Off-Duty Officer Shoots Home Invasion Suspect
Two people are in custody after an off-duty Chicago Police officer shot one of three men who tried to break into his home Friday afternoon in the Far South Side Roseland neighborhood.
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Two people are in custody after an off-duty Chicago Police officer shot one of three men who tried to break into his home Friday afternoon in the Far South Side Roseland neighborhood.
Two men charged in connection with a shooting Monday night in the North Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side have been ordered held on $250,000 bond each.
The man, 20, was shot in the groin about 9:45 p.m. in the 8800 block of South Prairie Avenue.
Shawn Walter Bair, 22, walked into Martin's Super Market on Jan. 15, and shot and killed 20-year-old Krystle Dikes, a store employee; and 44-year-old Rachelle Godfread, a customer at the store.
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3500 block of South Rhodes Avenue about 10:08 p.m. when an unknown shooter approached on foot and shot him in the chest. The man returned fire and tried to drive away before crashing into a nearby parked vehicle.
The voice of the late Patrick Foster rang out clearly in a north suburban courtroom Tuesday, as prosecutors played the 911 tape in which, after being shot five times, he called police and held his attacker down until they arrived.
Michael Huston, 26, faces one count of residential burglary and one count of possession of burglary tools, both felonies.
The man, 38, was inside the home in the 4000 block of West 21st Place about 10:45 p.m. when another member of the household got a threatening phone call. Shots rang out a short time later outside the home and a bullet came through the window.
About 1:55 a.m., police saw suspects in one vehicle open fire toward another vehicle near Kimball and Fullerton avenues. The vehicle drove away at a "high speed" and hit several parked cars nearby.
Miguel Leyva, 24, has been charged with first-degree murder for the death of Adrian Villarreal, who was found unresponsive in his vehicle near Hickory and Center streets in Waukegan on March 15.
A retired Chicago police sergeant who went blind from diabetes has died, two weeks after he was shot during a home invasion in the East Side neighborhood.
Chicago Police shot at a 19-year-old man armed with a revolver Saturday night, authorities said.
The shooting occurred shortly after 7 p.m. near West Jackson Boulevard and South Western Avenue.
Marco Lopez, 17, is scheduled to appear in bond court Friday, charged with the murders of Segundo Reynoso, 38; and his 15-year-old son Luis Reynoso.
It was sunset when two tactical officers on foot spotted to men exchanging something -- possibly drugs -- in an alley near 43rd Street and Princeton Avenue. The officers caught one man quickly but had to chase after the other.
The teenager was crossing the street about 8:20 p.m. in the 1300 block of North Spaulding Avenue when a tan-colored minivan drove past and someone inside the vehicle fired shots.
Area Central Gun Team officers saw two "suspicious males" near the mouth of an alley and were approaching them to conduct an interview when the males ran away, police said. One of them pointed a gun at the officers pursuing him.
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Segundo Reynoso, 38, and his 15-year-old son Luis Reynoso were discovered lying on the floor with gunshot wounds in an apartment at the Baldwin Greens Apartments in Palatine.
After allegedly shooting a man in the South Lawndale neighborhood Tuesday night, two suspects led Chicago police on a car chase that ended in their arrests in west suburban Lyons.
The victim was taken to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, where she was listed in "stable" condition,
A 26-year-old St. Charles man ended up in the hospital Monday when he broke into the wrong house.
Officers were responding to a shooting in the 900 block of North County Line Road in Gary about 1:30 a.m. when they came upon someone driving a gunshot victim to the emergency room.
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Attorney Bill Quinlan on Tuesday became the latest candidate to announce a run for mayor of Chicago in 2027.
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A car fire shut down lanes on the Dan Ryan Expressway on Tuesday morning.
Chicago police charged Steven Dixon Jr., 22, after a 12-year-old boy took a gun from a bag on a school bus and fired a shot outside a Bridgeport elementary school Monday afternoon. No one was hurt.
An ATM was stolen during a crash-and-grab burglary at a gas station in Chicago's Avondale neighborhood early Tuesday morning.
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Cook County homeowners are again facing a sharper increase in property taxes this year than businesses, the Office of Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas announced Monday.
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A new report from the University of Illinois Chicago said federal immigration enforcement led to $1.26 billion in unspent money at retail establishments and restaurants in Cook County.
Around 115 million domestic and international tourists visited Illinois last year, pushing visitor spending past $50 billion for the first time and generating more than $88 billion in total economic impact.
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A car fire shut down lanes on the Dan Ryan Expressway on Tuesday morning.
Nurses from Prime Healthcare were set to swap stethoscopes for protest signs Tuesday, as thousands will be on the picket line across the U.S. Lauren Victory reports.
A man has been charged after a student got hold of a gun on a school bus and fired shots out the window on Monday afternoon.
An ATM was stolen during a crash-and-grab burglary at a gas station in Chicago's Avondale neighborhood early Tuesday morning.
A man has been charged after a student got hold of a gun on a school bus and fired shots out the window on Monday afternoon.
A car fire shut down lanes on the Dan Ryan Expressway on Tuesday morning.
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Attorney Bill Quinlan on Tuesday became the latest candidate to announce a run for mayor of Chicago in 2027.
Nurses from Prime Healthcare swapped stethoscopes for protest signs Tuesday, as thousands were on the picket line across the U.S.
Chicago police crime data show 255 reported crimes in the last two years on the two blocks where the former Hard Rock and Rainforest cafés sit vacant. Neighbors have been calling the city about the alley between them for six years.
A three-year effort by the Cook County Sheriff's Office to help bring down crime on the Magnificent Mile in downtown Chicago appears to be working.
Several lawsuits are challenging Illinois' medical aid in dying law that is set to take effect on Sept. 12, including one in federal court arguing the law discriminates against people with disabilities.
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Providence Catholic High School in southwest suburban New Lenox has fired football coach Tyler Plantz, despite the team's 4-0 start to the season.
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A $30,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest and indictment of the person who shot and killed a 911 dispatcher in the Back of the Yards neighborhood last week.
A 15-year-old girl returned to court Monday to face murder charges, after authorities said she was one of a few people responsible for pushing a man out of a moving Chicago Transit Authority Red Line train.
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Chicago police this past weekend issued a warning about a man who grabbed a woman at a CTA Blue Line station in Wicker Park.
CPD says six people were standing outside near an alley when two unknown vehicles approached. Multiple armed suspects got out and fired shots at the victims.
