West Town

16-year-old Darius Lane was killed in a drive-by shooting in West Town on Saturday.

The boy was rushed to Cook County Hospital where he died, police said.

A 41-year-old woman and a woman whose age was not known were taken to Stroger Hospital, police said.

On Thursday, an attorney for the man charged with first-degree murder outside Richard’s Bar says the man who died was actually the aggressor.

Thomas Tansey, 30, faces a count a first-degree murder in the death of Kenneth Paterimos, according to state’s attorney’s office spokeswoman Aviva Bowen.

Police would not immediately confirm if the warrant was issued for the same person.

A man has been released from custody after he claimed self-defense when he allegedly stabbed a man to death last week outside Richard’s Bar in West Town, police say.

A man suspected of brutally raping a Polish woman who was visiting Chicago is now going to trial instead of taking a plea deal. 

Michael Tate, 38, faces a count of first-degree murder in the death of 74-year-old James Tate.

The family was arguing about 8:50 p.m. at a home in the 2100 block of West Randolph Street when a man, 38, allegedly pulled out a knife and stabbed James Tate in the chest and arms inside a bedroom.

Two people were robbed in West Town on Christmas Eve.

A published photo of the crash showed a pickup truck crashed into a pole near a police car with its airbags deployed.

In West Town, police are looking for two package thieves who took off with a carload of packages on Tuesday afternoon. 

Melvin Meeky Jr., 27, was charged with one count each of aggravated criminal sexual assault with a weapon and armed robbery, Chicago police said.

Chicago police are asking for help locating a man who sexually assaulted and robbed a woman Tuesday at her apartment in West Town on the Near West Side.

Takaylah Tribitt, 14, was found dead Sept. 16 in an alley near 20th Avenue and Pennsylvania Street, the Lake County sheriff’s office said Sunday.

Audrey Summers-Sias was last seen Wednesday in the 800 block of West Washington Boulevard, according to a missing person alert from Chicago police.

Police are warning residents about a series of home burglaries reported since last month in West Town, Wicker Park and Ukrainian Village.

Four people were hospitalized with carbon monoxide poisoning Monday in West Town.

A 14-year-old girl is missing from Chicago.