Chicago Crime

CHICAGO — Chicago police are seeking the public’s help with identifying three alleged armed robbers caught on camera. The department on Thursday released surveillance video of three suspects accused of armed robbery in the 300 block of W. 80th Street in the city’s Ashburn neighborhood. Read more...

The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is offering a reward of up to $150,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of suspects involved in three recent robberies of U.S. Postal Service letter carriers in the South Chicago neighborhood on the city’s South Side. Read more...

CHICAGO — Chicago police are investigating a pair of armed robberies late Wednesday night on the city’s Northwest Side. According to police, two stores were robbed at gunpoint, one just before 10 p.m. in the 5900 block of W. Grand Ave. in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood and another just after 11 p.m. in the 3200 [...]

CHICAGO — A delivery driver was shot and injured on the city’s West Side. The shooting happened around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday in the 4200 block of West Hirsch in the Humboldt Park neighborhood. Read more...

CHICAGO — Chicago police are seeking to identify an armed man who allegedly robbed two people on the CTA Blue Line, the department said Monday. Police say the incident occurred just before 7:45 p.m. on Dec. 30 on the CTA Blue Line in the 500 block of S. Kedzie Ave. Read more...

CHICAGO — Chicago police are investigating three armed robberies that took place Sunday night at separate liquor stores on the city’s North Side. According to the Chicago Police Department, three similar robberies at separate liquor stores were reported late Sunday night in the city’s Lake View and Lincoln Park neighborhoods. Read more...

CHICAGO — Charges have been filed against a Chicago firefighter accused in a shooting that stemmed from an apparent road rage incident on the North Side on New Year’s Eve. According to Chicago police, 34-year-old Omotayo Kassim is facing several felony charges including aggravated battery by discharge of a firearm, attempted first-degree murder and aggravated [...]

CHICAGO — Chicago police are investigating a homicide Sunday morning in the Garfield Park neighborhood on the city’s West Side. According to police, a 49-year-old man was standing outside a location in the 600 block of S. Washtenaw Ave. just after 6 a.m., when an unknown number of offenders from inside fired shots in his [...]

CHICAGO — An investigation is underway after a police-involved shooting in the city’s Gold Coast neighborhood. According to Chicago Police Department Supt. Larry Snelling, officers responded to a burglary at the Prada store in the 100 block of East Walton Street around 4 a.m. Monday. Read more...

CHICAGO — A Chicago man is facing a slew of charges in connection with a string of crimes that unfolded in the Loop in early December. According to Chicago police, 24-year-old Terry Ivory, a Belmont Cragin resident, is facing several felony charges including one count of robbery of a victim 60 or older or with [...]