at Chicago parking garage this weekend is was strangled and her death was a homicide, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office. UIC police said a person has been taken into custody. As CBS 2’s Mike Puccinelli reported,…
(Fox) The FBI is searching for an alleged drug trafficker in this week’s Chicago’s Most Wanted. Randall Langston, 25, is wanted for selling heroin laced with fentanyl. “Langston is accused of selling hundreds of grams of fentanyl-laced heroin worth tens of thousands of dollars to a confidential source,” said FBI Special Agent Siobhan Johnson. “These…
(Sun Times Wire) A 15-year-old girl was killed in a shooting Sunday in west suburban Aurora. Jasmine Noble was shot about 12:20 a.m. in the 400 block of Florida Avenue, according to Aurora police. Paramedics pronounced her dead at the scene. Detectives canvassed the area for evidence and spoke to potential witnesses, police said. The…
GARY, Ind. — Police in Northwest Indiana believe three teen boys are responsible for the death of a missing Portage woman. Adriana Saucedo, 27, of Portage was found dead Thursday night at the building that previously was Horace Norton Elementary School in Gary. Saucedo disappeared Tuesday night. She was last seen getting into a dark-colored…
(Sun Times Wire) Two people were shot in Chicago Thursday, including a 17-year-old boy fatally wounded in Lawndale on the West Side. About 6:50 p.m., Makei A. Smith was in a backyard in the 1300 block of South Lawndale Avenue when shots rang out, striking him in the hip and chest, Chicago police and the…
(Sun Times Wire) A bank robbery in Des Plaines led to three people — including a Chicago police officer and a 15-year-old boy — being shot on the Northwest Side on Tuesday evening. The officer, a 17-year Chicago Police Department veteran, was shot in the head and was listed in serious-but-stable condition Tuesday night, according…
(Sun Times Wire) Chicago went more than a full day without a reported shooting, from Sunday night into early Tuesday. There were no gunshot victims from 10:02 p.m. Sunday until 12:43 a.m. Tuesday, according to Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago police records. Fourteen people were shot on Sunday, the last of which was a 17-year-old boy…
(Sun Times Wire) One man was killed and 26 people were wounded in shootings across Chicago over the weekend. The 22-year-old man was shot to death Sunday inside a Subway restaurant on the Southeast Side. Frank Corona was in the business at 2:05 a.m. in the 4000 block of East 106th Street when he was…
(Sun Times Wire) One person was shot Wednesday in Chicago. The day’s lone reported shooting wounded a man who was trying to disarm a robber in Lawndale on the West Side. The 59-year-old told investigators he was in the 4300 block of Cermak Road at 3 a.m. when an armed male approached him and demanded…
