Father accused of leaving loaded gun unattended before sons, 5 and 8, were shot

A Cook County judge on Saturday ordered a South Shore father detained after authorities said he left a loaded handgun unattended where his sons played it and were shot. The father, Derrick Taylor, 32, was not present for the detention hearing at the Leighton Criminal Court Building where he faced felony charges for child endangerment […]

Man, 47, discovered fatally wounded at building fire Saturday morning in Kenwood

A 47-year-old man who was found unresponsive at an apartment fire Saturday morning in the Kenwood neighborhood had suffered a gunshot wound to the head, Chicago police said. Authorities were summoned about 6:30 a.m. to an apartment fire in the 4900 block of South Cornell Avenue where the unresponsive man was discovered with a gunshot […]