Railroad Law Enforcement Vehicle Hit By Gunfire On South Side
A railroad law enforcement agency squad car was damaged after someone fired at the vehicle as it drove down an alley in Englewood Tuesday evening.
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A railroad law enforcement agency squad car was damaged after someone fired at the vehicle as it drove down an alley in Englewood Tuesday evening.
Classmates and the family of Quintonio LeGrier attended a vigil Tuesday night across the street from his old high school, Gwendolyn Brooks College Prep.
We are learning more about the police officer who fired those fatal shots.
An online fundraiser has collected more than $11,000 for a Chicago family to help pay for the funeral expenses of a 55-year-old woman accidentally shot and killed by police over the weekend.
Omar Massoud, 32, of the 4200 block of North Broadway was charged with reckless conduct and being a party to a crime, both misdemeanors, according to Chicago Police.
A suspect was in custody Tuesday morning, after a shooting in the western suburbs left one man dead and a 14-year-old boy in critical condition.
Jason Van Dyke, 37, was indicted earlier this month on six counts of first-degree murder and one count of official misconduct. Van Dyke pleaded not guilty when he appeared before Judge Vincent Gaughan at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse on Tuesday.
One of Mayor Rahm Emanuel's deputy chiefs of staff was attacked Sunday evening while attending a vigil for Bettie Jones and Quintonio LeGrier, who were fatally shot by Chicago Police in West Garfield Park on Saturday.
A man was arrested early Tuesday after he tried to hit a police officer with his vehicle, prompting an officer to open fire in the Lakeview neighborhood on the North Side, police said.
Joshua Smith, of the 2400 block of Wells Street in Lake Station, was pronounced dead at 1:22 a.m. Dec. 25 at Methodist Northlake Hospital in Gary, according to a statement from the Lake County coroner's office.
The 20-year-old was walking on the sidewalk in the 9100 block of South Wentworth Avenue about 1:15 a.m. when another male walked up and opened fire, according to Chicago Police.
At 6 p.m., the 40-year-old man was standing on the sidewalk in the 300 block of East 58th Street when someone fired shots, police said.
The father of a 19-year-old man who was shot and killed by Chicago Police early Saturday has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city, claiming college student Quintonio LeGrier posed no threat to the police officer who shot him.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel has decided to cut short his family vacation to Cuba after a 19-year-old man and a 55-year-old woman were shot and killed by police after officers responded to a domestic disturbance on the West Side on Saturday.
Relatives and supporters of the two latest victims of police shooting in Chicago are wondering why more officers don't use Tasers instead of guns. WBBM's Nancy Harty reports the head of the police union says it's not that simple.
The latest homicide happened early Sunday in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side. About 2:15 a.m., 29-year-old Tyree White was outside with a 28-year-old woman near West 59th Street and South Wentworth Avenue when someone walked up and opened fire.
Derrick James was shot multiple times in the 14400 block of Ellis Avenue, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.
The city's Austin community is mourning the deaths of two people at the hands of Chicago Police. Family members and community leaders say they want answers.
-One person was wounded by a Chicago Police officer Saturday afternoon in the Washington Heights neighborhood.
Police were called to an apartment building on the 4700 block of West Erie at about 4:30 a.m. Saturday for a domestic incident.
Three men were killed and at least seven people have been wounded in shootings across Chicago since Thursday afternoon.
Officers responding to a call of shots fired at 11:36 a.m. Friday in the 700 block of West 71st Street found the 20-year-old with multiple gunshot wounds to the thigh, according to Chicago Police.
Two males and a female were taken to area hospitals for their injuries, which were not thought to be life-threatening, according to the sheriff's office.
A witness told police that 30-year-old Craig Harris went outside about 4:50 p.m. and four males were waiting for him in a gangway in the 7300 block of South Vernon.
Santa Claus traded his reindeer and sleigh for a small convoy of tow trucks for at least part of this Christmas Eve to deliver presents to a mother in Morgan Park.
