Chicago Crime

CHICAGO — A shooting followed by a police chase led to a SWAT standoff on the city’s South Side. The incident started around 10 p.m. Monday near 91st and Ellis in the Burnside neighborhood. Police said officers witnessed at least three suspects shooting at a vehicle, and then fled the scene. Officers were able to [...]

Nearly 40 people were shot, seven of them fatally, during the weekend in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s (D) Chicago. Breitbart News reported at least 29 people were shot Friday into Sunday morning in Chicago, and five of those shooting victims succumbed to their wounds. Read more...

CHICAGO — A string of robberies took place at multiple 7-11 stores on the North Side Sunday morning. Police reported that individuals grabbed the register and left from the 7-11 location located in the 1404 West Pratt Avenue. Another robbery was reported at the store located in the 6800 block of North Sheridan Road and [...]

CHICAGO — At least six people were robbed at gunpoint at multiple locations on the city’s North Side late Thursday night and early Friday morning. The circumstances surrounding the armed robberies are similar with the victims describing the same weapon, vehicle and number of offenders involved — but police have not confirmed whether they are [...]

CHICAGO — Two people were critically wounded in a drive-by shooting outside of a funeral home Wednesday morning on the South Side. The shooting happened just before 11 a.m. outside Leak and Sons Funeral Home, located at 7838 S. Cottage Grove Avenue in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood. Read more...

News cameras from WBBM-TV were rolling when trouble went down on a bike path near Chicago's Oak Street Beach Monday morning, the station said. At least four people were kicked or punched along the path between North Avenue and Oak Street Beach around 6 a.m., WBBM noted. Read more...

CHICAGO — A man was critically wounded by a gunman inside a tow truck Monday night in Little Village. At around 6:45 p.m., police said a 25-year-old was outside in the 2600 block of West Cermak when a black tow truck pulled up. An occupant inside fired shots and struck the man in the back. [...]

CHICAGO — An 8-year-old has died after being shot by another juvenile while inside a home on the city’s West Side. The incident happened around 4:45 a.m. Tuesday in the 3100 block of West Flournoy in the Garfield Park neighborhood. Read more...

CHICAGO — Police are asking the public to be on the lookout for a person who may have tried to lure a teen girl from a playground on Chicago’s West Side. The incident unfolded at around 3:30 p.m., near North Keeler Avenue and West Cortez Street, in Humboldt Park, according to police. Read more...

CHICAGO — Chicago police are offering a warning to residents after a string of early-morning armed robberies on the north and northwest sides of the city on Sunday. According to police, eight armed robberies took place between 4:19 a.m. and 6:05 a.m. In each of the incidents, a group of three to six individuals, armed [...]