Crime and Public Safety

A man is dead and a suspect is in custody after an argument escalated into a shooting on Chicago’s Northwest Side, authorities said.

The search for a missing man on Chicago’s North Side has spanned more than a month, and police are asking for the public’s help in finding him.

Deputies in Lee County, North Carolina, responded to a domestic disturbance on April 17 at a home in Sanford where a man was reportedly firing a shotgun inside the residence.

Authorities say they have “cracked” the case, charging a person accused of stealing goose eggs from a nest in Niles earlier this week.

A suburban Chicago man is in custody after authorities say he confronted a teenage girl and asked her to commit a sexual act.

A suspect who was already in custody shot two Chicago police officers at a North Side hospital Saturday morning, killing one and critically wounding the other, authorities said.

A police car chase of a suspect on Interstate 94 on Chicago’s South Side led to a crash and arrests on Saturday morning.

A crash involving a CPD squad car in the Loop early Saturday morning sent multiple people, including two officers, to the hospital.

Chicago police exchanged gunfire with suspects during a car chase on the Southwest Side early Saturday morning.

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office has upgraded charges against Hisham Abugharbieh in connection to the disappearance of two USF students.

A man is in critical condition after a shooting in the Lawndale neighborhood on Friday, according to Chicago police.

Roxanne Sharp was 16 when she was raped and murdered in the woods in Louisiana. Forty-four years after her death, four men were arrested this week, thanks to a podcast.

A female victim has died after she was riding a scooter and a car hit her in the Douglas neighborhood, according to Chicago police.

Police are still searching for the suspects behind a deadly mass shooting in Little Village that left one man dead and three women injured.

A Gary man faces charges after guns, drugs and cash were found at his home by Lake County Sheriff's officers and SWAT Team, according to the sheriff's office.

Authorities warn of a widespread scam in which callers impersonate law enforcement, threaten arrest over missed jury duty, and demand large payments, urging the public to hang up and verify directly with officials.

A 17-year-old is being held for murder after a mass shooting at the Mall of Louisiana in Baton Rouge left a high school senior dead and several other bystanders injured in the crossfire.