Treja Kelly Killed In Back Of The Yards Shooting After Altercation With Man Near Alley
An 18-year-old girl was shot and killed while walking down the street Sunday night in the Back of the Yards neighborhood.
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An 18-year-old girl was shot and killed while walking down the street Sunday night in the Back of the Yards neighborhood.
A 32-year-old man was shot and killed while driving early Friday in the South Shore neighborhood.
U.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber scheduled Kelly's trial to begin April 27, 2020. The trial is expected to last about three weeks.
"It's very hard to see a man that's been painted as a monster that I've never seen in 22 years. I've never seen none of this," Kelly's longtime friend Dana Jackson said.
Calling the latest allegations against Kelly "as stale as old gym socks," his defense team has argued he is not a flight risk, and not a danger to the public, and deserves to be granted bail.
Police have issued a warning about a robber using social media to lure victims to meet-ups in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood.
Across the board, violent crime is on the decline and that includes homicides. But police and public officials said they're not satisfied. That's also the case with some in the community.
A 28-year-old man was shot and killed Tuesday morning in the North Lawndale neighborhood, within a block of two charter schools on the West Side.
Police on Sunday were cheering another drop in violent crime – with August having closed out with a 15 percent decrease in overall violent crime compared with August of last year.
Police are warning drivers on the Northwest Side about a string of three carjackings within about 90 minutes of each other on Sunday morning.
Crime is down across the city, according to new numbers released by the Chicago Police Department.
A 52-year-old woman was found covered in blood in the back yard of a residence in unincorporated Lockport Township overnight.
A suspect is in custody, after woman was sexually assaulted early Friday on the Museum Campus, police said.
Police said James Wilson Jr., 67, was arrested Tuesday afternoon, after he turned himself in at the Englewood District station.
Police were asking people to avoid the area around the home where a man barricaded himself inside with a woman police said they believe to be his girlfriend.
Minutes after Dolton village officials held a meeting calling for more police officers to help with violence, a woman was shot in the area.
A warning for women in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood: Police believe the same man is threatening women at gunpoint, sexually assaulting them, and robbing them.
A former KFC employee has been formally charged with aggravated battery, for allegedly stabbing a former co-worker Wednesday afternoon in Valparaiso, Indiana.
Sauk Village police said, around 9:15 p.m., officers responded to a call of shots fired near 219th and Clyde. When they arrived, they found two 33-year-old men who had been shot inside an SUV.
A 25-year-old man has been charged with kidnapping and robbing two teenagers in south suburban Oak Forest earlier this month, after he allegedly forced his way into their car at a gas station.
Two women were robbed at gunpoint outside the InterContinental Hotel on the Magnificent Mile early Thursday morning.
A 16-year-old boy was found dead of a gunshot wound late Monday night in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood.
A 43-year-old man was arrested after two men were stabbed and critically wounded Monday night in the Goose Island neighborhood.
An East Garfield Park neighborhood homeowner shot an intruder in his backyard early Tuesday.
