CTA Bus Mechanic Charged With Making, Selling Homemade Bombs
Federal authorities have charged a CTA bus mechanic with making and selling homemade explosives out of his garage.
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Federal authorities have charged a CTA bus mechanic with making and selling homemade explosives out of his garage.
A 53-year-old man has been charged with two counts of murder, after allegedly killing his wife, their disabled daughter, and a dog at their home in Waukegan, before trying to take his own life.
The most recent fatal shooting was around 9:30 p.m. Saturday, when 36-year-old Kennyone Pendelton was shot several times in the 4600 block of West Jackson Boulevard, in the Austin neighborhood, according to police and the Cook County Medical Examiner's office.
A Hazel Crest man was killed and a woman was wounded in a shooting in south suburban Sauk Village early Saturday.
A man was shot to death Saturday night on the West Side.
CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot reports Dr. Betty Jean Howard's funeral wasn't a time for mourning, but a moment of celebration.
Police, Cook County Crime Stoppers and members of two murder victims' families went door-to-door in the south side Jackson Park Highlands neighborhood looking for clues, reports WBBM's Bob Roberts.
A couple has been charged after police officers observed them burglarizing rail cars early Friday morning.
Three people were killed and at least 19 others have been wounded in shootings across the city since Friday evening.
Two Chicago Police officers were among four people wounded in a shooting during a traffic stop late Friday on the South Side.
A man was killed and another was critically wounded in a Washington Park neighborhood shooting on the South Side early Saturday.
Two people were wounded--one critically-- in an early Saturday shooting in the Kenwood neighborhood on the South Side.
Ald. Robert Fioretti (2nd), a member of the council's Progressive Caucus, wants a closer look at the numbers, and he and six members of the caucus have asked Ald. James Balcer (11th), who chairs the Public Safety Committee, to hold hearings into the city's crime statistics.
When a 14-year-old Chicago girl was arrested on charges that she shot and killed another 14-year-old Chicago girl, much of the attention centered on how the shooting stemmed from an argument over a boy that was playing out on Facebook.
Most recently, a 24-year-old man was wounded in the Gage Park neighborhood about 7:15 p.m. The man was in the 5100 block of South Oakley Avenue when he was shot multiple times, police said. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in "stable" condition.
Elijah Williams, 20, was charged late Thursday with two counts of attempted murder, two counts of aggravated assault/discharge of a firearm and one count of unlawful use of a weapon.
A South Side pastor has been assembling an army of volunteers to take to the streets and build relationships with those intent on violence, in a new initiative to cut down on violent crime.
The fatal shooting happened about 5 p.m. in the 4900 block of West End Avenue. Ronald Holliman, 18, and two men, ages 19 and 26, were outside when a group of males got out of a vehicle from an alley and fired multiple shots.
The students were hoping to deliver a message of hope and resilience. As they begin their summer break, they want to see less bloodshed on city streets.
A man has been charged with fatally shooting Chicago rapper Twista's security guard, a man who was found dead in February after a fire in the South Chicago neighborhood.
Ronald Holliman, 18, and two other men, ages 19 and 26, were in the 4900 block of West West End Avenue about 5 p.m. when a group of males got out of a vehicle from an alley and fired multiple shots.
U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Illinois) said the coalition of political and business leaders who attended a meeting he organized Wednesday to discuss strategies to quell street violence will make the latest efforts the most effective yet.
Angel Santiago was working as a truck driver for Krispy Kreme in January 2012 when he got jealous after learning from text messages on her phone that Antonia Berrios, 33, had a new boyfriend.
A man died after he was shot within one block of his home in the North Lawndale neighborhood Tuesday afternoon on the West Side.
A man died after he was shot in the North Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side Tuesday afternoon.
