Chicago Crime

CHICAGO — One man is dead and another is in the hospital after Chicago police say they were shot Sunday night inside a home in the Roseland neighborhood on the city’s South Side. According to police, the shooting happened around 9 p.m. in the 9400 block of South Vernon Avenue. Officers responding to a person [...]

CHICAGO — A 13-year-old boy was shot and injured on the city’s West Side. The shooting happened around 9:55 p.m. Sunday in the 600 block of South Francisco Avenue. Police said the boy was walking on the sidewalk when a white sedan approached and then he heard gunshots. Read more...

TINLEY PARK, Ill. — Police held a press conference Monday to provide an update after a mother and her three adult daughters were found fatally shot inside their home in Tinley Park. Officers responded around 11:30 a.m. Sunday to a home in the 7400 block of 173rd Place and discovered four women shot and killed. Read [...]

CHICAGO — A woman is dead and a man is in custody after a shooting at a business on the city’s South Side. According to Chicago police, officers were called to a business in the 4800 block of South Ashland Avenue, in New City, just after 3:30 p.m. on Monday following reports of a domestic [...]

CHICAGO — An investigation is underway on Monday night after two people were killed in a shooting in the western suburbs. According to police, the shooting happened in the evening hours in the 2100 block of South 58th Court in Cicero. Read more...

CHICAGO — A man was injured after he was shot during an argument while he was pumping gas Thursday afternoon in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood. The shooting happened around 2:45 p.m. in the 7100 block of South Halsted Street. Read more...

CHICAGO — Two Chicago men face multiple felony charges following a string of carjackings and armed robberies in the city’s Gold Coast neighborhood. Prosecutors say the suspects, identified as 18-year-old Demontae Watkins and 20-year-old Charles Benson, allegedly beat and kicked a woman as she got into her car on North State Parkway.  Read more...

CHICAGO, IL — Reports from Chicago have indicated that a 61-year-old woman has been declared braindead following a brutal attack from an eight-time felon who was released on parole after robbing an undercover Chicago Police narcotics officer. The disturbing early morning attack has led to widespread online criticism of Chicago's and Illinois' restrictive laws on [...]

A 61-year-old Chicago woman is reportedly brain dead and may not live after she was beaten during a robbery on a train, prosecutors say. The suspect in the case is an eight-time felon who is on parole for a separate robbery involving a police officer, CWB Chicago reported Wednesday. Read more...

CHICAGO — A four-man robbery crew struck at least three liquor stores within an hour Monday night in the Wicker Park area on the city’s North Side. According to Chicago police, the locations and approximate times were in the the 2000 block of W. Division St. just after 8:40, the 1900 block of W. Fullerton [...]