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Timothy Triplett was found outside in the 3500 block of West Flournoy Street at 12:40 p.m., according to police and the Cook County medical examiner's office. Police said he had suffered multiple gunshot wounds. Triplett was a standout basketball player at Crane and Marshall high schools. He also briefly attended Farragut.
A gunman opened fire at three people who were leaving a party Friday night on the Far South Side, leaving one woman dead and two others injured.
Gary police say Keith Dumas was walking his Rottweiler in the 400 block of Adams Street around 10 a.m. when gunfire erupted. Dumas was pronounced dead at the scene.
Lake County Major Crimes Task Force Cmdr. George Filenko said investigators were chasing down some 50 leads into the circumstances surrounding the death of Justus Howell of Waukegan.
A teenage boy was shot and killed Thursday afternoon in the South Shore neighborhood. About 6 p.m., 16-year-old Amari Sutton was found outside in the 1400 block of East 73rd Street with gunshot wounds to the chest and neck, police said.
Police say the 40-year-old victim was in his own car near 31st and Komensky when two suspects walked up and fired shots in his direction.
Myron Mason, of the 8600 block of South Kingston, was charged with first-degree murder Wednesday night in the death of Mechelle Lewis. Prosecutors said Mason was angry because he believed the victim gave him a sexually transmitted disease.
Police were speaking to persons of interest after a 5-year-old girl was shot in the arm Wednesday evening in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side.
Police said the 28-year-old woman killed shortly before 10 p.m. Tuesday, when her ex-boyfriend walked up and shot her while she was sitting in a parked minivan in the 7200 block of South Bennett Avenue.
A man was shot to death in a North Lawndale store Tuesday afternoon.
A teenage boy was critically wounded in a shooting Tuesday afternoon in the North Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side.
Chicago police are investigating the killing of a 21-year-old Olive-Harvey College student gunned down late Monday night near his home in the Washington Heights neighborhood.
About 2:20 a.m., a 25-year-old man was shot multiple times as he drove his vehicle in the 400 block of East 47th Street, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene. His 26-year-old passenger was shot in the back and also suffered a graze wound to the neck, police said. He was being treated at Stroger Hospital.
About 10:30 p.m., 21-year-old D'Montre Smith was standing in the 10200 block of South May Street when a dark-colored sedan drove by and someone inside opened fire, striking him in the chest, police and the Cook County medical examiner's office said. He was later found lying in a gangway.
A wrongful death lawsuit filed by the estate of Deonta Jackson alleges Dolphin nightclub owner Sam Menetti failed to properly train his security employees and failed to properly control crowds, and city officials ignored repeated requests to close the nightclub despite knowing of security problems.
Alexander Gonzalez, 25, faces one count of first-degree murder for the shooting of Edgar Muneton last month, according to Chicago Police. He is also charged with possession of a controlled substance.
The most recent fatal shooting happened early Sunday in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood on the Northwest Side. About 6:30 a.m., a 34-year-old woman and a man – thought to be in his 20s – were walking in the 2700 block of North Lavergne when someone got out of a car and opened fire, police said.
An Uber driver put his concealed carry permit to use Friday night when he pulled a handgun and opened fire on a man he saw firing a pistol into a group of people on a Logan Square sidewalk, according to prosecutors.
University police issued a campus security alert at about 2 a.m., after three people were shot in an alley in the 5400 block of South Ellis Avenue. Police said two men and a woman were sitting in a blue Ford Thunderbird in a parking lot, when someone came up to the car and opened fire around 12:30 a.m.
About 6:30 a.m., a 34-year-old woman and a man – thought to be in his 20s – were walking in the 2700 block of North Lavergne Avenue when someone with a gun got out of a car and opened fire, police said.
An Elgin man was shot to death early Saturday in the northwest suburb.
Chicago police shot and killed an 18-year-old man last night, after officers say he pointed a gun at them, reports WBBM's Mike Krauser.
A man shot another man in self-defense Friday night in the Logan Square neighborhood on the Northwest Side, police said.
One man was killed and another man was seriously injured in a Humboldt Park neighborhood shooting Friday night on the West Side, police said.
In the most recent shooting, a man suffered a gunshot wound to the chest in the West Englewood neighborhood on the South Side.
