A police officer was shot Monday night on the South Side, sources said.
Category: Crime and Public Safety
3 wounded on Woodlawn sidewalk Monday afternoon, police say
Two men and a woman were wounded in a drive-by shooting Monday afternoon in Woodlawn, police said.
Pair of daylight shootings fatally wound 2 men in North Lawndale: police
Two men were shot and killed in the North Lawndale neighborhood about an hour apart Monday morning, according to police.
Police investigate Sunday homicide in Monee, shooting deaths in Summit, Markham
A 39-year-old man was shot and killed in Monee, and authorities said 2 people died from gunshot wounds in Summit and one in Markham.
24-year-old Orland Park man charged after punching election judge, police say
Daniel Schmidt, 24, is charged with aggravated battery after police say he punched an election judge at an Orland Township site.
Jurors hear tape of Madigan being informed of plan to pay ousted aide: ‘Yeah, I think I oughta stay out of it’
Jurors in Michael Madigan’s corruption trial on Monday heard a key wiretapped phone call in which the speaker’s longtime confidant told him about a plan to kick thousands of dollars to a loyal ward aide who was ousted after being accused of sexual harassment.
Chicago firefighter hurt after falling down shaft Sunday evening in Humboldt Park
The fire took place on the second floor of a three-story apartment building in the 800 block of North Hamlin Avenue around 6 p.m.
Chicago homicides in 2024: 499 people slain. Here’s how that compares with previous years.
Chicago homicide data, which is updated on this page weekly, is through Nov. 2, 2024.
Tinley Park man charged with kidnapping after 17-hour Halloween standoff with police
A Tinley Park man has been charged with two felonies after barricading himself and two women inside his home for nearly 17 hours on Halloween, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced Sunday.
Kamala Harris won’t say how she voted on California measure that would reverse criminal justice reforms
Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday declined to say how she voted on a key ballot measure in her home state of California that would reverse criminal justice reforms approved in recent years.