Dolton liquor store manager shot during robbery attempt
(DOLTON) A person shot a Dolton liquor store manager during an attempted robbery Friday night before leading police on a chase that ended in a crash in south suburban Harvey. About 9:45 p.m., an armed...
View Article22 vehicle burglaries reported Friday morning in Wilmette
(WILMETTE) Police are warning residents about a series of nearly two dozen vehicle burglaries reported early Friday morning in north suburban Wilmette. Officers were called about an auto burglary in...
View ArticleUPDATE: Motorcyclist killed in Bishop Ford crash
UPDATES WITH ADDITIONAL DETAILS, COMMENT FROM FAMILY A west suburban man was killed in a motorcycle crash early Friday on the Bishop Ford Freeway on the Far South Side. Edward Lopez was driving a black...
View ArticlePolice: Young boy brandished handgun in Bronzeville robbery last month
Police are warning residents about a series of robberies last month in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side, including one in which a young boy reportedly brandished a handgun. In each...
View ArticlePerson hurt in Lawndale shooting
A person was wounded in a shooting Saturday morning in the West Side Lawndale neighborhood. The male showed up at Mount Sinai Hospital at 11:10 a.m. with a gunshot wound to the buttocks, according to...
View ArticleUPDATE: 9 wounded in Chicago shootings since Friday evening
UPDATES WITH ADDITIONAL SHOOTING Nine people were shot on the South and West sides of Chicago since Friday evening. The violence comes on the heels of a historically violent Fourth of July that ended...
View ArticleMan fatally shot in south suburban Riverdale
(RIVERDALE) A man was fatally shot last week in south suburban Riverdale. Cedric Caldwell, 36, was shot in the 400 block of West 137th Street in Riverdale, according to the Cook County medical...
View ArticleUPDATE: Woman shot to death in Humboldt Park
UPDATES WITH ID A woman was shot to death Thursday evening in the West Side Humboldt Park neighborhood. Francine Lowery, 23, was found with multiple gunshot wounds by officers responding to a call of a...
View ArticleUPDATE: 13-year-old boy struck by falling bullet in NW Indiana dies
UPDATES WITH FATALITY (HAMMOND, Ind.) A 13-year-old boy who was struck by a falling bullet that was likely fired into the air like a firework last weekend in northwest Indiana has died. Noah Inman was...
View ArticlePerson shot by Chicago Police in Belmont Cragin
A person was shot Sunday by Chicago Police in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood on the Northwest Side. The person was struck after an “armed confrontation with police” in the 5000 block of West Wolfram,...
View ArticleMan charged hit-and-run crash that injured pedestrian in McHenry
(MCHENRY) A man has been charged with critically injuring a pedestrian in a hit-and-run crash early Sunday in unincorporated McHenry. At 2:23 a.m., a 2014 Chevrolet Malibu heading south in the 3000...
View Article1 dead, 1 injured in ATV crash in Lake County Forest Preserve
(BUFFALO GROVE) One person died and another was injured in an ATV crash early Sunday in the Lake County Forest Preserve in northwest suburban Buffalo Grove. At 12:55 a.m., the Buffalo Grove and...
View ArticleUPDATE: Man shot dead by Chicago Police officers in Belmont Cragin
UPDATES WITH DETAILS A man was fatally shot by Chicago Police officers Sunday morning in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood on the Northwest Side. About 11 a.m., the man’s parents went to the 25th...
View ArticlePerson stabbed at 95th Street Red Line station
A person was stabbed Sunday afternoon at the 95th Street Red Line station on the Far South Side. The male was stabbed in the abdomen during an argument in front of the turnstile at the train station in...
View ArticleMan charged with shooting, critically wounding teen in Englewood
A man has been charged with shooting and critically wounding a teenager last month in the South Side Englewood neighborhood. Dudley Grace, 24, faces felony counts of attempted murder and aggravated...
View ArticlePerson killed in two-vehicle crash in Batavia
(BATAVIA) A person was killed in a crash Sunday morning in west suburban Batavia. A 2012 Jeep Wrangler was heading north on Randall Road at 8:41 a.m. and struck a 2016 Buick Lacrosse at the...
View ArticleUPDATE: 13-year-old boy struck by falling bullet in northwest Indiana dies
UPDATES WITH STATEMENT FROM MAYOR (HAMMOND, Ind.) A 13-year-old boy struck by a falling bullet likely fired into the air like a firework by someone the mayor of Hammond referred to as an “idiot” last...
View ArticleUPDATE: Police search for suspect in Rolling Meadows sexual assaults
UPDATES WITH DETAILS (ROLLING MEADOWS) Police are searching for a suspect in two sexual assaults and break-ins in northwest suburban Rolling Meadows. Between 6:30 a.m. and 7 a.m. June 30, the suspect...
View ArticleUPDATE: 88-year-old man dies days after Oak Lawn crash caused by cars racing
UPDATES WITH DETAILS FROM POLICE (OAK LAWN) An 88-year-old man died Friday morning, two days after he was involved in a crash caused by street racing in southwest suburban Oak Lawn. The two-car crash...
View ArticlePolice: Boys threatened on social media to bring guns to Maine South
(PARK RIDGE) Two northwest suburban boys are facing charges after they posted threats on social media claiming they would bring a gun to Maine South High School on Monday. The boys, ages 12 and 15,...
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