A man was shot and found in a parking lot in Logan Square early Sunday morning, police said.
Category: Crime and Public Safety
Harvey Weinstein hospitalized after his return to New York from upstate jail, lawyer says
Harvey Weinstein’s lawyer says the onetime movie mogul has been hospitalized after his return to New York City following an appeals court ruling nullifying his 2020 rape conviction.
Migrant arrests are up, but they’re rarely accused of violent felonies
As 40,000 asylum-seekers have arrived in Chicago in less than two years, a Tribune analysis of crime data shows the impact of migrants has been mostly felt in nonviolent offenses, particularly driving-related and thefts, and few arrests for violent felonies.
Warrant names suspect in slaying of Chicago police officer
A Cook County judge issued an arrest warrant for an Aurora man in connection with the killing of Chicago police Officer Luis Huesca, according to court records. Xavier Tate Jr. was named in a first-degree murder warrant that ordered authorities to detain him, according to documents filed in Cook County Circuit Court Friday. A felony complaint accuses him of firing a .40 caliber handgun at Huesca, killing him. Huesca, 30 and a six-year veteran of the Chicago Police Department, was in Gage Park when he was shot multiple times on the 3100 block of West 56th Street while off-duty but […]
50 years for McKinley Park man convicted of 2016 killing Brighton Park teen, attorney general says
A McKinley Park man was sentenced to 50 years in prison Friday for the fatal 2016 drive-by shooting on the city’s Southwest Side, the office of Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced. A Cook County jury last December convicted Sergio Gonzalez, 29, of first-degree murder in the slaying of David Gonzalez, 17, court records show. Sergio Gonzalez and David Gonzalez, who each lived in the Brighton Park neighborhood, were not related, authorities said. Sergio Gonzalez and a second man, Jose Juarez, were charged with killing Gonzalez shortly after the shooting occurred in January 2016. Police said Sergio Gonzalez and Juarez were […]
Paramedic who injected Elijah McClain with ketamine before his death avoids prison
A Colorado judge has sentenced a former paramedic to probation in the death of Elijah McClain.
Lake County leads multi-city 911 dispatch consolidation into next stages; Sheriff’s Office to remain separate due to logistical concerns
A multifaceted emergency services consolidation is underway in Lake County, joining a dozen municipalities’ dispatch centers with the goal to provide quicker response times and more effective emergency services.
Lawsuit claims Lansing police officer shoved student at Thornton Fractional South
Video showing a Lansing police officer pushing a 17-year-old student at Thornton Fractional South High School is at the center of a federal lawsuit against the school district, the village of Lansing and the officer.
R. Kelly’s Chicago conviction to stand after high court rejects appeal
R. Kelly’s sex-crime conviction and 20-year sentence in Chicago’s federal court will stand, an appeals court ruled Friday in a blistering opinion.
Man dies after being found shot 20 times in Englewood
A man was pronounced dead overnight after being found lying on the ground critically wounded in the Englewood neighborhood, Chicago police said. Shortly after 2:30 a.m., officers responded to a call of shots fired and found an unresponsive man lying on the ground in the 200 block of West 72nd Street. The man was taken to UChicago Medicine after suffering about 20 gunshot wounds to the body, and was pronounced dead. No one was in custody for the attack, and detectives were investigating.