Chicago officials alarmed by violent July 4th weekend
A total of 109 people were shot this July 4th weekend in Chicago, compared to 57 people shot last year. Megan Hickey reports.
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A total of 109 people were shot this July 4th weekend in Chicago, compared to 57 people shot last year. Megan Hickey reports.
Police arrived at 21st and Michigan Avenue around 11:15 Saturday night to find more than three dozen shell casings.
Police arrived at 21st and Michigan Avenue around 11:15 Saturday night to find more than three dozen shell casings.
Chicago police said around 5:19 a.m., the men, 29, 31, and 51, were in the 700 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue when an SUV approached and someone inside started shooting.
According to an alert from UChicago Medicine, the victims were found on the sidewalk suffering from gunshot wounds.
Police have confirmed there was a shooting and an investigation is underway.
Chicago police said that just before 3:30 a.m., a group of people were gathered on the street in the 3700 block of South State Street in the Park Boulevard neighborhood when a white truck approached.
Chicago police say the pair were walking on the sidewalk when a white SUV approached, and someone from inside fired shots in their direction.
The two victims were walking on the sidewalk when a white SUV approached and someone from inside fired shots in their direction, according to police.
Two women and a child were killed, and two other children were critically hurt after a mass shooting in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood Thursday morning, according to Chicago police.
Both were charged with felonies, including first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, and murder with other forcible felony.
So far, in 2024, there have been nine shootings at or near the beach.
Multiple recent shootings at the popular 31st Street Beach have alarmed Chicago officials enough that the local alderman wants to have the beach close early during the Fourth of July holiday weekend.
An altercation at a west suburban mall on Wednesday afternoon resulted in a shooting that injured two people.
Police said two men got into a fight at the Halsted stop on the Orange Line around 12:20 p.m., and during the fight a 44-year-old man was shot in the foot.
CBS 2's Shardaa Gray reports long delays for most of the day on the Orange Line after a passenger was shot on a train. The shooting happened at the Halsted station.
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Chicago police said officers responded to a call of a person shot and found two men, 32 and 35, both struck by gunfire.
Both men, 32 and 35, were taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition.
The victims were in an alley behind the 8900 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue when someone shot them both, police said.
Shane Butler said he was grateful to be alive, and he owes it all to the safety training he did exactly one year before he accidentally shot himself.
A 14-year-old boy saved his own life after accidentally shooting himself thanks to the first aid training his football team got from a Chicago doctor last year.
A 14-year-old boy saved his own life after accidentally shooting himself thanks to the first aid training his football team got from a Chicago doctor last year.
CBS 2's Mugo Odigwe reports a passenger was killed, and a deadly shooting started out as a fight between two men in the back of the bus. One of the dead and the bus driver was shot.
The ages of the victims range from 17 to 55.
Town officials said it could be weeks before they clear all the trees, then construction materials, and after that, rebuilding can finally begin.
The proposed Department of Gun Violence Prevention hopes to establish permanent funding and a coordination strategy to keep guns off the street and violence from happening.
Chicago police on Monday issued a community alert about two sexual assaults that occurred in the South Shore community this month.
An explosion prompted a major evacuation in Dixon, Illinois, Monday morning.
Clive Davis helped shape the careers of music stars including Janis Joplin, Bruce Springsteen and Whitney Houston.
Etan Patz walked out of his New York City home headed for a school bus stop in May of 1979. He never made it to school and has never been found.
Illinois state and local lawmakers gathered Sunday to remember trailblazing state lawmaker Barbara Flynn Currie.
Alan Greenspan's lengthy reign at the Federal Reserve coincided with a period of stability from the mid-1980s until 2007.
Keir Starmer will step down as U.K. Prime Minister weeks after a brutal round of local elections and as he faced a challenge from within his Labour Party.
President Trump claims the problems with the Reflecting Pool in Washington are due to vandalism.
An Illinois law banning "swipe fees" on taxes and tips — already delayed twice by lawmakers — appears to be on life support after a federal judge that once permitted it issued a permanent injunction against it this week.
A new study from the Cook County Treasurer's office underlines growing concerns about the impact the Illinois megaprojects bill could have on the county's property tax base and overall fiscal health.
As thousands of Chicagoans wrap up road trips over the Memorial Day holiday weekend, gas prices in the city have reached the highest levels seen in four years.
Consumer and environmental advocates said Monday that they found overcharges buried in the most recent rate-hike request by Nicor.
One week away from Memorial Day weekend and the unofficial start of the summer travel season, with gas prices remaining high, negotiations were set to resume Monday at the largest oil refinery in the Midwest.
Illinois is among the top 13 states seeing a rise in alpha-gal syndrome cases, with residents living in southern Illinois at the highest risk, according to a 2025 study.
After Bruce Willis was diagnosed with dementia, his wife Emma Heming Willis found a new purpose as a health advocate.
The North Shore suburb of Wilmette this week became the latest Chicago-area municipality to discover mosquitoes carrying the West Nile virus this year.
Dr. Peter Stafford was working with a missionary group in the Congo when he came down with the virus last month.
While 330 Ebola infections are confirmed in central Africa and huge challenges remain, hundreds more suspected cases "have been cleared out," the WHO says.
Daley's Restaurant, known as Chicago's oldest, has served Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood for more than 130 years.
Walgreens is set to close in Chicago's Chatham neighborhood on Thursday, and there's growing concern about where families will get their medications.
The owners of Gene & Georgetti steakhouse are suing a concessions operator over their expansion at Midway International Airport.
DraftKings announced Monday that it is closing its sportsbook operation at Wrigley Field after only about two years.
After more than 80 years, there will be no Ann Sather restaurant location in the 900 block of West Belmont Avenue in Chicago's Lakeview community, effective in June.
Clive Davis helped shape the careers of music stars including Janis Joplin, Bruce Springsteen and Whitney Houston.
Claude Guillemot and a flight instructor were flying in a twin-motor Cessna 421 on Friday evening. An investigation into the crash is underway.
James Burrows directed more than 1,000 episodes of television, including every episode of the original "Will & Grace."
In a full circle moment, actor Gary Cole returns to the very same local stage where he began his professional acting career.
Record producer Tay Keith was found dead in his Nashville home by officers performing a welfare check, police said.
Cleanup crews are just beginning to make progress in clearing all the debris left behind from the storm.
Organizers from the group Live Free Illinois say the plan is to move funds already in the city's budget under this new department.
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New data from the website Hotel Planner shows bookings are up around 50% compared with last year.
An explosion prompted a major evacuation in Dixon, Illinois, Monday morning.
After a violent holiday weekend, Chicago city leaders are expected to announce new support for a dedicated Department of Gun Violence Prevention.
Multiple shootings have occurred across the city following a mass shooting on the South Side that left 13 wounded on Friday night.
An explosion prompted a major evacuation in Dixon, Illinois, Monday morning.
Town officials said it could be weeks before they clear all the trees, then construction materials, and after that, rebuilding can finally begin.
The proposed Department of Gun Violence Prevention hopes to establish permanent funding and a coordination strategy to keep guns off the street and violence from happening.
Newly released cell phone video of a police shooting in south suburban Country Club Hills appears to contradict what a federal agent claims happened during an undercover gun trafficking sting operation last week.
"A house of horrors." That's how one former Chicago foster child described Aunt Martha's Integrated Care Center, a facility that's been at the center of a years-long CBS News Chicago investigation.
Kindbody entered into an agreement with a cryogenic storage facility in Massachusetts, but not all patients received the email.
A Chicago woman says a life insurance policy she paid into for 25 years was cancelled over a $112 shortfall that she never knew existed, and now, at 82 years old, she's uninsurable.
The Crisis Alternative Response Evanston, or CARE, team responds to calls that, before July 2024, would have been lumped into police calls.
The Chicago Hounds won their first-ever championship over the weekend, in just their fourth year of existence.
Chicago's first documented professional team was founded back in 1870. The white stockings, who eventually became the Chicago Cubs, not the White Sox.
Dillon Dingler homered and drove in the tying run in the ninth, Matt Vierling's bloop single finished off Detroit's comeback as the Tigers beat the Chicago White Sox 5-4 in 10 innings on Sunday.
Serena Williams recently returned to competition in doubles after nearly four years away from professional tennis.
The Chicago Cubs' game against the Toronto Blue Jays that had been planned for Sunday was postponed due to the rain coming in.
Chicago police on Monday issued a community alert about two sexual assaults that occurred in the South Shore community this month.
Etan Patz walked out of his New York City home headed for a school bus stop in May of 1979. He never made it to school and has never been found.
Chicago police on Monday morning were investigating a break-in at a smoke shop in the Portage Park community.
After a violent holiday weekend, Chicago city leaders are expected to announce new support for a dedicated Department of Gun Violence Prevention.
A CTA Red Line train operator was injured by broken glass in a shooting on the Dan Ryan Expressway near 95th Street on Sunday morning.
