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Four Chicago police officers accused of covering up the circumstances of the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald face possible firing, as the Chicago Police Board begins a hearing on their case on Wednesday.
A 78-year-old man turned the tables on would-be robbers in the Belmont Central neighborhood Monday evening, shooting one of three men who tried to break into his home with a crowbar.
An Indianapolis man has been charged with killing a 35-year-old woman and her 13-year-old son last month in Gary, Indiana.
A 14-year-old girl was seriously wounded when she was struck by a stray bullet Monday night in the South Commons neighborhood.
According to the Secretary of State's office, the offender walked up to the man, shot him and then fled on foot.
Six people were injured, including two children. All were stable and recovering Sunday night except 8-year-old Mekhi McGruder, who was still at Comer Children's Hospital in serious condition.
More than 30 people in Chicago were shot over the weekend, three of them fatally, as Chicago had its warmest weekend in six months.
Six people, including two children, were wounded in an Englewood mass shooting Saturday evening, Chicago police said.
A 29-year-old Chicago man was arrested for killing a 27-year-old man at a Berwyn Airbnb last month, police said.
Julius Glover, of the 200 block of Klein Creek Court in Carol Stream, has been identified as the man who was fatally shot by Bloomingdale police after he stole a car and threatened police with a knife Friday night.
Jaquan Washington, 22, has been charged in the murder of off-duty Chicago police officer John Rivera.
Police said the victims were sitting in a parked car near 77th and Eggleston around 11:30 p.m., when three men got out of a blue sedan, and started shooting into their vehicle.
A 17-year-old girl was shot in a park in the Logan Square neighborhood Monday evening, according to Chicago police.
One person died and four others were injured during a shooting in East Garfield Park early Sunday morning.
Hundreds of family, friends, and fellow officers turned out Friday morning for the funeral for slain Officer John Rivera, killed while off-duty last weekend in the River North neighborhood.
A mayoral candidate is asking the Cook County Sheriff for help because he is concerned staffing prevents the police department from handling a recent spike in violence.
Chicago police say a 15-year-old boy was shot and killed in the Fuller Park neighborhood Tuesday night, just two doors down from his own home.
A 10-year-old boy is in intensive care after he was shot Saturday afternoon in Harvey, police said.
The two men charged with the murder of officer John Rivera both have past criminal records, according to Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson.
Menelik Jackson 24, and Jovan Battle 32, both were charged with one count of first-degree murder and three counts of attempted murder. Jackson also was charged with one count of resisting/obstructing a police officer.
A 33-year-old woman was killed, her 34-year-old husband was critically wounded, and their 1-year-old boy was shot in the knee, when someone shot up their car in the West Pullman neighborhood early Monday morning.
Chicago Police Supt. Supt. Eddie Johnson addressed the media Saturday after off-duty officer John Rivera was fatally shot in River North.
John Rivera, 23, has been identified as the off-duty Chicago police officer who was fatally shot in River North, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office.
The city of Chicago will pay millions to the family of a man shot and killed by Chicago police.
The inbound lanes of the Dan Ryan Expressway were shut down for more than three hours Friday morning, as Illinois State Police investigated a shooting that left a 24-year-old woman wounded.
