A Chicago police officer, who was gunned down Sunday outside his home after returning from his shift, had his gun taken from him as well as his car in the attack. Apr 15, 2024, 7:03 PM 2 officers shot, killed while investigating suspicious vehicle in Salina, New York A sheriff's...
A bullet shattered a window and struck a 39-year-old man in the neck. The victim was transported to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he is listed in fair condition, police said. There is no one in custody and Area Two detectives are investigating. Last weekend, at least ...
Chicago police said 55 people were shot, eleven fatally, in Labor Day Weekend shootings across the city.
"Can American culture rethink itself -- can it transcend its belief that enemies are always out there, needing to be obliterated," said Robert C. Koehler, a Chicago-based journalist and nationally syndicated writer, adding that violence presents itself in people's imaginations, games, movies and...
Chicago Police said they found Hill, a 36-year-old father, in the kitchen of his own home in the 200 block of North Central Avenue in the South Austin neighborhood Sunday night. He had been shot, and he died at the scene. "Somebody was there that he knew, that he let in—and took...
July 4th mass shooting: Chicago women died shielding children from gunfire A mass shooting in Grand Crossing on Chicago’s South Side early Thursday morning left two women and an 8-year-old child dead. July 4, 2024 5:24pm EDT July 4th mass shooting: 2 women and 1 child dead, 2 more ...
A recent spate of shootings in Chicago and other cities have had authorities on edge. Experts say non-suicidal gun deaths are on track to top last year. The news comes as the American public is dealing with the stress of the coronavirus pandemic and economic fallout, more awareness of rac...
J.B. Pritzker, a Democrat, signed legislation earlier this month spurred largely by an Independence Day parade shooting that killed seven and injured dozens in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park. The law bans the sale or possession of dozens of specific types of semi-automatic guns and high-...
Chicago Memorial Day Weekend Violence At least nine people were killed and 41 others were wounded in gun violence across the city over Memorial Day weekend in Chicago. One person also was fatally stabbed early Monday in Austin, and another was wounded in a stabbing Friday night in the Loop. ...
A recent high-profile example of a red flag law not being used was for the 21-year-old gunman accused of fatally shooting seven people and injuring dozens more at a Fourth of July parade in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park. Robert E. Crimo III drew police attention three years earlier...