Back of the Yards

A teenage boy was shot and wounded Tuesday night in the Back of the Yards neighborhood.

The stepdad, identified as Huberto Rosales, was celebrating his birthday and trying to break up the fight when he was shot in the head, Cook County prosecutors said.

A 14-year-old boy was among three people who were wounded in a drive-by shooting Monday night in the Back of the Yards neighborhood.

Nearly a third of the 66 people shot in Chicago over the weekend were attacked on the West Side, in an area that has seen a decline in gun violence since last year.

A man was killed after intervening in an altercation on Chicago's South Side Sunday morning.

At about 11:45 p.m., a group was gathered on the street when an unknown offender fired about 25 to 30 gunshots, police said. Four men were struck by gunfire.

A woman was arrested after allegedly stabbing a person to death Sunday night in the Back of the Yards neighborhood.

A man was shot while standing outside Monday night in the Back of the Yards neighborhood.

Police said the suspects approach victims, threaten them with a gun and take their stuff. The suspect description provided by police reads: "13 to 30 years of age."

A man was charged with attacking a woman and carjacking a Chicago Fire Department ambulance Monday in the Back of the Yards neighborhood.

"This year marks an important milestone not only in our Covid journey, but in effort to wrap our arms around our young people like never before," Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said.

A 17-year-old boy was shot while standing on the sidewalk in the Back of the Yards neighborhood Saturday night.

The firefighters were taken to Stroger Hospital with minor injuries.

Chicago’s top cop blamed a mass shooting in Back of the Yards on a convicted felon who was recently arrested on gun charges but was released on cash bond despite his violent record.

A Chicago man was charged with attacking two police officers who were responding to the scene of a mass shooting Tuesday in the Back of the Yards neighborhood.