Burglars target homes in South Shore, Grand Crossing neighborhoods
Chicago police issued a warning over the weekend about burglars targeting homes on Chicago's South Side.
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Chicago police issued a warning over the weekend about burglars targeting homes on Chicago's South Side.
Chicago police said a recent spate of armed robberies in Greater Grand Crossing, Roseland and Englewood have targeted CTA riders.
An Army veteran from a family of veterans, Kaliff Chilembwe always dreamed of buying a home, and eight years ago, that dream came true. That dream later turned into a nightmare after opening his property tax bill.
On Thursday, a jury found Lawrence Boyle, 65, guilty on two counts of first-degree murder in the death of 30-year-old Sierra Jamison back on Sept. 18, 2023, in Grand Crossing.
The 25-year-old was found shot near the street in Grand Crossing on Wednesday evening.
Two men, ages 66 and 70, were shot and wounded outside a business on Chicago's South Side Sunday morning.
Police said around 11:30 p.m., a 31-year-old man was shot while standing outside near 68th Street and Calumet Avenue.
CBS News Chicago crews saw the wreckage around midnight near 71st Street and Wentworth Avenue.
A Chicago man is facing multiple charges, including attempted murder, for an incident on the South Side that involved freight train burglary, police shooting, chase and crash earlier this week.
Police said officers were responding to reports of a burglary from freight train cars in Englewood when a suspect in an SUV struck an officer, prompting other officers to open fire.
Police say it started with a call about some people stealing items from a train car in Englewood, but their investigation would soon end with five officers and two suspects in the hospital. As Sara Machi reports, one suspect remained at large late Wednesday.
Chicago police and firefighters responded to Tanner Elementary School in the Grand Crossing neighborhood on Wednesday for reports of a possible overdose.
Chicago police said the teen was walking outside when a man fired multiple shots in her direction and left the scene.
Police are searching for the man who shot a 17-year-old girl in Chicago's Grand Crossing neighborhood on Tuesday night.
Police said a quarrel broke out among a group of women at 1:13 a.m. Thursday, May 15, and a man approached, pulled out a gun, and shot one of the women twice.
Chicago police said the victim was outside arguing with an unknown man who then shot at the victim, hitting him multiple times about the body.
The man, identified as 47-year-old Alfonzo Wright, died at the scene. None of the officers were hurt.
Employees said the shooting took place outside the convenience store at the gas station and was captured on security cameras.
Just before 1:15 a.m., the Chicago Police Department responded to a call of a person shot in the 7800 block of South Eberhart Avenue. Chicago police said a 20-year-old woman got into an argument with a group of women when a man walked up and shot her twice.
A 40-year-old man was killed in a shooting at a gas station early Wednesday morning on Chicago's South Side, police said.
A 40-year-old man was killed in the shooting following a quarrel at the gas station on Stony Island Avenue. Sara Machi reports.
Keith Harding, 58, was found dead a few hours after police shot and killed a man who came at them with a knife inside Grand Regency of Jackson Park Supportive Living.
CPD said a second crime scene was discovered at an assisted living facility where officers shot an armed man early this morning, but it was unclear if they're connected.
One neighbor who has lived in the Grand Crossing neighborhood assisted living facility for two years now said she hears people quarreling there all the time — and it is starting to be a scary place to live. Asal Rezaei reports.
Police said officers failed to subdue the armed man with Tasers and discharged their weapons, hitting the man.
