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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.

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Crime
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
 
Crime
Southwest Side man charged with luring 14-year-old girl walking home from school
 
Elections
Arizona indicts 18 in case over 2020 election in Arizona, including Giuliani and Meadows
 
Northwestern hazing scandal
Northwestern hazing scandal lawsuits are consolidated
 
Crime
Vandals smash Palestine flag window display at Women & Children First bookstore
 
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Crime
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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Crime
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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West Garfield Park
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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West Garfield Park
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.
West Garfield Park
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.
West Garfield Park
Former West Garfield Park gang members look for peace
By Andy Grimm
 
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West Garfield Park
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
A woman was killed in a crash April 27, 2021 in Naperville.
Crime
Shooting in Naperville leaves 1 wounded, prompts school lockdowns
Officers responded about 1:30 p.m. in the 2500 block of Leach Drive, where they found one person with a gunshot wound. The assailant fled on foot, police say.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
A man died in fire Nov. 22, 2020 in West Englewood, police said.
News
Motorcyclist critically wounded in crash on Northwest Side
The man, 20, was riding a motorcycle in the bicycle lane in the 4000 block of West Diversey Avenue when he hit a car turning into a parking lot around 3:30 p.m., Chicago police said. He was hospitalized in critical condition.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
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Crime
1,000 pounds of substances used with meth, cocaine seized in Chicago
The substances were found April 11 in a shipping container on its way from China to northwest suburban Wood Dale.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
OCHOALOPEZ-041724_7.jpgYovanny Lopez, husband of Marlen Ochoa-Lopez and father of Yovanny Jadiel Lopez, stands beside a photo of him, his wife, his son and Yovanny Jadiel Lopez (pictured at the bottom) while speaking to the media after a hearing at the George N. Leighton Criminal Courthouse in Little Village, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Clarisa Figueroa entered a plea deal Tuesday for the murder of Ochoa-Lopez and cutting her baby, Yovanny Jadiel Lopez, from the womb in 2019. | Pat Nabong/Sun-Times
Crime
Clarisa Figueroa pleads guilty to strangling Marlen Ochoa-Lopez, cutting baby from womb
Figueroa was sentenced to 50 years in prison. The infant, Yovanny Jadiel Lopez, died several weeks later.
By Matthew Hendrickson
 
Crime
Chicago police, community partners open emergency assistance center following Back of Yards mass shooting
The center will be open Wednesday from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Richard J. Daley Academy, 5024 S. Wolcott Ave.
By Sophie Sherry
 
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Suburban Chicago
Dolton official accused of bankruptcy fraud
The indictment against Keith Freeman comes as Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard is also facing scrutiny.
By Jon Seidel
 
Ald. Debra Silverstein (50th) pictured at an October City Council meeting.
Chicago
Mayor hosts forum to combat antisemitism and other forms of hate, but some invitees skip meeting
About 20 elected officials and community organizers discussed ways the city can combat antisemitism, though attendees said it was just the start of the conversation. Ald. Debra Silverstein (50th) said the gesture was ‘hollow.’
By Violet Miller
 
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Crime
Man's body pulled from Lake Michigan at North Avenue
The remains, of a man possibly in his 40s, were recovered about 6:40 a.m.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
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Crime
Woman shot in Humboldt Park drive-thru
The woman, 18, was driving a car with three passengers at a restaurant when a man on a bike approached and began arguing with them before shooting, police said.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
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Crime
Man fatally shot in Roseland
A 34-year-old man was found on the sidewalk in the 200 block of East 111th Street at about 10 p.m., police said. He was taken to a nearby hospital where he died.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
A large group of family members and supporters hold balloons outside in front of homes, as more balloons are clustered in bunches and priests wearing black and white vestments are on hand to lead prayers.
News
Back of the Yards mass shooting victims Ariana Molina, others mourned at vigil
Eleven people were shot in an attack Saturday at a family celebration and 9-year-old Ariana was killed. Relatives pushed back on online reports that they were involved in gangs.
By Cindy Hernandez
 
Chicago Inspector General Deborah Witzburg speaks at a City Club of Chicago luncheon at Maggiano’s Banquets last November.
City Hall
Chicago's watchdog moves to fire police supervisor who lied about sex assault probe of fellow cop
Details of the case were included in a report published by Inspector General Deborah Witzburg’s office, which details serious misconduct investigations involving city workers, one of several that found evidence of apparent police cover-ups.
By Tom Schuba
 
Police stand in front of a highly damaged white sedan, with its front bumper laying on the ground.
News
Chicago cop sued by family of woman fatally struck outside House of Blues
A lawsuit filed Friday in Cook County court accuses Officer Tangie O. Brown of driving while intoxicated when she fatally struck Maria Schwab on Dec. 7. Brown’s blood-alcohol level was 0.093% when she was tested two hours after the incident.
By David Struett
 
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Crime
5-year-old girl dies of injuries from child abuse in Austin
Lyric Jackson was brought to West Suburban Hospital in Oak Park with bruises on her face about 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Chicago police said. She later died. An autopsy showed she died as a result of abuse.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
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Editorials
Anthony Robinson spent 11 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit. Too often, justice misses the mark.
Evidence shows Robinson, who was exonerated and finally released April 8, could not have committed the murder. On many level, the justice system failed.
By CST Editorial Board
 
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Politics
Pritzker creates new parole board post to ramp up domestic violence prevention training after killing of 11-year-old boy
The appointment of James Montgomery comes three weeks after chair Don Shelton and board member LeAnn Miller resigned. Miller oversaw the decision to release Crosetti Brand, who then allegedly stabbed his ex-girlfriend and killed her 11-year-old son Jayden Perkins.
By Tina Sfondeles
 
Family members of Ariana Molina cry, embrace and mourn on the sidewalk between the tree lawn and the fence in front of the house where the girl died in a mass shooting.
Crime
9-year-old girl killed in Back of the Yards mass shooting was 'the princess of the family'
Relatives of Ariana Molina have set up a GoFundMe account after Ariana was killed Saturday during a confirmation celebration with her family. Ten other people, including her mother, were wounded. Police blame gangs for the shooting.
By Kaitlin Washburn and Matthew Hendrickson
 
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Crime
Man, 21, fatally shot in Auburn Gresham
Kwiese Hughes was shot around 1:20 a.m. Monday, police and the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office said.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
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Crime
Man shot in attempted robbery near Diversey Harbor
The 49-year-old man was shot Sunday night when the gun he tried to take from a man trying to rob him went off, police said.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
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Crime
Motorcyclist struck, killed in West Elsdon
A 46-year-old motorcyclist was traveling north in the 5500 block of South Pulaski Road when a woman in a Chevy SUV turned left and collided with the man, police said. He died at a hospital, authorities say.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
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Crime
Two wounded in Englewood shooting
Two men, 22 and 28, were sitting in a vehicle in the 800 block of West 58th Street about 7:16 p.m. Sunday when they were hit by gunfire, police said. One was struck in the wrist, the other in the chest.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
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Crime
South Shore shooting victim's family still seeking answers: 'He was my reflection'
Torian Pryor, 19, was shot April 1 in the 6700 block of South Cornell Avenue. His brother says the grieving family hasn’t had any information from University of Chicago hospital or police on how he died.
By Violet Miller
 
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Crime
1 killed, 1 wounded in Austin shooting
A group was gathered late Saturday in the 4800 block of West Arthington Street when someone opened fire, according to Chicago police.
By Sun-Times staff
 
A man was fatally shot Dec. 23, 2021, in Englewood on the South Side.
Crime
Man shot to death in East Garfield Park
The 23-year-old man was on the sidewalk in the 3500 block of West Harrison Street when someone opened fire.
By Sun-Times staff
 
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Crime
Woman killed, teen wounded in Washington Heights shooting
The woman, 21, and the 15-year-old boy were shot about 9:20 p.m. in the 9300 block of South Bishop Street, police said.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
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Crime
Boy, 9, shot in ankle in North Lawndale
The boy was struck as he stood on a sidewalk about 10 p.m. in the 1500 block of South Sawyer Avenue.
By Sun-Times staff
 
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Crime
2 men fatally shot half-mile apart in Auburn Gresham
One man, 22, was found fatally shot about 5:15 p.m. and the other, 20, was shot and killed about 5 minutes later, according to police, who did not say if they are investigating the shootings as related.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
Six people were shot Dec. 31, 2019, in Chicago.
Crime
15-year-old boy dies weeks after South Side shooting
Michael Jones was outside about 11:30 a.m. March 27 in the 800 block of West 52nd Street when two people approached him and fired shots, authorities said.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
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Crime
Man fatally shot in Logan Square
Around 6:30 a.m., the 29-year-old was in the 2600 block of North Sawyer Avenue when he was shot multiple times in his body, Chicago police said.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
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Crime
Man fatally shot in Washington Park
The 46-year-old was found unresponsive in a hallway about 4:50 p.m. in the 5600 block of South Michigan Avenue, police said.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
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