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Black Lives Matter organizer Kofi Amedola said the nation will be watching Chicago when Officer Jason Van Dyke is tried for murder.
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Black Lives Matter organizer Kofi Amedola said the nation will be watching Chicago when Officer Jason Van Dyke is tried for murder.
The East Ohio Street underpass at Lake Shore Drive will be locked in the overnight hours, starting Wednesday night, without City Council action.
The most recent homicide happened at 6:22 p.m. in the Gresham neighborhood on the South Side.
At 8:48 p.m., a male walked up to five people in the 200 block of South Lotus, opened fire and ran away, according to Chicago Police.
Det. David March and officers Joseph Walsh and Thomas Gaffney are charged with conspiracy, official misconduct, and obstruction of justice.
Four people were killed, including a 13-year-old boy, and 11 others were wounded in shootings Monday across Chicago.
The weekend's latest fatal shooting happened about 10:40 p.m. Sunday on the South Side.
A 33-year-old Chicago man was shot during an altercation with two masked men Saturday night in northwest suburban Woodstock.
The 23-year-old was walking at 2:37 a.m. in the 2600 block of West 23rd Place when a vehicle pulled up and someone inside fired shots.
In the last week, 103 people have been shot in the city, according to Chicago Sun-Times data, and 1,636 have been shot this year.
Three people were shot while driving near the Montrose Dog Beach late Wednesday night.
Moises Bernal clicked his fingers in muted applause when a judge ruled against a motion to dismiss murder charges against Van Dyke.
The officers — one shot in the arm and hip, the other shot in the back — both survived, and have since been released from the hospital.
D'quan Usher, 21, of University Park, was charged Tuesday with aggravated battery with a firearm and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
Wednesday's first fatal shooting happened about 1:15 a.m. in the LeClaire Courts neighborhood on the Southwest Side.
Lamar Baker is charged with first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder, according to the Cook County state's attorney's office.
Police said a woman got out of a moving car on the Skyway, and then a man got out and shot her, before shooting himself in the head.
The victim was sitting in a black Jeep about 1:15 a.m. in the 4500 block of South Leclaire, when someone walked up and fired shots.
Tyshaun Powell, 20, was arrested Monday and charged with one count of first-degree murder, according to Chicago Police.
The fatal shooting happened about 8:40 p.m. when four people got out of a vehicle in the 200 block of South Hoyne and fired at three men.
The shooting death of a young woman on Ohio Street this past weekend has community activists and a candidate for Governor calling for new thinking in the effort to stop gun violence.
His journey from shooting victim to valedictorian wasn't easy, but Martrell Stevens wouldn't trade it. "It's a blessing, it's not a curse."
An 8-year-old girl and a 9-year-old boy were wounded in separate shootings Monday evening in Gary, Indiana.
The day's first shooting happened about 12:05 a.m. in the Gresham neighborhood on the South Side.
Terry J. Mitchell, 23, suffered multiple gunshot wounds in the 15600 block of Maryland Avenue in Dolton.
