Crime
Two 13-year-olds and a 14-year-old shot in Lawndale
Two 13-year-olds and a 14-year-old were standing out on the sidewalk when an unknown vehicle drove by and an unknown person inside pulled a gun and fired shots.
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Crime
9-year-old shot dead in Washington Heights
Another child is dead tonight after they were shot multiple times on the city's south side, authorities said. The shooting is the latest in a violent New Year's Day across the city to start 2023.
Crime
4 teens shot: 1 dead, 3 critical in Washington Park shooting
Four teenagers were shot while riding in a vehicle on the city's south side Sunday afternoon on the first day of 2023.
Crime
1 dead, 1 wounded in New Year's Day hookah lounge shootout
A shootout in a hookah lounge in the Ukrainian Village neighborhood early New Year's Day left one man dead and another wounded, authorities said. The shootout marks the city's first homicide of the 2023 year.
Crime
Man fatally stabbed in domestic dispute in West Pullman
The 64-year-old's stabbing death marks the final homicide of 2022. Unofficial results from HeyJackass.com are 734 homicides for the year, but that number is subject to change.
Crime
55-year-old man stabbed to death in West Chatham
Police were called to the 300 block of W. 87th Street in the West Chatham neighborhood on the city's south side in response to witness calls of a brutal stabbing.
Crime
Police seek public's help identifying hit-and-run driver that killed man pushing another in a wheelchair
Additional details that were not reported in our original story, the 63-year-old man who died was dragged beneath the SUV for six city blocks before he was dislodged from underneath.
Illinois Politics
Prosecutors file emergency motion to suspend SAFE-T Act statewide until ILSC can rule on pretrial release
DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Kane County State’s Attorney Jamie Mosser filed an emergency motion to the Illinois Supreme Court on Friday asking for a statewide suspension of the enforcement of the controversial SAFE-T Act legislation set to go into effect on Sunday.
Crime
Hit-and-run driver kills man pushing another in a wheelchair
A 56-year-old man in a wheelchair and an as-yet-unidentified man who was pushing him were struck by a vehicle in a hit-and-run late Thursday. The man pushing the man in the wheelchair was killed.
Crime
Theft costs Chicago church thousands of dollars in donations
Chicago police said a window was pried open late Monday or early Tuesday at Saint Vincent de Paul Catholic Church. The intruder used a crowbar to break through several doors before reaching the parish safe and a donation bin in the church in the city's Lincoln Park neighborhood.
Illinois Politics
Kankakee County Judge rules portions of Illinois SAFE-T Act unconstitutional
Illinois' controversial SAFE-T Act was scheduled to go into effect statewide on January 1, 2023, but now will be suspended in the 65 Illinois counties who participated in the consolidated lawsuit against Gov. J.B. Pritzker's administration and the other legislative leaders named in the suit.
Crime
Chicago woman charged after repeatedly stabbing small dog
A 15-year-old girl was walking her family's pet Chihuahua on Monday outside her apartment building on the city's Northwest Side when the woman stopped to talk to her, ran toward the dog, and stabbed the animal “without warning or provocation."