Boy, 16, Killed In Chicago Lawn Shooting
A 16-year-old boy died in a shooting within two blocks of his home Wednesday night in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on the Southwest Side.
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A 16-year-old boy died in a shooting within two blocks of his home Wednesday night in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on the Southwest Side.
Dayvon Bennett, 19, faces one count of first degree murder and two counts of attempted murder, all felonies, in connection with the May 29 shooting that happened in the 5700 block of South LaSalle Street.
Three people are in serious condition after a shooting Wednesday night in the Fuller Park neighborhood on the South Side.
Kenneth K. Jackson, 31, is charged with first-degree murder, murder during commission of a felony, and mob action, all felonies, in connection with the death of 16-year-old Michael Flournoy III, according to a statement from Chicago Police.
Police said the girl and her boyfriend were sitting in a car in the 1000 block of West Cullerton Street around 1:45 a.m., when someone approached and fired shots into the vehicle.
A 19-year-old woman and a 15-year-old girl were sitting on a porch with a group of people about 10:15 p.m. in the 3800 block of West Arthington Street when someone fired shots from a passing vehicle.
A south suburban police officer was drinking at a friend's house when he started firing his gun, sending bullets into a neighboring home and vehicle, then called another officer to try to have him hide the evidence.
A South Side man has been charged with shooting a south suburban man to death and wounding two others almost two months ago in the Englewood neighborhood.
One man was killed and at least six people, including three teenage boys, were injured in shootings across the city Monday night.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Police Supt. Garry McCarthy met with federal law enforcement officials and local community organizations and religious leaders on Monday to discuss joint efforts to reduce gun violence in Chicago, on the heels of a weekend when at least 43 people were shot, four of them fatally.
Friends and family of Shamiya Adams gathered for a vigil on Sunday, the second since the 11-year-old was killed Friday night at a sleepover.
A Chicago police officer was hospitalized after being hit by a car in the Woodlawn neighborhood last night, reports WBBM's Nancy Harty.
A man was fatally shot and another was injured in the Southwest Side Brighton Park neighborhood early Sunday.
A man was killed and four other people were injured Saturday evening in two shootings that are thought to be connected in the West Side Austin neighborhood, police said.
A 16-year-old boy has died after being shot Friday inside a Grand Boulevard restaurant on the South Side.
Four people were killed — including an 11-year-old girl — and at least 32 others have been wounded in city shootings since Friday evening.
Three people, including a 15-year-old boy, were shot Friday night in the West Garfield Park neighborhood.
A person was shot by Chicago Police officers Saturday morning in the West Side Little Village neighborhood.
Police believe the two men who robbed an entire train car on the Orange Line earlier this week were riding the train all day before their brazen afternoon rush hour heist.
Michael King was involved in the quintuple execution-style murders, a Cook County jury ruled Thursday, siding with prosecutors who maintained that King was with Torolan Williams — his "right-hand" man — when the victims were shot in the head on April 23, 2008.
Two teenage boys -- both 16 years old -- were wounded in separate shootings less than a mile away from each other and 10 minutes apart early Friday in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side.
Most recently, a man was grazed by a bullet Thursday night in the Riverdale neighborhood on the Far South Side.
On Thursday, 12 Kane County jurors agreed that Maricela Arciga of Aurora wanted her ex-boyfriend dead, and that she paid a hit man to do it. That hit man was actually special agent David Gomez of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, who had been tipped-off about the murder for hire.
The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives was sending seven more agents to Chicago, for a total of 52 agents helping stop the flow of illegal guns into the city.
Two men were hurt—one critically—in a drive-by shooting in the Rogers Park neighborhood. The men, 23 and 35, were in the 1500 block of West Farwell Avenue about 9:55 p.m. when someone in a dark-colored vehicle drove by and fired shots, police said.
