Girl, 15, grazed in Greater Grand Crossing shooting
The 15-year-old was at a park about 12:44 a.m. in the 100 block of West 66th Street when the fight broke out among a group of males, according to Chicago police. Someone fired shots, grazing the girl on her face.
Girl, 14, missing from West Rogers Park
Wajidah Nabihussin was last seen about 9 p.m. August 7 and is missing from the 6300 block of North Talman Avenue, Chicago police said in a missing person alert. She may be with a man who’s 25 to 26 years old and between 5-foot-5 to 5-foot-7.
Teen shot in Lawndale
A 17-year-old boy was wounded in a shooting Saturday in Lawndale on the West Side.
Police seek car wanted in East Garfield Park hit-and-run
Police are looking for a car that hit a person in a wheelchair last week in East Garfield Park on the West Side.
Man, 79, fatally shoots 72-year-old, tells friend ‘I shot the motherf——-, it’s over now,”: prosecutors
A 79-year-old man allegedly shot and killed someone he knew for decades over a gambling debt, then called 911 after firing the shots.
Shots fired outside Austin church
One person is in custody after firing shots outside a church Saturday in Austin on the West Side.
Mississippi trooper fatally shot working part-time job driving USPS mail truck: reports
A man found fatally shot in a USPS delivery truck has been identified as a Mississippi Highway Patrol lieutenant.
Police: Man broke into ex-girlfriend's home, beat her, set her on fire
The woman told investigators that she had returned home during the early morning hours and found her ex-boyfriend had broken into her house.
2 CPD squad cars struck by drunk driver on I-94 near Chatham
Two Chicago police squad cars were struck by an alleged drunk driver Saturday on Interstate 94 near Chatham on the South Side.
Children are paying the price as gun violence surges nationwide
Their deaths underscore an exceptionally violent summer in which cities across the country have seen gun violence increase against a backdrop of protests over police brutality and a global pandemic. While the vast majority of victims are adults, media reports have chronicled a slew of young children and teenagers caught up in the violence as unintended targets.
Man grazed by bullet in domestic related incident in East Garfield Park; person in custody
A 29-year-old man was grazed by a bullet Saturday in a domestic related shooting in East Garfield Park on the West Side.
Judge orders release of body camera video in Floyd case
Judge Peter Cahill ruled Friday the that videos from the body cameras of Thomas Lane and J. Kueng taken on the night Floyd died will be made publicly available, though it is unclear how or when the footage will be released.
Boy, 14, shot in West Pullman
The 14-year-old walked into Roseland Community Hospital at 4:28 a.m. with a gunshot wound to his shoulder, according to Chicago police. He was transferred to Comer Children’s Hospital in fair condition.
ATM servicer robbed at gunpoint at Calumet City bank
Authorities are looking for three men who robbed an employee servicing an ATM Wednesday in south suburban Calumet City.
FOUND: Woman, 25, missing from Lake View
Tiffany Lyander, a 25-year-old woman reported missing from Lake View on the North Side, has been found safe, according to Chicago police.
Man charged with impaling driver with crowbar during Cicero protest
A man has been charged with impaling a driver with a metal crowbar in west suburban Cicero in early June during protests over the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd.
Man faces attempted murder charge in Chatham shootout with police
A 25-year-old man was charged with firing shots at police as they tried to stop him early Friday in Chatham on the South Side.
Alexandria rape suspect freed due to coronavirus kills accuser: police
Police in Virginia say that a rape suspect who was released from jail in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic went on to kill the woman who had accused him.
Chicago rapper's mother breaks silence after losing her son to gun violence
Rapper FBG Duck’s mother breaks her silence on losing her son.
Missing 15-year-old girl last seen in Lawndale
Rosa Ambriz was last seen July 19 in the 1900 block of South Spaulding Avenue, Chicago police said.