Chicago Crime

CHICAGO — A SWAT team with the Chicago police department responded to a standoff on the City’s Northwest side on Tuesday. According to Chicago police, crews are outside of a residence in the 4900 block of North Moody Avenue in Jefferson Park and negotiations are underway with an individual inside.  Read more...

CHICAGO — Police are offering a warning to residents on the city’s South Side after a string of carjackings over the past week targeting delivery drivers and rideshare drivers. According to Chicago police, three people had their cars stolen at gunpoint in New City over the last five days. Read more...

JOLIET, Ill. — Authorities in Joliet and Will County released a timeline and new details on Tuesday on what they called the most heinous crime the city has ever seen after eight people were found dead and one person was shot Sunday evening. According to Joliet Police Department Chief Bill Evans, it has been determined [...]

CHICAGO — A University of Chicago employee was left unharmed after an armed robbery attempt near the school’s Hyde Park campus Wednesday evening. According to the University of Chicago Police Department, a university staff member was walking on the sidewalk on the 1400 block of East Midway Plaisance just before 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday when [...]

CHICAGO — A 28-year-old man was hospitalized Wednesday evening after being shot near the Harlem Irving Plaza shopping mall. According to the Chicago Police Department, a 28-year-old man was shot on the 3900 block of North Harlem Avenue in the city’s Dunning neighborhood just after 6 p.m. on Wednesday. Read more...

CHICAGO — The Chicago Police Department sent out a community alert Wednesday regarding an attempted kidnapping of a 14-year-old girl in the city’s Portage Park neighborhood. According to CPD, a 14-year-old girl was walking in the area of North Long Avenue and West Pensacola Avenue around 3:40 p.m. Tuesday when she was approached by a [...]

CHICAGO — In a string of break-ins across Chicago Thursday morning, a liquor store owner expresses his frustration as he experienced his fourth burglary of the month. Two businesses were burglarized within minutes of each other in Lakeview early Thursday morning, including Galleria Liquors in Lakeview. Read more...

CHICAGO — A 2-year-old boy shot Tuesday night in the West Pullman neighborhood in an apparent accident has died. The medical examiner’s office has identified the boy as Jamal Robineson. Read more...

CHICAGO — Chicago police are looking for the person who shot two men Saturday night in the Chatham neighborhood on the city’s South Side. According to police, just after 7:15 p.m. Saturday in the 200 block of W. 80th St., two men, 29 and 24, were on the sidewalk when they both sustained gunshot wounds [...]