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The victim was shot in the head and was taken to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood in critical condition.
Investigators had a large section of the wood closed off with crime tape.
It was a violent weekend in Chicago. At least 62 people were shot, and nine of those people were killed, with six of those dying just Sunday.
A 14-year-old girl is wounded after a shooting in the Back of the Yards neighborhood Sunday morning.
A suspect is shot by a Chicago police officer in the West Englewood neighborhood early Sunday morning.
Police said the unidentified man was standing with a large group on the sidewalk when shots were fired.
Police said the victims were standing on a front porch when two males fired shots.
No one is in custody in either shooting.
The man was a passenger in a vehicle on Washington Street near Lancer Lane around 10:45 a.m. when someone inside another vehicle started shooting at the victim's vehicle.
Police said the boy was walking on the sidewalk with his father along with another male and child when an occupant in a red sedan fired shots.
Two men, 32 and 27, were shot just two minutes apart.
A person is dead while driving in the Avondale neighborhood Saturday morning just after midnight.
Chicago Police Sgt. Christopher Liakopoulos, 43, and Officer Ruben Reynoso, 42, each face charges of aggravated battery with a firearm, aggravated discharge of a firearm, and official misconduct.
A man and two boys were shot while at a gas station in the Archer Heights neighborhood Thursday night.
The man was traveling eastbound on 59th Street when three unknown offenders approached in a dark-colored SUV.
A South Shore man is charged with the deadly shooting of a 22-year-old woman in West Englewood in June.
Two children were shot inside their homes just minutes apart at two different locations on the city's South Side.
Two people are dead and seven were injured in the shooting in Washington Park Tuesday night. CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot reports.
A man was shot during an argument in Jeffrey Manor Wednesday morning.
Chicago Police Deputy Chief Fred Melean has an update on a shooting that killed one person and wounded six in Washington Park.
Police were scouring the scene for evidence Tuesday night. CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports.
The ages of the victims range from 13 to 56.
Chicago police said the 14-year-old and 18-year-old were in a car near 70th Street and Normal Avenue at 1 a.m.
She was transported to Comer Children's Hospital where she was initially reported in critical condition.
The Kia owner was taken in by police for questioning.
A man is charged with murder in the disappearance and death of an elderly woman in Roseland who was reported missing at the end of March.
Yusef Jackson, a son of the late Rev. Jesse Jackson, will take his father's place as president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, the organization announced Thursday.
A recent battery at a CTA Red Line stop in downtown Chicago has prompted a police warning.
The Harry Potter Shop is inviting fans to celebrate their first year in Chicago.
The Chicago Park District plans to rename a playground within Washington Park for a man who was killed in a nearby police shooting in 2014.
Attorneys for imprisoned former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan were set to return to court Thursday, in hopes of getting his corruption conviction overturned.
An appellate court has ruled that Iowa can fully enforce a law restricting instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation in schools up to sixth grade.
Wednesday's briefing came after President Trump announced late Tuesday that he had agreed to "suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks."
Illinois Democrats on Capitol Hill decried President Trump's threats against Iran as his deadline for the country to reopen the Strait of Hormuz draws closer, calling on their Republican colleagues to join them in stopping the escalation.
Vice President JD Vance made the remarks in Hungary, where he is supporting Prime Minister Viktor Orbán Tuesday ahead of Orbán's reelection bid.
A passenger on an American Airlines flight from New York to Chicago has been charged with making a false bomb threat that forced an emergency landing at Detroit Metro Airport last month, according to a federal criminal complaint.
Skyrocketing property taxes continue to be a hot-button issue in Cook County — particularly since last fall, when many residents saw their tax bills increase by 100% or more.
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias this weekend issued a warning about a surge in text messages that falsely claim to come from his office or the DMV within it.
Tenants at a South Loop luxury high-rise that has been plagued with problems like broken elevators are vowing to fight five-day eviction notices.
It's become an annual March Madness tradition at CBS Chicago, pitting our city's best eateries in direct competition in a foodie bracket challenge. We did pizza, we've done Italian beef, we've done Chicago dogs. This year, we're taking flight with wings.
Allergy season is here, and the dreaded pollen can trigger sneezing, congestion, wheezing, and shortness of breath.
Northwestern Medicine and the American Red Cross teamed up for a community blood drive in Chicago on Monday morning.
Ending domestic violence is the goal of groups and advocates all over the world, and some experts in Chicago say it is time to become less reactive and more proactive when it comes to the people causing harm.
A new Iowa law bans local nondiscrimination protections on the basis of gender identity after the state became the first in the U.S. to roll back its civil rights code last year.
Food containing norovirus may smell and taste normal but still cause serious illness if consumed, FDA warns.
A new restaurant has joined the busy stretch of Halsted Street toward the south end of Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood that is also home to Alinea and Boka.
The federal government is suing Illinois, Connecticut and Arizona over efforts to regulate prediction market operators such as Kalshi and Polymarket.
The owners of the popular Uncommon Ground restaurant, live music venue, and brewery in Chicago's Wrigleyville community announced this week that they're looking for a successor to take over the business.
Chicago consistently ranks in the top three cities in Fortune 500 company headquarters, and now a competition has been launched to build on Chicago's power in business.
The flagship Ann Sather restaurant on Belmont Avenue in Chicago's Lakeview community will be moving later this year, a restaurant representative said Tuesday.
A major music festival featuring the rapper formerly known as Kanye West was canceled after the U.K. government blocked Ye from entering the country.
"Beverly Hills, 90210" actress Tori Spelling was involved in a two-car crash in Temecula on Thursday night, according to her manager and Riverside County Sheriff's Office officials.
Chicago blues legend Muddy Waters' birthday is Saturday, and in his memory his eldest son is putting on a concert in Chicago.
A federal judge in New York has tossed out actor Blake Lively's sexual harassment claims against actor Justin Baldoni over their roles in the movie "It Ends With Us," but left intact a claim for retaliation.
Atlanta rapper Gucci Mane was lured to a Dallas studio for a meeting, then allegedly kidnapped and robbed by a group including rappers Pooh Shiesty and Big30.
We talk to Peter Alter of the Chicago History Museum about South Deering's history and the steel mill legacy that served the area, as well as it's history helping WWII veterans. Among the neighborhood's icons are the bridge seen in "The Blues Brothers," Calumet Fisheries (which was visited and featured by Anthony Bourdain), and then stopped at Skyway Lanes, the city's last Black-owned bowling alley. It will be closing its doors forever on April 26.
Ring cameras captured the moment a rusty light pole snapped in Bucktown and fell on a woman's car.
The U.S. Postal Service is pausing contributions to the Federal Employees Retirement System.
A clear and partly cloudy day Thursday will give way to storms at night. Highs in the upper 60s.
A man was arrested after a police chase and a crash following a cargo theft in Vernon Hills, Illinois, early Thursday morning.
A man was arrested after a police chase and a crash following a $100,000 heist in Vernon Hills, Illinois, early Thursday morning.
A man is charged with murder in the disappearance and death of an elderly woman in Roseland who was reported missing at the end of March.
Yusef Jackson, a son of the late Rev. Jesse Jackson, will take his father's place as president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, the organization announced Thursday.
A recent battery at a CTA Red Line stop in downtown Chicago has prompted a police warning.
The Harry Potter Shop is inviting fans to celebrate their first year in Chicago.
Financial exploitation is the leading type of elder abuse in Illinois. One Streamwood woman learned that personally, when her brother took hundreds of thousands of dollars from their parents' financial accounts.
One year after a teenage girl was shot outside her home in Country Club Hills, Illinois, and was told she would never walk again, she continued to defy the odds and reclaim her independence.
A Morgan Park family is still in shock after a staggering 300% spike in their latest property tax bill, and the man poised to take over as Cook County Assessor at the end of the year says it's an error he wants to make sure doesn't happen again.
Researchers at the University of Chicago have built a "self-driving" lab that uses robotics and artificial intelligence to accelerate work that would take humans weeks or months to complete.
Johnson said the position was temporary, but when the chief homelessness officer was first appointed, she told CBS News Chicago that her role was funded for three years, not two.
Two throwing errors — one by right fielder Jake Fraley, the other by catcher Hunter Feduccia — helped the Cubs score two more runs before Boyle could escape. He gave up six runs, five earned, and four hits in 4 1/3 innings.
The White Sox scored a run in the fifth to go up 3-2 thanks to three walks and two errors on one play by Orioles starter Kyle Bradish.
The Chicago White Sox are celebrating their most famous fan, Pope Leo XIV, by offering White Sox-themed pope hats to fans who purchase tickets for their Aug. 11 game against the Cincinnati Reds.
The Cubs announced before the game that ace Cade Horton would miss the rest of the season after an MRI revealed UCL damage in his right elbow.
In the first game since they fired their top two basketball executives, the Bulls were in firm control by the end of the first quarter.
A man was injured in a fight with a woman at a CTA the CTA Belmont Avenue Red-Brown-Purple Line station this week, but police said he didn't report until several hours later.
Chicago police on Tuesday issued a community alert about car break-ins targeting patrons of a gym in the city's Irving Park neighborhood.
Chicago police on Tuesday issued a community alert about a rash of car break-ins in Jackson Park on the city's South Side.
A shooting left a 16-year-old boy dead Tuesday morning in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood.
A man from the northwest Chicago suburb of McHenry was facing felony charges Tuesday after police said he secretly recorded people in men's restrooms.
