Crime and Public Safety

Chicago police are asking for the public’s help to locate a missing 15-year-old boy last seen on the city’s North Side.

Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse, was fatally shot Saturday morning by a Border Patrol agent in Minneapolis. Here's what's known about the Minneapolis resident.

Congressman Maxwell Frost was punched in the face at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah on Friday, according to a tweet from the official.

Chicago police are asking for the public’s help in locating a missing 12-year-old boy last seen on the city’s South Side.

The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said Department of Homeland Security personnel prevented their investigators from accessing the scene of where a Border Patrol agent fatally shot a man in Minneapolis.

Chicago police are warning businesses across multiple neighborhoods after a string of overnight burglaries involving groups of suspects smashing their way into commercial properties.

Reaction across the country, from Minnesota to those in other cities, is pouring in after another person was shot and killed by federal agents in Minneapolis.

Gregory Bovino, a senior officer with the Department of Homeland Security, said at a news conference after the incident the agent who shot the man has eight years of experience with Border Patrol.

A Chicago man was charged with first-degree murder in connection with a 2020 fatal shooting on the Southwest Side.

A 30-year-old man was shot and killed Friday night while sitting inside a car on the city’s Northwest Side.

Chicago police shot and injured a suspect who allegedly shot a woman and then shot at them on the South Side.

A Gary police corporal was arrested last week on DUI charges, according to the Gary Police Department.

An officer-involved death investigation has been launched after police fatally shot a knife-wielding suspect earlier this week in Aurora, according to the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office.

Chicago police are looking for a man who followed a woman from the Logan Square CTA train station and allegedly knocked her to the ground and sexually assaulted her.

Ian Andre Roberts, the former superintendent of Iowa’s largest school district, pleaded guilty this week to falsely claiming to be a U.S. citizen.

A Blue Island man has been charged in a fatal hit-and-run with a man in a mobility scooter in Robbins, according to the Cook County Sheriff's Office.

A Roselle man has been charged in connection with a child pornography and criminal sexual assault of a minor investigation, according to Fox Lake Police.

Three people have been arrested after allegedly stealing nearly $4,000 of Lululemon merchandise from a West Loop store on Friday, according to the Cook County Sheriff's office.