Crime and Public Safety

Dustin Lee Nehl and Jennifer Nehl have been charged with impersonating firefighters during the LA County wildfires, using fake gear and a purchased fire truck to access the Palisades Fire zone.

A woman was killed Friday afternoon in West Town after being struck by a vehicle while walking in a crosswalk. 

A vehicle's window was shot out while traveling on Interstate 55 in Cook County Friday morning.

Four teens have been issued citations in the killing of a coyote earlier this month in the Mount Greenwood neighborhood.

A Chicago man was arrested this week after allegedly shooting a man in the city's Englewood neighborhood. 

A man died after he was found shot inside a crashed car Friday morning in the Austin neighborhood. 

A man was shot and killed Thursday night in Chicago's Lawndale neighborhood.

An elderly rideshare driver was killed when a passenger gained control of his vehicle and ran him over multiple times on Baseline Road.

Three businesses on Chicago's Northwest Side fell victim to a string of break-ins early Thursday morning, with five masked suspects caught on surveillance video.

Authorities safely located 3-month-old Silas Lennarella on Thursday, one day after an Amber Alert was issued.

A fatal shooting inside a Gary home left one man dead and sent two others to the hospital late Tuesday night.

Authorities are examining “very concerning online writings and social media posts” connected to the shooter who killed a female student and wounded another student in a Nashville high school cafeteria.

A suburban daycare worker is accused of endangering a 4-year-old child in freezing temperatures.

Lawrence Ligas was photographed by security cameras at the Capitol and used his cellphone to record during the insurrection.

A man is in serious condition after being shot by a Chicago police officer Thursday afternoon on the city’s South Side.

A man found guilty of attempting to traffic cocaine that was shipped to Chicago learned his sentence last week.