CPD: Gun Violence Down For 12 Consecutive Months
The February crime report from the Chicago Police Department showed 26 percent fewer shootings and 22 percent fewer murders last month, compared to February 2017.
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The February crime report from the Chicago Police Department showed 26 percent fewer shootings and 22 percent fewer murders last month, compared to February 2017.
A Chicago police officer shot and seriously wounded a suspect who pushed an officer while trying to flee a traffic stop in the Back of the Yards neighborhood Sunday night.
A message posted to social media Thursday night threatening a shooting at an Aurora high school was "not credible," according to police in the western suburb.
Officials said 25-year-old Lorreese Smith was shot in the chest and back around 2:30 p.m. near 112th and King.
A person was wounded in a shooting Tuesday evening in the drive-thru lane of a fast food restaurant in west suburban Batavia.
A state Appeals Court overturned a trial court judge and reinstated a multi-million verdict against the city in Niko Husband's shooting.
A man was killed when he was shot in the head and neck early Monday in the Grand Crossing neighborhood on the Far South Side.
Police know the identity of the suspect, who left his driver's license at the lobby desk.
A police officer fatally shot a knife-wielding man at a car dealership on Wednesday.
The 44-year-old man charged with murdering Chicago Police Cmdr. Paul Bauer in the Loop on Tuesday has a lengthy criminal record.
Chicago Police Cmdr. Paul Bauer gave up his life in service to the city, and his brothers and sisters in blue were paying tribute to their longtime friend Wednesday morning, a day after he was gunned down by an assailant in the Loop.
The entire 18th Police District took part in a procession transporting the slain officer Tuesday to the Medical Examiner's Office.
Cmdr. Paul Bauer previously told CBS 2 about his love of horses and working with them.
The Chicago police official who was shot at the James R. Thompson Center Tuesday afternoon has died, sources tell CBS 2.
Autopsies found that both men died of multiple gunshot wounds, and their deaths were both ruled homicides.
Not only did it change that campus forever, it also changed the lives of those who survived that horror.
Charges have been filed in the fatal shooting at a Dolton gas station late last year.
Officers responded to a call of shots fired in the 1400 block of South Kenneth, where they fond two unresponsive people with gunshot wounds.
An Indiana State Police trooper woke up to the sound of gunfire outside his Merrillville home early Wednesday, and later discovered his squad car and personal vehicle both had been struck by bullets.
Police said Wednesday that a person of interest is in custody in connection to the incident, which happened about 9:50 p.m. Jan. 30 in the 2400 block of West Eastwood, in Ravenswood just south of Lincoln Square. It resulted in one of the suspects fatally shooting the other on the front porch of a home, according to Chicago Police.
The most recent fatal shooting happened about 12:55 a.m. Monday in the West Pullman neighborhood on the Far South side.
Rory Watson, 57, faces a first-degree murder charge in connection with the fatal shooting of 56-year-old Beatrice Jones, according to Cook County prosecutors.
Ten years after five women were brutally slain inside the Lane Bryant store in Tinley Park, police have released a new image of the suspect and enhanced audio of a 911 call in hopes of finally solving the case.
Wednesday's spate of gun violence brought the total number of shooting victims in January to 195, and the total number of murders in January to 39.
A Harvey Police Officer was injured while shooting a man who commandeered his car on Wednesday following a crash.
