Chicago Soars Past 600 Homicides After Bloody October
With 78 homicides, October was the second deadliest month of 2016, and Chicago surpassed 600 homicides for the first time in more than a decade.
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With 78 homicides, October was the second deadliest month of 2016, and Chicago surpassed 600 homicides for the first time in more than a decade.
Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson defended the department and its officers on Monday, in the wake of the deadliest weekend of the year – with 17 people shot and killed, and dozens more wounded.
Demarco Webster had just celebrated his birthday on Oct. 17.
More than 1,000 law enforcement officials were bused in from Soldier Field and Chicago Police Department headquarters to flank the Friendly Confines.
The first World Series game within the Friendly Confines since 1945 is sure to draw the crowds, and the city said it is prepared.
Seven men were killed and at least 31 other people were wounded in shootings across the city between Friday evening and Sunday night.
A 28-year-old man has been charged with pointing a gun at an off-duty Chicago Police officer Saturday afternoon in the South Deering neighborhood on the Far South Side.
A person was shot by a Chicago Police officer Sunday morning in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side.
The arrests were for misdemeanor charges of unlawful ticket sales, traffic obstruction, storage of goods on the public way, disorderly conduct, reckless conduct and resisting arrest.
A Chicago police officer, just 16 months with the department, is credited Thursday with helping save the life of a 3-year-old boy in Chicago's West Side.
The incident occurred around 8:45 p.m. at 67th and Winchester.
Two of the suspects died in that crash. The four officers sustained non-life threatening injuries. The chase and crash are still under investigation.
A Chicago Police officer claims he faced retaliation in the department after reporting other officers' misconduct.
Deonte Jackson, 23, was charged with one felony count of violating an order of protection and one misdemeanor count of domestic battery with physical contact.
Declaring city finances were "back on solid ground" after enacting unpopular tax hikes to shore up various employee pension funds, Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Tuesday announced a 2017 budget that would allow Chicago to hire hundreds of new police officers.
That's what's pushing a recent social media surge from within the department, WBBM's Terry Keshner reports.
The male was struck by a train at the Lake station at 188 N. State St. at 9:01 a.m.
The victims were sitting in a vehicle at 9:27 p.m. in the 9500 block of South Green when a male got out of another vehicle and fired shots.
Danny Darling, 58, was pronounced dead at 11:15 a.m. at Stroger Hospital, following the Aug. 27 fire.
Police and SWAT responded Saturday to a hostage situation in the Loop.
Amid an ongoing Justice Department probe of its policies and procedures regarding the use of force, the Chicago Police Department has unveiled new limits on how and when officers can use force in the line of duty.
As aldermen were taking the first official steps to overhaul the way police shootings and allegations of police misconduct are investigated on Wednesday, one officer who was being attacked on the West Side was holding her fire, for fear of the potential scrutiny, Chicago's top cop said Thursday.
Three Chicago Police officers were injured, one seriously, while making an arrest after a crash Wednesday morning in the West Side Austin neighborhood.
After a long debate, the Chicago City Council has voted 39 to 8 to approve the structure of a new agency to investigate police shootings and allegations of officer misconduct.
A full City Council vote could come as soon as tomorrow.
