Chicago Crime

CHICAGO — A West Side community is reeling on Sunday night and calling for extra resources from lawmakers after a baby boy was among two critically injured in a shooting on Saturday. The shooting unfolded in Little Village, a community that has been plagued by violence, and prompted activists to rally, asking for action, peace [...]

CHICAGO — Chicago police are searching for at least two armed robbers who targeted two different stores in a span of 20-minutes on the city’s Northwest Side. The first incident happened around 8:35 p.m. Sunday in the 3400 block of West Addison Street. Police said two men, one armed with a handgun, entered a retail [...]

CHICAGO — A driver was injured on the inbound Bishop Ford Expressway leading to a shooting investigation Monday morning. According to Illinois State Police, troopers responded around 5:15 a.m. to inbound I-94 at the Dan Ryan merge after reports of a shooting.

CHICAGO — A 25-year-old man has died after being shot multiple times on the city’s South Side. The shooting happened around 1:43 a.m. Thursday in the 6100 block of South King Drive in the Washington Park neighborhood. Police said a 25-year-old man was in the alley when he got into an argument with someone he [...]

CHICAGO - One person was arrested after an off-duty Chicago police officer got into a shootout with gunmen Tuesday morning in the Morgan Park neighborhood. The off-duty officer was confronted by several armed suspects around 5:30 a.m. when they began exchanging gunfire in the 10800 block of South Campbell Avenue, according to police.

CHICAGO — An attempted carjacking led to a shootout between suspects and an off-duty Chicago police officer on the city’s Far South Side. According to police, one suspect was taken into custody, but was later released. The officer was not injured.

CHICAGO — The Chicago Police Department announced charges in the 2022 homicide of 3-year-old Mateo Zastro Thursday evening. CPD Chief of Detectives Antoinette Ursitti held a press conference shortly after 5 p.m. where she announced 32-year-old Govanni Hernandez was charged with two counts of murder and one count of attempted murder in the shooting death [...]

CHICAGO — A man is wanted by CPD for allegedly strangling and striking a Red Line rider with pliers Sunday. Police believe a man, approximately 30-35 years old wearing a white Bulls shirt and jeans, struck another man in the head with pliers after strangling him.

CHICAGO — A United States Postal Service letter carrier was shot and killed Friday in the city’s West Pullman neighborhood. The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is offering a reward of up to $250,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible.

Police have made three arrests after suspects on six different occasions in the past three months stole merchandise from the Lululemon store in Lake Forest. Lake Forest Deputy Police Chief Kevin Zelk said Monday that there have been six retail theft incidents at Lululemon, 680 North Western Avenue, over the last three months.