Man Wanted For Woodlawn Kidnapping Attempt
Two children were walking to school near the 6100 block of South Rhodes Avenue on Monday morning, when a man apparently tried to lure them into his car.
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Two children were walking to school near the 6100 block of South Rhodes Avenue on Monday morning, when a man apparently tried to lure them into his car.
Police said the 73-year-old man was in his home at 115th Street and Avenue G shortly before midnight when two intruders broke in and demanded to know where he kept his safe.
Brian Cooper, 22, who lived in Midtown, was dead at the scene when police arrived about 8:45 p.m.
Just before 7 p.m., 36-year-old Chad Collins was shot in the 2300 block of East 75th Street, authorities said. Collins, of Harvey, was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead.
Jamel Crowder, 20, faces felony counts of attempted murder and aggravated battery with a firearm.
Two northwest suburban police officers fatally shot a suspect in a domestic battery Sunday after he slashed at them with a knife.
Six people were shot early Sunday morning in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side.
The FBI is investigating the robbery of a Chase bank Friday evening in the Irving Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side.
Police are cautioning residents after a man tried to lure a teenage girl into his car in the Humboldt Park neighborhood on Wednesday.
Ten people have been wounded -— one critically — in city shootings since Friday afternoon.
A man was shot in the West Town neighborhood early Saturday.
Two teens were shot Friday night in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side.
Alfreda Giedroj 62, is charged with first-degree murder in the Oct. 6 slaying of her granddaughter, 6-month-old Vivian Summers.
After leaving a nearby nightclub with a man, a woman was stabbed several times when two people attacked them in the 1500 block of North Damen Avenue.
The woman, thought to be in her 40s, suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the back about 10:15 p.m. in the 8800 block of South May Street.
A teenage boy is in serious condition after he was shot Wednesday afternoon in the Southwest Side Ashburn neighborhood.
The star prosecution witness in the Allan Kustok murder trial testified Tuesday that a close-range gunshot was the likely source of blood spatter found on the front side of Kustok's clothes on the morning his wife died.
McCarthy, who has been one of the most vocal critics of the law allowing Illinois residents to carry concealed firearms in public, warned there will be confrontations that could escalate into deadly shootings.
Brion M. Dowdell, 22, of the 8300 block of South Justine Avenue, faces one felony count of first-degree murder in connection with the fatal shooting in the 8000 block of South Elizabeth Street.
The victim, a 33-year-old man, was found on the sidewalk in the 9200 block of South Stony Island Avenue about 11 p.m.
A man found dead Friday afternoon in the basement of his Roseland home on the South Side was shot in the face, an autopsy found.
Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy said February's homicide total was one of the lowest ever, and continued a trend of dropping violent crime that started more than a year ago.
Brion M. Dowdell, 22, of the 8300 block of South Justine Avenue, faces one felony count of first-degree murder in connection with the fatal shooting on Sunday in the 8000 block of South Elizabeth Street.
Ideary Mooney, 38, faces one felony count of first-degree attempted murder after he opened fire in a barbershop about 2:45 a.m. in the 9000 block of South Ashland Avenue.
Herbert Goode, 66, owner of Silver Cloud Gallery, 20 W. Ohio St., was shot in the chest in what appeared to be a robbery, Chicago Police said.
