Police: 6 Killed, 31 Wounded In Labor Day Weekend Shootings
The most recent fatal shooting happened at 9:32 a.m. Monday in the Englewood neighborhood.
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The most recent fatal shooting happened at 9:32 a.m. Monday in the Englewood neighborhood.
Two people were shot in the 6800 block of South Emerald at about 9:30 a.m. Monday, resulting in the death of one, Chicago Police confirmed.
He allegedly pointed a gun at Chicago Police officers during a foot chase Sunday night.
As of early Monday morning, the most recent fatal shooting happened about 10:30 p.m. Sunday in the South Shore neighborhood.
It happened while the officer, off duty, was parked.
This means more personnel watching over children in the streets.
It's a reminder that cops off the clock are not immune to gun violence.
The Chicago Police Department was offering free back-to-school haircuts today.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Friday offered few specifics about his plan to hire more police officers, but said that alone won't solve the gun violence crisis that led to the city's deadliest month in two decades.
A 24-year-old man was killed and a 23-year-old man was grazed by a bullet in a shooting in the West Lawn neighborhood late Wednesday night, capping off the most violent month in Chicago in 20 years.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel has said he is willing to wait for a vote on his proposals to create a new agency to investigate police shootings and allegations of police misconduct, but some aldermen said the plan needs a lot more work and scrutiny.
The public now knows the names of the five Chicago police officers accused of lying about the shooting death of Laquan McDonald. But tonight, as Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson seeks to fire them, CBS2's Audrina Bigos reports on more about what they said.
Some aldermen are concerned there's no mandated budget level for the new office.
Police Supt. Eddie Johnson has filed administrative charges seeking to fire Officer Jason Van Dyke and four other police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald.
Walking into Olive Harvey College as a freshman is a dream come true for Alante Williams, but she knows she didn't get here on her own.
Rhymefest was robbed at gunpoint in Bronzeville early Saturday. And was nearly thrown out of a police station when he tried to make a report.
Fraternal Order of Police President Dean Angelo on Monday accused the Chicago Police Department of violating the due process of seven officers who stand to lose their jobs for allegedly covering up the police shooting of Laquan McDonald.
The arrests were made in 15 of the city's 22 police districts.
Police Supt. Eddie Johnson has moved to fire seven police officers for lying about the circumstances of the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald in 2014, in order to justify Officer Jason Van Dyke's use of deadly force.
A local police foundation is trying to make emergency kits available to new police academy graduates, free of charge.
A suspect now faces a list of charges, including attempted murder, after firing a gun at police officers.
A Catholic School in the West Lawn neighborhood started the school year in a unique way Wednesday, by offering a blessing for Chicago police officers.
Paul O'Neal, the black teenager who was killed by Chicago police, died of a single gunshot wound to the back, the Cook County medical examiner's office confirmed, in an autopsy report released Wednesday.
Police said officers were investigating reports of a carjacking shortly after 10 p.m., and spotted a vehicle suspected to be the one they were seeking in the 600 block of East 100th Place. Instead of pulling over, the driver leaned out the window and began shooting at officers, police said.
Five months after he was passed over for the top job at the Chicago Police Department, First Deputy Supt. John Escalante is leaving to take the job as police chief at Northeastern Illinois University.
