Chicago police reviewing "bait trucks" used to lure thieves

An operation to catch thieves in Chicago is facing backlash from community activists, who say it targets poor minorities

• Aug 10, 2018

"We are a better city": Emotional mayor decries Chicago gun violence

Police attribute much of the violence to repeat offenders who illegally obtain guns and get a "slap on the wrist"

• Aug 6, 2018

Dozens shot across Chicago in spate of overnight violence

At least 11 of the victims died and many others were hospitalized

• Aug 6, 2018

Family of man fatally shot while fleeing Chicago police sues

Family says video shows Maurice Granton Jr. wasn't armed and didn't pose a threat when he was killed last month

• Jul 30, 2018

Witness helps police officer after crash on Chicago's South Side

The officer crashed his vehicle on Chicago South Side, a neighborhood with feelings of mistrust toward the city's police department

• Jul 27, 2018

Chicago police: Bodycam footage shows man had gun

Police say they quickly released the footage to dispel misinformation that was stoking tensions and protests in the city

• Jul 16, 2018

Chicago police release video of deadly shooting amid protests

Chicago's police superintendent says he quickly released video to maintain calm in the city to avoid a repeat of protests that escalated Saturday night

• Jul 15, 2018

Chicago police clash with angry residents after deadly shooting

Police found a handgun and two magazines of bullets at the shooting site and sent them for testing, spokesman says

• Jul 15, 2018

Police dog sniffs out $10M worth of weed

During a traffic stop, a dog on the narcotics unit sniffed out what turned out to be more than 1,500 pounds of marijuana inside a vehicle.

• Jun 25, 2018

Chicago police investigate officers' cuffing of 10-year-old boy

Cellphone video recorded last Friday shows the boy in front of a patrol car with two officers facing him

• Jun 8, 2018

Cops: 11-year-old found dead in home was shot in head

Chicago police say they are questioning three people but no arrests have been made

• Jun 4, 2018

Chicago police gang database criticized for inaccuracies

Critics have said the database is too broad, and those included cannot dispute their inclusion

• May 1, 2018

2 wrongfully convicted men sue cops they say framed them

Roberto Almodovar Jr. and Jose Maysonet allege that a now-retired detective beat them into false confessions

• Apr 2, 2018

Police release new statistics on violent crimes, shootings in Chicago

Shootings decreased 17 percent since last March, while murders are down 22 percent and citywide crime is down 15 percent this year

• Apr 1, 2018

Chicago police commander was on duty when slain, police now say

Initial word was Paul Bauer was off-duty when he confronted a suspect who shot him during ensuing confrontation

• Feb 14, 2018

Chicago cop who killed 2 seen on video in off-duty bar fight

Robert Rialmo has been on desk duty since fatally shooting Quintonio LeGrier and Bettie Jones in 2015

• Jan 25, 2018

Predicting Murder

An experimental computer program is trying to prevent crime by predicting it. Chicago hopes it can reduce the city's gun violence and save lives

• Jan 7, 2018

Chicago sees drop in homicides, shootings in 2017

A plunge in violence in the second half of the year left Chicago with nearly 800 fewer shootings than in 2016

• Jan 1, 2018

Have Chicago police turned a corner on tackling city's violence?

Chicago police have zeroed in on intercepting firearms that are flooding the city, and this week, they had something to show for it

• Sep 6, 2017

Labor Day weekend violence down in Chicago

Police department says there were seven homicides over the long weekend compared to 13 during the same weekend last year

• Sep 5, 2017

Autopsy reveals new details in grisly Chicago slaying

The victim had methamphetamine in his system at the time of his death, authorities said

• Aug 19, 2017

Behind the Lens: Guns of Chicago

Everyone in Chicago wants an end to its rampant gun violence – the struggle is convincing someone to be first to put their guns away

• Aug 12, 2017

More than 5,000 illegal guns seized in Chicago this year: police

Officials with Chicago Police Department said city's investment in crime-fighting technology is helping officers

• Jul 25, 2017

Chicago detective still on the job despite her own rap sheet

Cherie Hendricks, a veteran Chicago Police Department detective, was arrested for two shoplifting incidents

• May 3, 2017

Robbery the motive in Chicago judge's slaying: police

Joshua Smith, 37, was charged Wednesday with first-degree murder, attempted murder and obstruction in the death of Raymond Myles

• Apr 12, 2017

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