Man charged with fatally shooting Chicago police officer
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An 18-year-old man has been charged in the shooting death of a Chicago police officer in the city's Gage Park neighborhood.

Chicago police officer killed in front of kids playing at school, witnesses describe shocking shooting

A shooting that claimed the life of a Chicago police officer unfolded in front of a group of children who were playing at a nearby grade school in Gage Park, according to a witness who called 911.

Chicago police officer fatally shot on Southwest Side

Officer Andres Vasquez-Lasso was shot and killed as he chased an armed suspect who suddenly turned and fired "at close range" Wednesday afternoon in Gage Park.

Chicago cop killed on the job identified, flags fly at half-mast across city
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The Chicago police officer who was killed on the job yesterday in Gage Park has been identified. Andres Vasquez-Lasso was on the force for five years. Today flags across the city have been lowered to honor his service.

Chicago cop shot and killed, fellow officers gather to honor him
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Chicago police officers rushed to Mount Sinai Hospital Wednesday afternoon after one of their own was fatally shot on the city?s Southwest Side.

Parked cars reported stolen from these Chicago neighborhoods

Chicago police issued an alert Tuesday after a series of cars were stolen off the street recently from a pair of Southwest Side neighborhoods.

City removes nooses hanging from tree after Gage Park renters refused to take them down

A noose went up as part of Halloween decorations at a home in the 5800 block of South Artesian in the Gage Park neighborhood. The people renting the home thought it was a joke, so they left the nooses hanging from a tree for 70 days.

City removes nooses hanging from tree after renters refused to take them down
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Chicago Ald. Stephanie Coleman was called about the issue days ago, and that's when the city showed up to give the renter a chance to remove it, or they would take it down.

Gunmen open fire on man in Gage Park alley

A man was shot in an alley Monday morning in the Gage Park neighborhood on Chicago's Southwest Side.

Woman gets 25 years for Gage Park robbery in which boyfriend killed 6

A woman who watched her former boyfriend kill six members of his family, including two young boys, at their Chicago home then helped him steal their property was sentenced Tuesday to 25 years in prison.