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Vanessa Ceja Ramirez, who was found dead in a south suburban forest preserve, was strangled to death, the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office now says. Her death has been ruled a homicide.
Chicago police have arrested a 15-year-old in connection with a murder in the Buena Park neighborhood.
Two men walked into a business in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood Tuesday morning and shot a man standing inside, Chicago police say.
Dolton police shot a man armed with a weapon Saturday night, Mayor Riley Rogers said Sunday.
Crime across the city is down 6% for the month of October, Chicago police announced Sunday.
There has been yet another paintball attack in Chicago. This time a man was shot in his back near Talman and Washington in West Town Friday night around 10:45 p.m.
A DuPage County election just has been arrested and is accused of stealing campaign signs.
One man is dead and three other people are injured after a shooting in Chicago's Morgan Park neighborhood Friday night, according to the Chicago Police Department.
Six people have been arrested in connection with a string of paintball attacks that have been happening across Chicago, police announced Friday night.
The victims include a 3-year-old girl who was shot in the wrist Saturday afternoon on the South Side.
A homeowner shot and killed a suspected burglar in Chicago's Marquette Park neighborhood Sunday morning, Chicago police confirm.
A man has been arrested in connection with a hit and run of a woman at a bus stop during Mexican Independence Day festivities in Chicago's South Loop on Sept. 15, according to the Chicago Police Department.
A posthumous honor for a boy killed in the Cabrini Green neighborhood this summer.
"The victim had conveyed to some of her friends that the father told her she'd never make it through the pregnancy," Chicago Police Chief of Detectives Brendan Deenihan said.
Chicago Police Department spokesman Tom Ahern said Area Two detectives were working with Cook County prosecutors to secure charges against the suspect.
Police said a 44-year-old man was walking near the Clark/Division stop around 6:10 a.m., when two men approached him from behind, shoved him to the ground, and punched him several times in the face.
The baby who survived after its mother was shot and killed Tuesday in Chicago's Jeffery manor neighborhood has died, the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office confirms.
Four people were hurt in a crash in Chicago's West Town neighborhood after an argument turned into a hit-and-run Friday night.
A food delivery in Chicago turned into a shooting, even as the man who was shot tagged along with his DoorDashing girlfriend to keep her safe.
Chicago police received a horrific call Thursday afternoon of a 7-year-old girl observed performing a sexual act on a man live on an online learning session.
The girlfriend of one of the teens found the bodies Friday and called 911.
Harris, 21, of Naperville, has been in a federal lockup since he was arrested last month, accused of coercing underage boys to send him nude photos and videos of themselves, and in some cases soliciting them for sex.
Police confirmed the person who was being questioned on Wednesday was released without charges, but said the investigation remains active and open.
Tamika Reed and her 5-year-old son, David, were starting the day on Sept. 30, when four men with guns stormed into the kitchen.
A gruesome crime at a Chicago Transit Authority station got us wondering – what has happened to violence on public transportation during the coronavirus pandemic?
