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Kevin S. Brown Jr., 28, was charged with two counts of attempted murder, two counts of attempted battery with a deadly weapon, and two counts of resisting law enforcement, according to Gary Police Lt. Dawn Westerfield.
A 50-year-old Kenwood woman allegedly stabbed her boyfriend to death and then called 911, relaying to dispatchers that there was an unwanted person in her apartment before changing her story to tell them her boyfriend was killed during a robbery.
A 35-year-old man was killed in an East Garfield Park neighborhood shooting that left another man critically wounded Monday morning on the West Side.
The jury found Robert Dekelaita, 53, guilty of conspiracy to commit asylum fraud, procuring perjury during asylum interviews and two counts of knowingly offering false statements in asylum applications, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. He faces up to 35 years in prison.
A Lincoln Park man has been charged with starting a fire in a dumpster that damaged a nearby building in the Lakeview neighborhood over the weekend.
A 16-year-old boy died in the latest homicide Sunday afternoon in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side.
A high school in the South Loop was on high alert on Monday, after violent threats were made against students on social media.
Police said a 51-year-old man was on the back porch of an apartment building in the 4500 block of South Drexel Boulevard when another man walked up and tried to rob him. The two struggled, and the victim was stabbed in the chest.
About 1:30 a.m., a 28-year-old man was involved in the argument with another person in the 500 block of West Aldine, when the person pulled out a knife, according to Chicago Police.
Bassil Abdelal is set to take to trial the federal lawsuit he filed against the city and three police officers involved in his shooting. The trial has been delayed multiple times, partly because of the court-ordered release of video depicting the fatal police shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald.
Police are warning residents about three recent robberies, two of which happened on the same block, in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side.
Six men were killed and at least 39 other people have been wounded in shootings across the city over Mother's Day weekend.
A man was killed and two others were wounded in a shooting in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood on the South Side Friday night, police said.
Around 9:30 a.m., members of a fugitive task force – including Chicago police officers and U.S. marshals – approached a home in the 11800 block of South Sangamon Street, where they were serving an arrest warrant.
A woman was able to escape an attempted sexual assault in the Albany Park neighborhood on Tuesday by jumping out of a moving car.
The 27-year-old man was walking out of his apartment in the 4300 block of West Belmont Avenue at 2:02 a.m. when he heard shots and realized he'd been hit, according to Chicago Police.
The 25-year-old man was walking in the 4300 block of West Washington Boulevard at 12:30 a.m. when he heard shots and realized he'd been hit, according to Chicago Police.
The man, thought to be in his 20s, was found by officers lying on the sidewalk in the 8200 block of South Maryland Avenue about 12:19 a.m., police said. He was shot in the head.
The 22-year-old man was driving north on Lake Shore Drive around 12:15 a.m. near Oak Street, when another vehicle pulled up alongside, and someone inside opened fire.
The most recent shooting happened about 9:15 p.m. in the Little Village neighborhood on the Southwest Side.
Erroll Davis had pleaded guilty to filing a false tax return. In announcing that Davis would avoid prison, Judge Samuel Der-Yeghiayan noted Davis' remorse and his cooperation with the prosecution.
In a surprise reversal Thursday, Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez asked to recuse herself and her office from the murder case against the Chicago police officer who fatally shot 17-year-old Laquan McDonald in October 2014.
A 26-year-old woman was shot in the back early Thursday, when someone in another vehicle opened fire on an SUV in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood.
Police were searching for a heroin-induced homicide suspect who led officers on a chase through the western suburbs and into the city, before causing at least two crashes, and taking off again.
Scott J. Turyna, 65, is charged with one felony count of attempted murder, two felony counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm, one felony count of aggravated domestic battery and a misdemeanor count of interfering with the reporting of domestic violence, according to a statement from St. Charles police.
