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The man crashed into another car in the 3800 block of West Madison Street. A man inside the other car then shot him multiple times, police said.
The shooting happened in the 1100 block of West 58th Street, police said.
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The boy was walking with his guardian when a driver pulled up and grabbed his arm. The boy hit him and broke free.
A man was in an argument with another man when he pulled out a gun and accidentally shot himself in the 6800 block of South Cornell Avenue, police say. He was arrested.
The brother of one woman wounded at Friday’s White Sox game described the ‘pop’ as sounding similar to an empty plastic water bottle being squeezed. They thought little of it, until his sister said she felt like she got ‘hit with a ball’ in her abdomen.
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The boy was in the 5400 block of South Shields Avenue when he was shot by ‘unknown males on foot,’ police said.
No evidence was ever produced that Keegan Casteel had nefarious intentions when a housekeeper found guns and ammunition in his room at the W Hotel on Lake Shore Drive.
A reporter and a photographer for Univision Chicago had a camera, two bags containing equipment and a personal backpack stolen. No injuries were reported.
Officer Daniel Fair and three other Calumet District officers have been stripped of their police powers amid a separate investigation into allegations they took guns off the street and lied about where they came from.
Los fiscales habían recomendado una sentencia de dos años de prisión para Bianca Finnigan, pero el juez coincidió con la abogada defensora Andrea Gambino en que su clienta tuvo el papel más mínimo en la conspiración.
Mark Meadows’ lawyers argue that his actions around the 2020 election fell within his duties as a federal official.
The men, 41 and 36, suffered gunshot wounds about 6:15 p.m. in the 3400 block of West 5th Avenue.
Organizers called for Illinois to allow safe-use sites, where people can use drugs under supervision of medical professionals and be guided toward recovery resources.
Interim Police Supt. Fred Waller did tell reporters Monday that investigators have ‘almost completely dispelled’ a theory that one or more bullets were fired from outside the stadium, wounding two women.
Alexander Villa was convicted of gunning down Lewis during the armed robbery of a convenience store at Division Street and Austin Boulevard, where Lewis was working as a security guard.
At a hearing in Waukegan, Judge George Strickland ruled against Robert Crimo Jr.’s motion to dismiss charges of reckless conduct for helping his son obtain a gun license even though the then-19-year-old had threatened violence.
The 20-year-old man was shot in his head as he tried to flee early Monday morning, police said.
Tiffenn Johnson, 23, was found with a gunshot wound to the head and he was pronounced dead on the scene.
Around 250 teens crowded the AMC Cicero 14 theater Sunday evening, then moved to the nearby Aldi, where gunshots were fired.
The boy was shot in the foot and was in good condition at Comer Children’s Hospital.
Kevin Ware, 49, is accused of running the drug operation prosecutors said was working with the Chicago street gang to sell fentanyl-laced heroin.
A judge in Fulton County allowed all related hearings and trials stemming from the investigation into efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election to be live streamed and televised.
The two were in a car Thursday afternoon in the 1500 block of East 65th Street when someone in another vehicle opened fire, Chicago police say.
An unknown person stabbed the 41-year-old in his neck Thursday morning in the 6300 block of South King Drive, police said.
No injuries have been reported during the 2-11 alarm fire that began at 718 E. 93rd St. and spread to a nearby building, the fire department said.
The injured 20-year-old ran away, but was found in a home Wednesday and taken into custody.
The 84% jump in hate crimes in Chicago last year compared to the previous year was the largest among the 10 largest U.S. cities by population, according to the study that analyzed hate crime trends in major U.S. cities.
A police spokesperson said “no theories have been ruled out” — days after interim Police Supt. Fred Waller told reporters that investigators “almost completely dispelled” the possibility of gunfire coming from outside the stadium.
Theories and rumors and unconfirmed reports have circulated on social media, but police and the Sox have released virtually nothing about the shooting that wounded two women Friday night.
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