Police: 4 Killed, 16 Wounded In Chicago Gun Violence
Four people were killed and at least 16 others have been wounded in separate shootings in Chicago since Friday afternoon, police said.
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Four people were killed and at least 16 others have been wounded in separate shootings in Chicago since Friday afternoon, police said.
A 26-year-old man was shot to death in the South Side Gresham neighborhood late Friday, police said.
Police say a shooting that left an 18-year-old woman wounded in north suburban Skokie may have been accidental.
In the summer of 2011, while he was supposed to be baby-sitting a 9-year-old relative, a west suburban man sexually assaulted the girl, according to prosecutors.
Federal prosecutors formally filed charges Friday against Brian Howard, the Naperville man accused of setting fire to an FAA radar facility in Aurora last year, leading to a grounding of all planes at O'Hare and Midway.
The Chicago police union says an officer "inadvertently" shot an armed robbery suspect early Friday, after the suspect elbowed the officer in the chest in Canaryville.
A suspected armed robber was shot after Chicago Police say he charged at an officer in the South Side Canaryville neighborhood, making the officer's gun discharge.
Enrique L. Torres, 31, was convicted of attempted murder in August 2014 in connection with an April 2007 shooting in Aurora, according to a statement from the Kane County state's attorney's office.
A west suburban man was killed in the most recent fatal shooting Wednesday afternoon in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side.
The 27-year-old was driving in the 4800 block of North Lake Shore Drive at 3:45 a.m. when he was shot, police said.
A man was killed Wednesday afternoon in a shooting in the South Side Back of the Yards neighborhood, police said.
Chicago police have released surveillance images of a suspect in burglaries at several condo buildings.
The Bandage Bandit is suspected of robbing a PNC Bank branch at 2154 W. Madison St. on March 31, a Chase Bank branch at 3301 W. Cermak Rd. on April 6, a PNC Bank Branch at 3337 W. North Av. on April 22, and a PNC Bank Branch at 2300 N. Western Av. on April 28.
Tina Lofton, 46, is charged with unlawful use of a weapon by a felon and a 17-year-old boy faces eight felony counts of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon by someone younger than 21 and one count of aggravated possession of stolen firearms, according to Chicago Police.
The men were in the 13200 block of South Forrestville Avenue about 3 p.m. when several males walked up and one of them fired several shots, police News Affairs Officer Bari Lemmon said.
The female, whose age was not immediately known, was shot in the leg about 2:35 a.m. while inside the bus on Michigan Avenue near Monroe Street, police said.
Police have released a surveillance photo of a man suspected of robbing two North Side taxi drivers at knifepoint last week.
Police Supt. Garry McCarthy planned to meet with residents and community leaders in all 22 police districts in Chicago, so he can hear their concerns. He'll be accompanied by high-ranking police officials, and they'll all listen to what people have to say about the state of police service in their neighborhoods.
First, federal agents dined at several of celebrity chef Tony Hu's Chinatown restaurants. Then they returned in October with a warrant — hoping to feast on evidence of tax fraud, according to court records.
Ronald J. Wortel, 38, has been charged with two counts of disorderly conduct under the peeping statute, a Class A misdemeanor, according to a statement from Riverside police.
The most recent fatal shooting happened Sunday afternoon in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side.
Timothy Triplett was found outside in the 3500 block of West Flournoy Street at 12:40 p.m., according to police and the Cook County medical examiner's office. Police said he had suffered multiple gunshot wounds. Triplett was a standout basketball player at Crane and Marshall high schools. He also briefly attended Farragut.
A pair of teenage boys were shot Sunday afternoon in the Humboldt Park neighborhood on the West Side.
A 14-year-old boy was injured in a drive-by shooting Saturday evening in the Gage Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side.
Around 10 a.m., police received a call of an armed man holding two people against their will inside a home in the 6300 block of West Roscoe Street. Around 2:45 p.m., the suspect came out of the house, and SWAT officers told him to stay on the ground.
