Mourners Bid Farewell To 9-Year-Old Murder Victim Tyshawn Lee
Loved ones were saying goodbye Tuesday morning to a 9-year-old boy who was shot and killed in what police called a gang-related execution.
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Loved ones were saying goodbye Tuesday morning to a 9-year-old boy who was shot and killed in what police called a gang-related execution.
Several garages have been burned in an arson spree dating back to mid-October. The fires have been set along Damen Avenue, Diversey Parkway, Lincoln Avenue, Ashland Avenue, Wellington Avenue, and other streets on the North Side.
Rudy Valdez, 25, suffered multiple stab wounds and was pronounced dead at Presence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Joliet at 4:50 p.m., according to the Will County coroner's office.
The 28-year-old man was sitting in his vehicle near the Atlantis Gentleman's Club in the 1800 block of East Lincoln Highway at 3:10 a.m., when a man wearing a mask walked up to his vehicle, according to the Cook County Sheriff's Office.
The robbery happened at 10:04 a.m. Monday at the TCF Bank branch at 440 E. Rand Rd. in Arlington Heights, according to the FBI.
Testimony finished Monday in the murder trial of real estate investor Reginald Potts, who is accused of strangling ex-girlfriend Nailah Franklin in 2007 after she threatened to reveal his criminal past.
The 40-year-old man was standing on the sidewalk in the 6200 block of South Vernon Avenue at 6:52 p.m. when two men approached from a gang way and shot at the man, police said.
The latest homicide happened late Saturday in the South Side Englewood neighborhood. Michael A. Johnson, 43, was found with a gunshot wound to the head about 10:45 p.m. sitting in the driver's seat of a parked vehicle in the 700 block of West 59th Street.
Franika Marshall broke down remembering her 14-year-old son, J-Quantae Riles, who was slain on a West Englewood sidewalk, just days after moving back to Chicago from Virginia.
The crash occurred at about 2:30 a.m. Saturday when a car was traveling north in the southbound lanes of I-94 near 159th Street, according to Illinois State Police. Three other vehicles were also involved in the crash.
In the four burglaries, the suspect forced into a residence and took televisions, computers, cash, jewelry, and personal items, according to a community alert from Chicago Police.
A 21-year-old woman was charged with making a false report claiming that her car was stolen after she lost control of the car and crashed it into a creek in Waukegan.
A man and a boy were shot by someone with a BB gun Sunday afternoon on the Far South Side.
A 38-year-old man has been accused of sexually assaulting an 18-year-old woman at a hotel last week in the South Side Kenwood neighborhood.
A 14-year-old boy who was shot to death late Saturday in the Southwest Side Gage Park neighborhood had recently moved back to Chicago from Virginia with his pregnant mother and younger sister.
Four people were killed — including a 14-year-old boy — and at least 15 other people have been wounded in Chicago shootings since Friday evening.
A 51-year-old man was killed and two other men were critically wounded in a West Humboldt Park neighborhood shooting Friday night on the West Side.
The black community's response to the tragedy and the murders of other children is being hotly debated today, reports CBS 2's Jim Williams.
Sources say witnesses told investigators the boy appeared to be lured from a nearby park into the alley by a group using a basketball, reports CBS 2's Mai Martinez.
Dozens of volunteers canvassed the Auburn Gresham neighborhood today, near where nine-year-old Tyshawn Lee was shot and killed Monday afternoon.
Three men attempted to rob and torched a Humboldt Park business on the West Side Saturday night.
A person of interest is being questioned after a male was shot to death while driving Saturday night in northwest Indiana.
Four armed robberies in one week in Chinatown have prompted a community alert from police.
A man was killed and at least 22 other people have been wounded in shootings across the city over Halloween weekend, police said.
A 15-year-old girl was shot in Englewood early Saturday.
A man is dead after a shooting in Minneapolis on Saturday involving federal immigration agents from Customs and Border Protection, a U.S. official with knowledge of the incident told CBS News.
Indiana State Police are warning residents to slow down after 2 troopers were hit in separate crashes with an hour on Saturday.
Federal agents in Minneapolis have shot and killed another person in south Minneapolis Saturday morning. The shooting comes as tensions over a surge in ICE enforcement actions have the area on high alert.
Dangerously cold wind chills linger Saturday morning as snow approaches the Chicago area.
Water, wildlife, and wide-open spaces; the prairie's most valuable assets gave birth to what would become Chicago, and those same factors might be what drives us forward again in the age of artificial intelligence.
The 5-year-old immigrant boy taken into ICE custody alongside his father in Minnesota has an active immigration case and cannot be legally deported yet, records reviewed by CBS News indicate.
A federal judge says the Trump administration must keep the money flowing for now for programs aimed at helping low-income families with children in five states.
A year ago, a law that effectively banned TikTok in the U.S. went into effect, though President Trump has not enforced it.
The Office of Management and Budget is seeking data about federal funding to 14 states and localities led by Democrats, including information from universities, and nonprofits within those states.
The Department of Homeland Security disputes a Minnesota school district's claims that ICE agents used a 5-year-old boy as bait before taking the boy and his father into custody Wednesday.
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.
As this holiday season nears its end, Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias issued a warning Tuesday about text scams.
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 is Radon Action Month, and the Cook County Department of Public Health is urging residents to test their homes for radon.
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?
The Piggery, a popular barbecue restaurant and bar in the northwest corner of Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood, announced Thursday that it is going out of business.
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.
The 2026 Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees were revealed on "CBS Mornings" on Wednesday. See the full list.
If you are looking for a senior pet, meet Amanda Banana!
More than 100 ComEd crews are heading to the East Coast to help restore power to areas hit by storms.
Meteorologist Kylee Miller is tracking snow moving into the Chicago area.
Firefighters battled a house fire in Andersonville amid subzero temperatures overnight.
Chicago police shot a man they said shot a woman inside a home on Friday night in the East Chatham neighborhood.
Dangerously cold wind chills linger Saturday morning as snow approaches the Chicago area.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said federal agents shot another person in Minnesota Saturday morning.
A man is dead after a shooting in Minneapolis on Saturday involving federal immigration agents from Customs and Border Protection, a U.S. official with knowledge of the incident told CBS News.
Chicago police shot a man they said shot a woman inside a home on Friday night in the East Chatham neighborhood.
Chicagoans are enduring the extreme cold this weekend, even our furry, four-legged friends.
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.
Dominic James scored in the fifth round of a shootout and the Tampa Bay Lightning made it 15 straight games without a regulation loss, outlasting the Chicago Blackhawks 2-1 on Friday night.
Indiana Hoosiers quarterback Fernando Mendoza official declared for the NFL draft and could be the no. 1 pick.
Ryan Wedding, a 44-year-old Canadian national, was added to the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list last year.
Coby White scored 22 points, Josh Giddey added 21 off the bench, and Jalen Smith converted two clutch free throws late to lift the Chicago Bulls to a 120-115 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Oliver Moore scored in the shootout on his 21st birthday and Spencer Knight stopped five of six shots by Carolina to give the Chicago Blackhawks a 4-3 shootout win over the Hurricanes.
Ryan Wedding, a 44-year-old Canadian national, was added to the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list last year.
Officials said there were 11 arrest orders for "El Botox" for extortion and homicide. He was accused of attacking authorities with explosives.
The Department of Homeland Security disputes a Minnesota school district's claims that ICE agents used a 5-year-old boy as bait before taking the boy and his father into custody Wednesday.
A Little Village man was acquitted Thursday on federal charges accusing him of trying to put a hit on U.S. Customs and Border Protection Cmdr. Gregory Bovino.
Chicago police are warning about a string of burglaries over four days last week where thieves used sledgehammers and crowbars to bust through glass front doors or windows of businesses across the city.
