Chicago Crime

CHICAGO — Two men were shot early Friday morning while inside a vehicle on the Near West Side. At around 2 a.m., police responded to the 1300 block of South Throop on the report of shots fired. Read more...

CHICAGO — A group armed with rifles and handguns conducted 12 robberies in an hour on Thanksgiving morning throughout the Southwest Side. The group was driving a light or dark blue Toyota or Hyundai sedan. Read more...

CHICAGO — An investigation is underway after two 14-year-old boys were found shot to death in an alley on the city’s South Side, police say. According to Chicago police, the boys were found in an alley in the 800 block of East 89th Place in Chatham just before 2:30 p.m. Saturday.  Read more...

CHICAGO — A 72-year-old man fatally shot in the city’s Logan Square neighborhood was among those killed in gun violence in Chicago over the weekend. The man was identified as 72-year-old Cesar Patiño. Read more...

CHICAGO — A man has been charged in the attack that critically injured a woman on Michigan Avenue. Bruce Diamond, 52, is facing one felony count of aggravated battery with great bodily harm. Diamond, who police say did not know the victim, allegedly launched a 3-foot javelin-like log at the woman’s head Monday afternoon in [...]

CHICAGO — A reward up to $150,000 has been offered following the robbery of a USPS letter carrier on the West Side. A USPS carrier was working in the 900 block of North Francisco at around 12:30 p.m. on Friday. Read more...

CHICAGO — Three armed carjackings were conducted after drivers were boxed in late Tuesday night on the North Side. A man was driving in the 4400 block of North Lincoln Avenue at around 11:10 p.m. when a black and silver sedan approached and blocked him in. Read more...

WORTH, Ill. — Charges have been filed against two people accused of killing a woman during an attempted robbery in the south suburbs over the weekend. According to Worth police, 22-year-old Tamara Jailynn Johnson and 23-year-old Jason Jerry Joseph Johnson have both been charged with first-degree murder for their alleged role in the shooting death [...]

CHICAGO — A 24-year-old woman has been charged in the armed carjacking of a woman outside her home on the city’s South Side last week. Kayla Bell faces one misdemeanor count of criminal trespassing to a vehicle. Read more...

CHICAGO — Two men face federal charges for their alleged role in a string of bank robberies across the Chicago area, prosecutors announced Monday. Charles Lawler, 53, of Villa Park and Tarandle Lee, 44, of Bolingbrook are accused of committing bank robberies in 2021 and 2022. Prosecutors allege the pair robbed four banks together. Lawler is [...]