Father speaks after daughter killed by hit-and-run driver while riding e-scooter in South Shore
Violet Harris, 15, was killed after being struck by a hit-and-run driver while riding an e-scooter in the South Shore neighborhood over the weekend.
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Violet Harris, 15, was killed after being struck by a hit-and-run driver while riding an e-scooter in the South Shore neighborhood over the weekend.
The father of 15-year-old Violet Harris is waiting anxiously for Chicago police detectives to call and say they have someone in custody, as the family is saddened by the loss.
Chicago police on Sunday were looking for the driver behind a hit-and-run that left a teenage girl dead in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood.
A 26-year-old man and two other men of unknown age were all in the driveway of an apartment complex when someone shot them.
Chicago police said at 8:34 p.m. on Saturday, officers found the girl lying in the street in the 2800 block of East 77th Street, at Exchange Avenue.
Chicago police on Sunday were looking for the driver behind a hit-and-run that left a woman dead in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood.
It's also the first time in more than two decades that the city had four years in a row of declining gun violence.
Mayor Brandon Johnson said the gathering was about acknowledging their groundwork. He said it's not a victory lap, but seeing what works and continuing those efforts.
Neighbors brought flowers and balloons with simple messages of "Thank you" written on them, contributing to the growing memorial outside his Jackson Park Highlands home.
A Chicago church celebrated a new beginning in a new part of the city's South Side after its old location burned down on Thanksgiving Day last year.
Renewal Life Church opened its doors on Sunday on the third floor at 7411 S. Stony Island Ave. in the South Shore neighborhood. Their old building in Englewood was destroyed by fire on Thanksgiving Day 2025.
A Chicago church is looking toward a new beginning in a new part of the city's South Side after its old location burned down on Thanksgiving Day last year. Asal Rezaei reports.
Chicago police said the suspect shot at a woman and at responding SWAT officers in South Shore on Sunday.
A Chicago man has been charged with shooting at a woman and then firing shots at SWAT officers during a subsequent standoff in the South Shore neighborhood over the weekend.
Two teens were shot inside an apartment building in Chicago's South Shore early Tuesday morning.
Chicago police were in a standoff all day and well into the night Sunday in the South Shore neighborhood.
Chicago police issued a warning over the weekend about burglars targeting homes on Chicago's South Side.
The state is investigating the landlords of a South Shore apartment building, months after it was raided by federal immigration agents.
The state is investigating the landlords of a South Shore apartment building, months after it was raided by federal immigration agents.
A teen stood charged Thursday with shooting a young woman in the mouth in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood earlier this week.
A teen stood charged Thursday with shooting a young woman in the mouth in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood earlier this week.
Samantha Stamps was one of the residents forced to vacate the South Shore building that was raided by federal agents last September.
The victim was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in unknown condition.
Police did not provide a date or time when the incident took place.
A car crashed into a building in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood early Saturday morning.
