Chicago Crime

CHICAGO — A 60-year-old woman is in critical condition after being shot inside her apartment in the city’s Portage Park neighborhood. The shooting happened around 8:30 p.m. Sunday in the 5200 block of West Cullom. Police said the woman was inside her residence when a known man fired shots into her apartment. Read more...

CHICAGO — Police are investigating after an attempted crash and grab at Neiman Marcus on Michigan Avenue. The incident happened around 4:30 a.m. Monday in the 700 block of North Michigan Avenue. Police said a group of people crashed a Nissan sedan into the Neiman Marcus, but were not able to make entry into the [...]

CHICAGO — A Chicago man who emigrated from Jordan, started his own limo company, and a father of three was shot and killed by passengers while driving on the city’s West Side Sunday evening. Funeral arrangements are underway after 39-year-old Mohammed K. Al Hijoj of Jefferson Park, a father to an infant, was fatally shot [...]

CHICAGO — Chicago police are investigating a shooting in Garfield Park that sent four people to the hospital Wednesday night. According to the Chicago Police Department, officers responded to the 3600 block of West Flournoy Avenue in the city’s Garfield Park neighborhood on reports of a shooting on Wednesday. Read more...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A vehicle wanted in connection with a homicide in Chicago crashed into a school bus during a police chase in Milwaukee on Wednesday, sending multiple people to area hospitals. Police in Milwaukee said in a statement that they began chasing the vehicle shortly before noon. The vehicle collided with the school bus, [...]

CHICAGO — A 9-month-old baby girl is in critical condition following a shooting Tuesday night in Washington Park. At around 10:55 p.m., the 9-month-old sustained a gunshot wound to the head in the 0-100 block of East Garfield before being taken to Comer Children’s Hospital in critical condition by her mother. Read more...

CHICAGO — A man is dead and a child is injured after a shooting and rollover crash on the city’s Southwest Side. According to Chicago police, it all happened just before 8 p.m. in the 4700 block of South Loomis in New City on Monday night.  Read more...

CHICAGO — Authorities responded after reports of shots fired on Northwestern’s Chicago campus on Monday evening.  In a message shared on Northwestern University’s website at 9:07 p.m., the university confirmed that Chicago and Northwestern police were responding to reports of shots fired outside of Wieboldt Hall near East Chicago Avenue and North Lake Shore Drive in [...]

CHICAGO — An off-duty Chicago police officer is among the victims of a series of armed robberies that happened in less than two hours overnight. Sources tell WGN News they believe these robberies may be connected. Read more...

MIDLOTHIAN, Ill. — Three men were charged Thursday after being taken into custody following an attempted armed robbery of a southwest suburban liquor store Wednesday, according to the Midlothian Police Department (MPD). Read more...