Police Officers Injured In Crash During University Village Chase
Two Chicago Police officers in pursuit of a fleeing vehicle were injured in a crash Tuesday night in the University Village neighborhood.
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Two Chicago Police officers in pursuit of a fleeing vehicle were injured in a crash Tuesday night in the University Village neighborhood.
No one was hurt in the shooting or chase, according to police, who said they found guns in the SUV, which had been reported stolen.
The car took off when officers tried to curb it about 10:15 a.m. in the 2900 block of West Lexington, according to police.
A car crashed Saturday into a building near North Avenue and Waller Avenue in the North Austin neighborhood on the West Side.
A teenage girl was killed after crashing a stolen vehicle during a high-speed police chase in Yorkville on Thursday.
Cars collided and bursted into flames Wednesday as result of a police chase in the Grand Crossing neighborhood.
Eight Chicago residents have been charged with theft following a Saturday morning heist in St. Louis, Missouri, and a subsequent police chase that lasted nearly an hour and wound through several downstate Illinois cities.
Jermaine Douglas, 25, has been charged with unlawful use of a weapon by a felon, being an armed habitual criminal and aggravated fleeing from police at speeds more than 21 mph over the speed limit, all felonies, according to a statement from Chicago Police.
Several people were injured Tuesday, including a 4-year-old boy, after a murder suspect crashed his car into other vehicles during a South Side police chase.
Three people were charged with aggravated robbery after a police chase that started in north suburban Evanston ended on the sands of Loyola Beach Thursday afternoon in the North Side Rogers Park neighborhood.
What began with a gunshot turned into a chase, a car crash, and a very tense morning for police in Chicago and Alsip, where schools were closed amid a search for one of the suspects.
Two of the suspects died in that crash. The four officers sustained non-life threatening injuries. The chase and crash are still under investigation.
A southwest suburban man was high on drugs when he led police on a chase in a stolen vehicle Monday night in north suburban Lincolnshire, police allege.
An 18-year-old man fatally shot himself in the head Tuesday night after he exchanged gunfire with a police officer during a foot chase in west suburban Aurora.
2 Investigator Dave Savini reports.
Officers started pursuing a vehicle about 5 p.m. at Harrison Street and Sacramento Boulevard until it crashed at Harrison and Western Avenue, according to Chicago Police. No one was hurt.
A suspect in a west suburban carjacking jumped to his death from the Eisenhower Expressway Harlem overpass while trying to run away from authorities Friday night, according to Illinois State Police.
A man and his passenger have been arrested after he sped away from a traffic stop Wednesday afternoon and led police on a chase, eventually crashing an SUV into a house in north suburban Waukegan.
Michael Cokes, 26; and Isiah Stevenson, 24, are each charged with one felony count of robbery, according to Tinley Park police.
Two robbery suspects were killed in a crash in West Pullman following a police chase that started in Tinley Park. Four Chicago police officers and two other robbery suspects also were were injured in the wreck.
Four people have been charged with robbing a store before leading police on a chase from the Near North Side to the Loop during rush hour Thursday evening.
Police were searching for a heroin-induced homicide suspect who led officers on a chase through the western suburbs and into the city, before causing at least two crashes, and taking off again.
A serial bank robber who led authorities on a chase after allegedly holding up his sixth area bank Tuesday morning has been ordered held in federal custody.
A driver was taken into custody early Tuesday after he sped away from a traffic stop and led police on a two-mile chase that ended with a fiery crash in the West Englewood neighborhood on the South Side.
Jamayel Tillman, 31, faces three felony counts of fleeing police, one misdemeanor count of driving with a suspended license and one misdemeanor count of driving without insurance.
