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.
The flags, along with signs and banners, had been placed on Deering Meadow, where a pro-Palestine encampment stood for five days before organizers reached an agreement with university administration.
Hours after his brother was stabbed to death, the boy described the “savaging” attack, a word he picked up from a news report. The alleged killer, acting as his own attorney, doesn’t want the interview introduced as evidence.
The executive, a medical doctor who oversaw drug safety for decades at drugmaker GSK, repeatedly pushed back on the claim that the popular heartburn drug causes cancer.
The woman, 21, was found with a gunshot wound on the kitchen floor of a home in the 6100 block of South King Drive about 9:55 p.m. Sunday.
Malik Washington, 24, and a man, 35, were standing outside a gas station May 2 in the 6700 block of South Jeffery Boulevard when a car drove by and someone inside opened fire around 7:30 p.m.
Two vehicles were traveling near Cal-Sag Road and 127th Street when they crashed around 1:30 p.m. Sunday, the Crestwood Police Department said.
The hospital group that operates Ascension Resurrection in Chicago and St. Alexius in Hoffman Estates is continuing to recover from a cyberattack last week.
The crash happened just after 11 p.m. Sunday in the 1200 block of East Lake Avenue, police said.
In the robberies, which occurred May 6-10, the suspects allegedly approached female passengers on CTA property and engaged them in physical altercations before robbing them, authorities said.
A man, 40, was on the sidewalk in the 3900 block of West Madison Street about 7:10 p.m. when a vehicle pulled up and someone inside fired shots, hitting the man in both legs, police said.
A 15-year-old boy was on the sidewalk in the 100 block of North Dearborn Street about 4:40 p.m. Sunday when four men approached him, two of whom produced knives and stabbed him in the back, police said.
Kierra Coles has been reported missing in South Chicago for nearly six years. Diamond Bynum and her nephew King Walker were last seen July 25, 2015, at their home in Gary, Indiana.
Khalil Dunbar, 22, was in an alley near the 10800 block of South Indiana Avenue just before 5 p.m. Sunday, when he was shot in the neck, police said. Dunbar was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in critical condition where he later died, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Isaiah S. Fields, 22, of the 5000 block of West Maple Avenue in Chicago, allegedly sexually assaulted a woman who lived at the Marklund Hyde Center near Geneva in 2023.
The man was outside when someone approached him and fired shots, grazing his ear.
Investigators believe a 32-year-old man stabbed his wife, 35, during an argument at a home in the 3400 block of Pandola Avenue and then stabbed himself.
About 4:30 a.m., a 30-year-old man and another person were in the 7400 block of South State Street when an argument turned physical, according to Chicago police.
The male victim was found with a gunshot wound to the chest about 7:20 p.m. inside a car that crashed into a wall in the 6700 block of South Woodlawn Avenue.
The victim, Melissa Robertson, 45, remains in critical condition Friday. Authorities say the shooting was “racially motivated” because the victim’s two sons are Black.
Karol Chwiesiuk spent roughly 10 minutes inside the Capitol as a mob attempted to prevent Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s presidential electoral victory.
Prosecutors in the case of Crosetti Brand said said they expect to file documents containing allegations of prior incidents involving Brand “which are not of public record and are of a sensitive nature.”
The man was walking in the 3900 block of North Pittsburgh Avenue when someone fired shots, striking him in the chest.
En 2023, la línea directa recibió la cifra récord de más de 17 mil 972 contactos para solicitar refugio, un 45% más que en 2022. Pero los defensores dicen que el estado no está equipado para hacer frente al aumento de la demanda.
During one heist in West Ridge the robber fired a gun at a liquor store staffer but no one was hurt, police said.
Officers conducted a well-being check at the home and found the 27-year-old on the kitchen floor with gunshot wounds to her body, police said.
One of the drivers attempted to leave the scene, but an off-duty Chicago police officer who witnessed the crash pulled over and held the driver at gunpoint until troopers arrived, state police said.
The crash occurred about 10:52 a.m. along North Rand Road between East Dundee Road and Winslowe Drive, according to police.
In 2023, the Hotline received a record-high 17,972 contacts for requests for shelter, up 45% from 2022. But advocates say the state is not equipped to meet the increased demand.
Joseph Weiss, brother of clout-heavy businessman James Weiss, has agreed to plead guilty to charges he lied to FBI agents looking into his brother’s ties to the Chicago Outfit. He will appear in court May 20.
No se han realizado arrestos en ninguno de los atracos similares, que ocurrieron en Pilsen, Bucktown y en Back of the Yards, dijo la policía.