Jason Van Dyke Gets 81 Months For The Murder Of Laquan McDonald
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A sentencing hearing is underway for former Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke, who has been convicted in the 2014 shooting death of Laquan McDonald.
A 5-year-old girl is in the hospital, after she was wounded by a stray bullet Thursday night while inside her home in south suburban Harvey.
It's decision day for former Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke. A Cook County judge will hand down his sentence for the 2014 murder of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald.
Giovante Galloway and Juarez Rogers, were charged with the murder of 18-year-old Alayna Ortiz as well as other counts of robbery and burglary.
Addison police shot a person armed with a knife, after they ignored orders to drop the weapon, as officers were responding to a domestic disturbance Thursday morning, police said.
Three people were shot in University Park in a home in the 700 block of Union Drive.
With Police Officer Jason Van Dyke facing a sentencing hearing this week in the shooting death of Laquan McDonald, his attorneys have submitted nearly 200 letters from family, friends, and fellow officers; asking a judge to give him only probation.
Judge Nicholas Ford, citing Ward's lengthy juvenile record, and chances he had been given to stay out of trouble, sent Ward to prison for 84 years.
Lambasting 24-year-old Micheail Ward for a "complete absence of empathy," a Cook County judge on Monday sentenced him to 84 years in prison for the 2013 shooting death of honors student Hadiya Pendleton, just days after she performed in former President Barack Obama's second inaugural parade.
The man convicted of gunning down 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton in 2013 will learn his fate in court on Monday, nearly six years after the honors student was slain on the South Side.
The 30-year-old concealed carry holder pulled out his own weapon and shot the armed robber in the leg.
An 18-year-old student at Portage High School was shot and killed Wednesday night in Griffith, Indiana.
Antoine Spann's pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit a forcible felony for the death of Demarcus "Peanut" Chew.
Police in northwestern Indiana say a woman fatally shot her parents and left their bodies in the home she shared with them before taking her own life.
Authorities say the suspect in the New Year's Eve 2017 shooting death of a woman in Texas has been captured in northwestern Indiana.
A woman shot and killed 19-year-old man Tuesday morning, after he tried to rob her on the Far South Side, police said.
Video has been released after two Lakemoor police officers found themselves within inches of a murder suspect pointing a gun.
One person was wounded in a shooting at a shopping center in southwest suburban Crestwood overnight.
A 20-year-old man was killed, and a pregnant 18-year-old woman was critically wounded, when another man shot the couple as they were walking into a home Wednesday afternoon in south suburban Harvey.
A 63-year-old man has been charged with felony neglect, after a 3-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed his 4-year-old sister with the man's gun last month in central Indiana.
Police have arrested a suspect in the shooting of a postal worker that in Elk Grove Village on Dec. 31.
A teenager was critically wounded when he was shot on the Eisenhower Expressway early Wednesday morning.
Police say they have a lot of leads but still no motive for the shooting. It is the first known shooting in the village in nearly two years.
Javonta Dockery was shot when at least two bullets went through the second story window of his family home in Englewood.
