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Crime

Find out about crime in your neighborhood and your city. The best and most timely analysis of crime trends in the city of Chicago.

Rioters loyal to President Donald Trump rally at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021.
Crime
A list of every known Illinois resident charged in the U.S. Capitol breach
More than 1,300 people have been arrested in connection with the breach in almost all 50 states. That includes Illinois, where at least 49 known residents have faced federal charges for their role.
By Jon Seidel
 
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R. Kelly's Chicago conviction upheld by appeals court
 
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2 teens critically wounded in South Shore shooting
 
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Man dies after being shot 20 times in South Shore
 
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2 shot, wounded near United Center on Near West Side
 
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Homicides in Chicago: A list of every victim
An interactive database compiled from Sun-Times reporting and information from law enforcement agencies and the Cook County medical examiner’s office, updated daily.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
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Priority Communities Dashboard
Track the pace of homicides and shootings in Chicago’s most violent areas, based on Sun-Times and city data.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
Voices from West Garfield Park

The Sun-Times spent months talking to residents who call West Garfield Park home. Read the full series below.

The Conservatory-Central Park Drive Green Line elevated train station overlooks a street lined with parked cars and trees.
West Garfield Park
What it’s like to live in Chicago’s most violent neighborhood
The Sun-Times spent months talking to residents who call West Garfield Park home. We share stories from nine of them.
By Andy Grimm
 
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LiFE Restaurant in West Garfield Park aims to nourish community
By Andy Grimm
 
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West Garfield Park
West Garfield Park activist fights to improve ‘wellness’ of community
By Andy Grimm
 
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Former West Garfield Park gang member works to pull others out of isolation
By Andy Grimm
 
Marie Henderson, 82, owns Out of the Past Records, and has lived in West Garfield Park since the 1950s— one of the stores she and her husband owned burned during the rioting after Martin Luther King’s assassination in 1968. Henderson raised five children and still lives a few blocks away from the store. The business is the last of more than a half-dozen she and her late husband once owned.
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West Garfield Park business owner chooses to stay despite the violence
By Andy Grimm
 
From left, Ferrice Spiceson, Rashaad Washington and Dayquan Rollins grew up in West Garfield Park and fell into street life before starting the MAAFA Redemption Proejct, which recruits neighborhood residents who are actively involved in criminal activity and gangs for a year-long program that combines therapy, meditation, education and job training to help participants leave behind violence and find legitimate employment.
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Former West Garfield Park gang members look for peace
By Andy Grimm
 
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West Garfield Park mom wonders if neighborhood is a safe place to raise kids
By Andy Grimm
 
A combined image using photos of Marlon English, Eroica Del Real, Aja Johnson, Carla Johnson and Jaree Noel.
Commentary
These are the voices of five survivors of Chicago’s violence
Each of their essays offers a peek into the ways violence rearranges a life. There are stories of loss and grief but also redemption, love, regret and shifting notions of justice.
Read
By The Trace
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Boston man who fatally stabbed Chicago-area Marine gets 17 to 20 years in prison
Alvaro Larrama, a bouncer at a bar, chased and stabbed Daniel Martinez to death in 2022. Martinez, a former Marine sergeant, grew up in Gage Park.
By Violet Miller
 
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Three years for man who helped set CTA van on fire during 2020 riots
Prosecutors say Darion Lindsey helped put “scores of people at risk” as George Floyd protests gave way to violence.
By Jon Seidel
 
Harvey Weinstein arrives at a Manhattan courthouse for jury deliberations in his rape trial, Monday, Feb. 24, 2020, in New York. New York's highest court has overturned Harvey Weinstein's 2020 rape conviction and ordered a new trial.
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Harvey Weinstein's New York rape conviction is overturned. Here's why and what happens next.
The decision by New York’s highest court to overturn the rape conviction of movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has reopened a painful chapter in America’s reckoning with sexual misconduct by powerful figures — an era that began in 2017 and helped launch the #MeToo movement.
By Associated Press
 
Scam Caller Uber Driver Killed
Commentary
Scam calls asking for money are serious business; authorities believe one was tied to an Ohio death
The fatal shooting of an Uber driver, allegedly by an 81-year-old man, should set off alarms.
By Mary Mitchell
 
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Four armed robberies in downtown Chicago in 30 minutes
A 66-year-old woman was dragged into the street in the 600 block of North Fairbanks Avenue by two armed robbers who fired shots, police said.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
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Southwest Side man charged with luring 14-year-old girl walking home from school
Arley Carrillo Mendez, 39, is charged with one felony count of child abduction and luring of a minor after he followed a girl Monday afternoon in the 5000 block of South Long Avenue.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
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Elections
Arizona indicts 18 in case over 2020 election in Arizona, including Giuliani and Meadows
Eleven Republicans who submitted a document to Congress falsely declaring that Donald Trump won Arizona in 2020 are among those indicted. Trump is described as an unindicted co-conspirator.
By Associated Press
 
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Northwestern hazing scandal
Northwestern hazing scandal lawsuits are consolidated
Seven lawsuits filed by former football players will be temporarily consolidated with a lawsuit filed by former head coach Pat Fitzgerald during the pretrial process.
By Kade Heather
 
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Vandals smash Palestine flag window display at Women & Children First bookstore
A window of the Andersonville feminist bookstore displaying a Palestine flag and a sign calling for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war was shattered early Wednesday. Police are investigating.
By Kade Heather
 
Officer Luis Huesca wears a light blue police uniform as he poses for a portrait in front of an American flag.
La Voz Chicago
Realizarán los servicios funerarios para el oficial de policía Luis Huesca
El funeral por Huesca será el lunes a las 10 de la mañana en la Iglesia Católica Santa Rita de Casia, ubicada en el 7740 S. Western Ave. de Chicago, según la Orden Fraternal de la Policía.
By Tom Schuba
 
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Orland Park man held in custody in connection with fatal Oak Forest shooting
Omar Zegar, 37, was arrested after the shooting Sunday and was charged with a felony count of aggravated unlawful use of weapon with a revoked firearm owners ID card, Oak Forest police said.
By Mohammad Samra
 
Dexter Reed’s mother Nicole Banks stands outside the 11th District police station in Chicago as supporters stand on each side, with one holding a sign demanding justice for Reed.
Dexter Reed Shooting
Dexter Reed's family files federal civil rights lawsuit over his killing by Chicago police
The lawsuit accuses Chicago police of promoting “brutally violent, militarized policing tactics,” and argues the five officers who stopped Reed “created an environment that directly resulted in his death.”
By Mary Norkol, Andy Grimm, and 1 more
 
Labar “Bro Man” Spann
Chicago gangs
Four Corner Hustler chief's conviction threatened by revelation from feds
The judge presiding over the case of Labar “Bro Man” Spann said prosecutors made an “extraordinary” disclosure about a sentencing promise made by one of their former colleagues.
By Jon Seidel
 
Robert E. Crimo III
Highland Park parade shooting
Suspected Highland Park parade shooter granted permission to call family from jail
Robert Crimo III’s phone, tablet and internet privileges were revoked in December by a Lake County judge.
By Sophie Sherry
 
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Man shot, killed in South Shore
The 59-year-old was found about 7 p.m. in the 6700 block of South Chappel Avenue with a gunshot wound to his abdomen, police said.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
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Man shot dead at Schiller Park bar
Jonathan Vallejo, 38, of River Grove, suffered multiple gunshot wounds in the Friday shooting and was pronounced dead at Lutheran General Hospital, the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
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Crime
Services set for Chicago Police Officer Luis Huesca as off-duty killing ruled line-of-duty death
Funeral services for Huesca will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Rita of Cascia Catholic Church at 7740 S. Western Ave. in Chicago, according to the Fraternal Order of Police.
By Tom Schuba
 
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39-year-old slain in Oak Forest shooting remembered as 'loving father' who'd 'help anyone in need'
Three others, including a 12-year-old girl, were wounded in the shooting, Oak Forest police said.
By Mohammad Samra
 
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14-year-old boy charged with murder in South Loop shooting
Jeremy Smith, 17, was killed and another boy was wounded in the shooting in March, according to police.
By Mary Norkol
 
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2 attempted sexual assaults reported in Lake View
Chicago police said they believe the same man attacked both women Monday night.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
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