UPDATE: Suspect in custody after Country Club Hills bank robbery
UPDATES WITH PHOTOS, DETAILS (COUNTRY CLUB HILLS) A suspect is in custody after a bank was robbed Tuesday afternoon in south suburban Country Club Hills. The non-takeover robbery happened at 12:33 p.m....
View ArticleUPDATE: Person in custody after SWAT incident at South Chicago home
UPDATES WITH PERSON IN CUSTODY A person was taken into custody after barricading himself inside a South Chicago neighborhood home for more than 4 hours Tuesday night. Chicago Police SWAT officers...
View ArticleMan shot with BB gun at 79th Street Red Line station
A man was shot with a BB gun Tuesday night at a Red Line station on the South Side. The 48-year-old was getting off a train about 11:10 p.m. at the 79th Street station, 15 W. 79th St., when someone...
View ArticleCOPA gearing up — by hiring subject matter experts
With broader powers certain to create an expanded caseload, Chicago’s new Civilian Office of Police Accountability opens for business Sept. 15 with 140 full-time employees, 90 of them investigators....
View Article4 children, 5 adults displaced in West Garfield Park house fire
Nine people were in need of shelter Wednesday morning after a fire broke out in a West Garfield Park neighborhood home on the West Side. Firefighters responded about 2:15 a.m. to the blaze in the...
View ArticlePalatine woman wins $112,500 lotto prize
(PALATINE) A northwest suburban woman won a $112,500 lottery prize last month. Jayne Jeschke, 60, of Palatine won the “Lucky Day Lotto” prize when her ticket matched five numbers – 01 – 03 – 07 – 10 –...
View ArticleOrland Park man charged with possession of child pornography
(ORLAND PARK) A southwest suburban man has been charged with possession of child pornography after police traced the distribution of the illicit images to a computer in his Orland Park home. Adam W....
View ArticleMan shot, suffered blunt trauma in Gresham
A man was shot late Wednesday in the Gresham neighborhood on the South Side. The 26-year-old suffered blunt trauma to the head and a graze wound to the left wrist about 10 p.m in the 7800 block of...
View ArticleWoman stabbed, seriously wounded outside Blue Line station on NW Side
A woman was stabbed and seriously wounded early Thursday outside the Jefferson Park Blue Line station on the Northwest Side. The 39-year-old was stabbed in the chest by another female about 12:50 a.m....
View ArticleMan seriously wounded in Lawndale shooting
A man was seriously wounded in a Lawndale neighborhood shooting early Thursday on the West Side. The 28-year-old was standing outside about 12:20 a.m. in the 3100 block of West Lexington when shots...
View ArticleMan shot in Grand Crossing
A man was shot early Thursday in the Grand Crossing neighborhood on the South Side. About 2:15 a.m., the 39-year-old was walking in the 7600 block of South South Chicago when another male, thought to...
View ArticleUPDATE: Police: Man shot to death in Lawndale
UPDATES WITH FATALITY A man was shot to death early Thursday in the Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side, police said. The 28-year-old was standing outside about 12:20 a.m. in the 3100 block of West...
View ArticleBond revoked for man charged in gun case related to shooting of cops
A federal judge on Wednesday blasted prosecutors, but still revoked bond for a man charged with selling military-style rifles used by gang members that opened fire on Chicago Police officers in a May...
View ArticleMan wounded in Gresham shooting
A man was shot early Thursday in the Gresham neighborhood on the South Side. About 2:20 a.m., someone opened fire in the 7900 block of South Emerald while the 28-year-old man was standing outside,...
View ArticlePolice: Man missing from Lawndale may be suicidal
Police are asking for the public’s help in finding a 46-year-old man missing from the Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side since Sunday. Reginald Johnson, who “has expressed suicidal ideations in the...
View ArticleMan shot in Roseland
A man was shot early Thursday in the Roseland neighborhood on the Far South Side. The 23-year-old was shot in the left arm about 2:40 a.m. while he was standing outside in the 11200 block of South...
View ArticleUPDATE: 2 women hurt in Lawndale shooting
UPDATES WITH SECOND VICTIM Two women were shot Thursday night in the Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side. A 44-year-old woman was on a porch at 8:11 p.m. in the 3000 block of West Lexington when...
View ArticleMan shot, seriously wounded while riding bicycle in Lawndale
A 28-year-old man was shot while riding his bicycle Thursday night in the Lawndale neighborhood on the Southwest Side. About 9:45 p.m., he was biking west in the 4200 block of West Cermak when someone...
View Article16-year-old boy shot in head on Near West Side
A 16-year-old boy was shot in the head while walking into a Near West Side apartment building late Thursday. One or more shooters opened fire on the teen from a vehicle going north in the 200 block of...
View ArticlePolice: Man dies after gun goes off in his waistband on South Side
A man was killed when a handgun he had in his waistband discharged Thursday night in the West Englewood neighborhood on the South Side, according to Chicago Police. About 11:55 p.m., the 33-year-old...
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