Crime and Public Safety

An Illinois court allowed a wrongful death lawsuit filed against the maker of the gun used at the 2022 Highland Park July 4th parade mass shooting can go to trial.

Chicago police are asking for the public's help in identifying seven people who attacked and robbed a CTA Red Line rider last month on the South Side.

A 42-year-old man was critically wounded in a shooting Tuesday morning in the Calumet Heights neighborhood.

A Chicago man was charged in connection with an attack that hospitalized two women and a man on Sunday morning in the Belmont Central neighborhood.

Chicago police alerted business owners on the Northwest Side after a series of burglaries last month involving a group of masked suspects breaking into businesses and stealing cash register drawers.

One of the men suspected of shooting Houston rapper Sauce Walka and killing 27-year-old Letorian Hunt in Downtown Memphis was found dead in Houston.

Stolen goods, a police chase, and a crash—A suburban judge denies pre-trial release for a Chicago man accused in a chaotic theft case.

A 15-year-old boy was charged in connection with the March 9 shooting of a 46-year-old woman who was visiting Chicago and walking with her son in Streeterville.

A standoff in La Salle ended when a police officer fatally shot an armed person after hours of attempted negotiations. What we know so far:

The two people who were fatally shot at a Northwest Indiana pub early Sunday morning were identified on Monday.

A teenager was shot and killed inside a home on the city’s South Side Monday morning.

A Joliet man was arrested and charged in connection with a commercial sex trafficking operation in Cook County last week.

Five people were shot, two fatally, early Sunday morning at a bar in Northwest Indiana.

Three people were stabbed during an altercation early Sunday morning on the city’s Northwest Side.

Oak Park and Aurora police are ramping up security ahead of potential teen gatherings this weekend, following recent violent incidents in downtown Chicago.

Twelve people were arrested Friday night after a large gathering of teenagers in downtown Chicago led to two violent incidents, police said.

A 29-year-old fugitive is on the run in Cook County after removing his electronic monitoring device, authorities said.

A plane crashed into a Brooklyn Park home on Saturday afternoon. No passengers from the plane survived, but officials say the residents of the home are safe.

A person involved in a crash on the Bishop Ford Freeway early Saturday morning was hit and killed by another car that fled the scene.