Charges filed in shooting involving off-duty Chicago Police officer; video shows aftermath
Michael Martinez, 27, is charged with one felony count of being an armed habitual criminal.
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Michael Martinez, 27, is charged with one felony count of being an armed habitual criminal.
"If you're going into a situation where there's no need for a weapon to have a live round, for example, in a gun selling setting, in a gun shop, there's an expectation the gun has been cleared."
A long-delayed proposal to revise Chicago Police Department search warrant policies, known as the Anjanette Young Ordinance, hit a roadblock on Thursday, as a key City Council Committee voted against the changes it sought.
The City Council Public Safety Committee is expected to vote Thursday on the Anjanette Young Ordinance, which would require a number of changes to Chicago Police Department search warrant policies through city code, rather than just internal policies.
Ald. Brendan Reilly (42nd) did not mince words - calling Hush a source of violence, a "chronic neighborhood problem," and a "drain on police resources."
We want to show some love to Chicago’s changemakers; people stepping up to solve problems, meet needs, and help people in their community. Today we’re introducing you to two Chicago police officers who go beyond the badge to serve kids, the elderly, and so many more in Chicago through the CPD Knights baseball team.
The officer ran to the nearby 4th District police station before being taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center for treatment.
Three people are hurt including two Chicago police officers after a patrol car strikes an SUV in McKinley Park Sunday morning.
The human remains were discovered in a trash can Saturday evening.
Two Chicago police officers and a man are hurt following a car crash on the city's South Side Saturday morning.
A Chicago police officer is injured during an attempted catalytic converter theft on the city's Northwest Side Friday morning.
More than 100 police officers from the Chicago Police Department and other departments came to court Thursday to show support for Golden.
Video of the incident shows the struggle between officer Melvina Bogard and Ariel Roman.
The COPA investigation is ongoing.
Several windows of the police station were also hit.
Prosecutors said the victim began bleeding and convulsing, temporarily losing consciousness, after the officer deployed his Taser.
Chicago police leaders said it is stepping up patrol, as it does every Halloween weekend, but this year, it's working more closely with community groups to make sure everyone has fun, safely.
The family of Adam Toledo, the teen shot and killed by a Chicago police officer in Little Village in March last year, is expected to speak Wednesday.
The officer was getting something out of her white Tesla when out of nowhere, another car pulled up – with three guys with guns inside.
The Wrigleyville area saw five such robberies this past weekend.
The decision for Officer Eric Stillman to face such a hearing came down in an opinion by Police Board President Ghian Foreman on Thursday night.
Young, an innocent social worker, was handcuffed naked as officers swarmed her home in a botched raid in 2019.
The Chicago Police Department is holding another round of in-person exams.
According to the OIG report, Officer Robert Bakker was associated with leaders of the group. He attended events and supported the group online, the report said.
Last month, CBP helped track down two suspects wanted in the shooting of a 12-year-old.
A person was killed in a crash involving a car and a semi-trailer truck in rural Will County, Illinois, southwest of Chicago on Tuesday.
More than half of House Democrats support impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem over the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.
Members of a motorcycle club and a street gang clearly targeted an Indiana judge for assassination to derail a domestic abuse case, police said.
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias is urging residents to get their Real IDs as soon as possible before TSA starts charging $45 for each person without compliant ID on Sunday.
Two teenagers entered not guilty pleas in court on Tuesday morning, after being charged last month with sexually assaulting a St. Viator High School classmate last summer in Chicago's west suburbs.
More than half of House Democrats support impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem over the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.
Funding for federal immigration enforcement was one of the first topics the Democratic frontrunners for U.S. Senate in Illinois discussed at a debate Monday night.
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem is facing internal scrutiny after the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, multiple sources told CBS News, but she is expected to keep her job.
Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino and some of his agents are expected to soon leave the Minneapolis area, three sources tell CBS News.
"When we gaslight and contradict what the public can plainly see with their own eyes, we lose all credibility," one DHS official said.
This week marks Identity Theft Awareness Week, and Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza emphasized some safety tips Monday for avoiding and dealing with identity theft.
A controversial data center in Naperville, Illinois, could be the cause to pack a city council meeting there on Tuesday night.
Police in the west Chicago suburb of Geneva are warning of a scam involving spoofed phone numbers.
Protesters on Tuesday were cranking up the heat on Peoples Gas over a recently proposed rate hike that would add an additional $10 to $11 a month to utility bills.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
It has been nearly six years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and one of the many questions doctors are still working to answer concerns the long-term effects.
Leaders from Cook County, the Illinois Department of Human Services, and the Greater Chicago Food Depository denounced changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Wednesday.
The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center has received a grant from The Ralph Lauren Corporate Foundation for a new cancer center.
Chicago's Lurie Children's Hospital said Tuesday that it is no longer initiating gender-affirming medical treatment for minors.
Roughly 1.4 million fewer Americans have signed up for an Affordable Care Act plan as expiring tax breaks drive up premiums.
January may be the coldest time of the year, but Chicago is already looking forward to summer farmers' markets.
A development proposal issued this month calls for the replacement of a building housing a Giordiano's pizzeria in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood with a new mixed-use building with 28 residential units.
United Airlines flight attendants picketed outside Chicago's Willis Tower Thursday morning as they fought for a new contract.
WSCR-AM, 670 The Score, will begin a simulcast on 104.3 FM next month.
Does the Chicago Bears' dramatic improvement this season, culminating in their first playoff run in five years, change the discussion about where they will build a new stadium?
In a full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal, Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, revealed that the right frontal lobe of his brain was injured in a car accident 25 years ago.
Sales of tickets to NHL games jumped more than 20% after the hit HBO show debuted in the fall, according to ticket vendor.
Among the names missing when the 98th Academy Award nominations were announced were Ariana Grande, George Clooney, Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington, and anyone associated with "Wicked: For Good."
The nominees for the 98th annual Academy Awards were announced Thursday morning, and though "One Battle After Another," "Marty Supreme," "Frankenstein" and "Hamnet" were all nominated for plenty, it was "Sinners" that broke through with a record-smashing 16 nominations.
Prince Harry struck a combative tone as he testified in his lawsuit against the Daily Mail's publisher.
Two teenagers entered not guilty pleas in court on Tuesday morning, after being charged last month with sexually assaulting a St. Viator High School classmate last summer in Chicago's west suburbs.
Meteorologist David Yeomans has the extended forecast.
This comes as Marimar Martinez, who was shot by a federal agent in Chicago back in the fall, pushes to get a video of that incident released. Darius Johnson reports.
President Trump’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota is undergoing a major shakeup. Multiple sources tell CBS News that former Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino has been reassigned, and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is expected to shift away from those efforts as well. The changes come after weeks of clashes in Minneapolis, and the death of U.S. citizen Alex Pretti over the weekend.
Funding for federal immigration enforcement was one of the first topics the Democratic frontrunners for U.S. Senate in Illinois discussed at a debate Monday night.
Two teenagers entered not guilty pleas after being charged last month with sexually assaulting a St. Viator High School classmate last summer.
Members of a motorcycle club and a street gang clearly targeted an Indiana judge for assassination to derail a domestic abuse case, police said.
More than half of House Democrats support impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem over the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.
A person was killed in a crash involving a car and a semi-trailer truck in rural Will County, Illinois, southwest of Chicago on Tuesday.
Tuesday marks 40 years since throngs of Chicagoans braved subzero wind chills to welcome home the Super Bowl champion Bears.
As temperatures fell below zero in Chicago on Friday, tenants of a public housing complex in the East Garfield Park neighborhood said they were freezing inside their own homes due to insufficient heat.
Chicago is marking 30 years since it started its first citywide recycling program, which began with a problematic kickoff, and continues to lag behind other major cities in terms of performance.
More than a year before identical twin brothers stopped teaching at the Thornton Fractional School District, administrators were aware of allegations that one of them had been sexually assaulting a student.
Chicago relies on the CTA to get around, but there's some resistance to that reliance with safety concerns continuing to plague the mass transit system.
The Joliet Police Department is facing a federal civil rights lawsuit for patting down a 12-year-old girl who was a passenger in a vehicle pulled over for not having lights on.
Tuesday marks 40 years since throngs of Chicagoans braved subzero wind chills to welcome home the Super Bowl champion Chicago Bears.
The Bulls closed the first half with a 7-0 spurt, trimming the Lakers' lead to 69-56.
Jay Vine was knocked from his bike when two large kangaroos bounced onto the road on a high speed section.
The teams generated only a handful of chances through the first and second periods, and neither pressured with a territorial edge.
Coby White scored 22 points and hit five of Chicago's 21 3s, helping the Bulls win their fourth straight.
Chicago police issued a warning over the weekend about burglars targeting homes on Chicago's South Side.
A woman was charged with attempted murder this past weekend, nearly a year after investigators said she shot another woman on Chicago's Northwest Side.
Two men were hospitalized early Monday after they were shot while driving in Chicago's West Garfield Park neighborhood.
A man was shot early Sunday when he confronted two people trying to break into a car in the north suburban Morton Grove.
A 36-year-old woman and a 4-year-old boy were killed in a homicide in Joliet, Illinois, on Sunday morning, according to police.
