Crime News Chicago

Suspect held in fatal South Shore shooting

A 40-year-old man was shot in his torso about 12:45 p.m. Wednesday in the 1900 block of East 71st Street.

By Sun-Times Wire

A man was shot early Saturday in the Loop.

An arrest has been made in the shooting death of a man Wednesday morning in South Shore.

Todd Lorenzo Brown, 40, was shot in his torso about 12:45 p.m. in the 1900 block of East 71st Street, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. He was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

Officers took a suspect into custody, according to police.

No other details were immediately available.

Next Up In Crime

Walgreens workers bound, robbed at gunpoint in Gold Coast: ‘We just came for the money’

Naperville woman booked on murder charges in Oakbrook Terrace hotel shooting

Family of man shot dead by Elk Grove Village police says department knew of his physical, emotional health issues

Tenants say they were illegally evicted days before Swift Mansion fire

2 men charged in alleged murder-for-hire slaying in Roseland

CPD urged to relax restrictions on vehicle chases

The Latest

Crime

Naperville woman booked on murder charges in Oakbrook Terrace hotel shooting

Latrice Phillips, 51, was ordered held in custody while awaiting trial in the shooting death Saturday of Calvin Truitt, 33, during an altercation at the Hilton Suites.

By Sun-Times Wire

With no signs that speeding is slowing down, the National Transportation Safety Board is recommending that automakers install speed reducing technology that, at the very least, alerts drivers if they are going too fast.

Editorials

Technology to warn drivers they’re speeding would speed up prospect of safer roads

Nothing will deter some speed demons to ease up on the accelerator, but most drivers with a tendency to go over the speed limit would obey the rules of the road if they were given a nudge.

By CST Editorial Board

Jack Murray’s mother, Donna Murray, (center) cries as attorney Antonio Romanucci speaks during a news conference at his River North office about the fatal police shooting of 24-year-old Jack Murray in Elk Grove Village.

Suburban Chicago

Family of man shot dead by Elk Grove Village police says department knew of his physical, emotional health issues

Antonio Romanucci, attorney for the family of Jack Murray, is conducting a civil investigation into the shooting, focusing on ‘officers’ treatment of a known emotionally distressed person and their use of deescalation tactics.’

By Emmanuel Camarillo

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 22: (L-R) Bret Domrose, Robert Mailhouse, and Keanu Reeves of Dogstar perform at SiriusXM Studios on September 22, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.

Music

Keanu Reeves’ Dogstar is better the second time around

After 20 years, the actor-bassist has reunited with his bandmates Bret Domrose and Robert Mailhouse for a new album and tour.

By Selena Fragassi - For the Sun-Times

Democrat Eileen O’Neill Burke carries in her petitions to run for Cook County state’s attorney at the Cook County Administration building at 69 W Washington, Monday, Dec. 4, 2023.

Politics

Retired judge files petitions in Democratic battle for Cook County state’s attorney

Eileen O’Neill Burke, a retired Illinois Appellate Court judge and a former Cook County assistant state’s attorney, filed more than 13,000 petitions on Monday afternoon to run as a Democrat for Cook County state’s attorney — the last day candidates had to file petitions with the Illinois State Board of Elections and the Cook County clerk’s office.

By Tina Sfondeles