Three Killed, Eight Wounded In Weekend Shootings
Three men have been killed and at least eight other people were wounded in shootings across the city since Friday night.
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Three men have been killed and at least eight other people were wounded in shootings across the city since Friday night.
A man was killed in a shooting in Garfield Park Saturday night on the West Side, police said.
A man was arrested Friday and charged with the May shooting deaths of two men in the Pilsen neighborhood.
An 18-year-old man was shot to death on a West Englewood sidewalk Saturday evening.
The Chicago Police Department is launching a new overtime program to put off-duty cops in the city's most dangerous parks, even as overtime becomes a hot-button issue at City Hall.
Twelve people were arrested after a fight over stolen drugs at a motel near Northern Illinois University Friday afternoon.
A man was critically wounded in a West Side shooting Saturday morning.
Three people who were shot outside a food mart Wednesday all were listed in good or stable condition and were expected to survive.
The victim, who was in his 20s, was driving a black Honda Accord on Fullerton Avenue, with a family member in the passenger's seat, when he stopped at a red light at Central Avenue around 4 a.m.
Marcus Gaiter, 25, was sitting in a vehicle with another person in the 8600 block of South Morgan Street about 9:45 p.m. when he heard shots and felt pain.
The 47-year-old woman told police she confronted a man who was wearing a mask and a hoodie, after he broke into her home in the 5000 block of West Van Buren Street around 6:15 p.m.
"There is an unacceptable level of violence, but the progress we're making is undeniable," Police Supt. Garry McCarthy said in an interview with the Chicago Sun-Times.
Bobby Pruitt-Williams was standing in the 12100 block of South Union Avenue when a gunman approached and shot him in the head about 12:10 a.m.
Kevin Culverson, 20, was charged with first-degree murder for firing a handgun into a crowd of people in the backyard of a home in the 5000 block of South Evans Avenue on April 22.
Officers found Steven Noble, 33, inside a vehicle in the 3300 block of West 16th Street.
A moving gunfight between two speeding cars in Gary, Ind., ended without any injuries. But five people, including two women, were arrested and a Gary police squad car was damaged by bullets.
The 23-year-old was shot in the chest about 4:35 a.m. in the 2600 block of North Sawyer Avenue,
A friend found 48-year-old Gregory Daniel about 9:45 p.m. Monday on the bedroom floor of his apartment in the 5300 block of West Adams Street with gunshot wounds to his head and abdomen.
More than 100 people, many appearing to be older teenagers, were at a party at the home, police said.
The man, thought to be in his 50s, was discovered dead at the scene in the 1200 block of West 72nd Place about 5:25 a.m.
Two people were killed and 14 people were injured during shootings across the city since Friday afternoon.
One person is dead and another wounded early Sunday after shots rang out at a party in north suburban Zion, police said.
A man was shot to death Saturday night in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood on the Far South Side.
A 20-year-old man was rushed to the hospital in critical condition after he was shot in the Woodlawn neighborhood Saturday afternoon.
A teenage boy was critically hurt and an errant bullet hit his relative during a gang-related shooting early Saturday in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood.
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Communities in northwestern Indiana were bearing the brunt of a significant snowstorm hitting the Chicago area on Friday night. It was just the latest punch in an already busy winter season, and it came as the region deals with salt shortages.
Neighbors are questioning what went wrong and what police did after the first 911 call.
Communities in northwestern Indiana were bearing the brunt of a significant snowstorm hitting the Chicago area on Friday night. It was just the latest punch in an already busy winter season, and it came as the region deals with salt shortages.
Hundreds of protesters spent hours in the cold and snow on Friday evening in downtown Chicago for an "ICE out" rally against the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.
Charlie Coyle had his second career hat trick, Mathieu Olivier added a goal and an assist and the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-2 on Friday night.
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