Gun violence in Chicago has been a public health crisis for a long time, survivors say
The survivors hope national recognition from the U.S. surgeon general will actually make a difference. CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey reports.
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The survivors hope national recognition from the U.S. surgeon general will actually make a difference. CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey reports.
The U.S. surgeon general on Tuesday declared gun violence a public health crisis Tuesday, and survivors in Chicago wonder what took so long. CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey reports.
Police said the boy got into a fight with someone who pulled out a gun and shot him in the chest and legs.
The shooting happened around 6:38 p.m. in Ogden Park, located at 65th Street and Racine Avenue in Englewood.
Organizers also celebrated the start of the second phase of the redesign of Englewood Village Plaza.
Neighborhoods without green space are more greatly impacted by climate change, and that is exactly what leaders of Our Roots Chicago are working to address.
Our Roots Chicago is planting thousands of trees in Chicago communities to fight climate change. CBS 2 Climate Watch Reporter Tara Molina reports.
Ald. Moore (17th) explains why he decided to camp out and what changes he hopes his initiative will bring.
Ald. David Moore (17th) is seeking to bring awareness to a problem he said no one seems to care about.
The temperature hit a record 97 degrees in Chicago on Monday—and since he set up his tent this past weekend, Ald. David Moore (17th) has already had to dodge some gunfire. But as CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports, Moore said he is drawing attention to an issue that is otherwise being ignored.
Dennis Green volunteered with the Englewood First Responders. Charles McKenzie, the founder of the organization, said Green's death only makes him even more motivated to do the world.
Dennis Green volunteered with the Englewood First Responders. Charles McKenzie, the founder of the organization, said Green’s death only makes him even more motivated to do the world. CBS 2's Charlie De Mar reports.
Domonique Tolson-Montagano had previously left Chicago and had recently moved back – only to become the face of gun violence in her first summer back in town.
Domonique Tolson-Montagano had previously left Chicago and had recently moved back – only to become the face of gun violence in her first summer back in town. CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports.
Almost 26 months after Eddie Gardner's mom reported him missing, workers found his remains in the basement of an abandoned building. His mother's focus has shifted from finding him to finding out who killed him, as CBS 2's Dana Kozlov reports.
Chicago Police say the driver of the stolen vehicle took off and left four people behind inside the car.
He was found in the 1300 block of West 64th Street.
He was found with no shirt, green shorts, and black sandals.
Chicago fire officials said it started around 3 a.m. at a one-and-a-half-story home at 64th and Carpenter and spread to a neighboring house.
Information from police was not immediately available.
Three men were wounded in a drive-by shooting Tuesday night at 66th and Halsted streets in Englewood. An evening later, two of the three attended a vigil.
The shooting took place near 65th and Halsted streets in Englewood.
Police said Uziel Burgos shot and critically wounded a 36-year-old man on Saturday near 57th and Loomis.
The rideshare driver was not injured by the shooting, but the passenger, in his 20s, died at the hospital.
Durr was imprisoned at Pontiac Correctional Center in central Illinois serving a sentence of life in prison plus 30 years for raping and killing Ryan in 1998.
