The Civilian Office of Police Accountability on Thursday released bodyworn camera footage of an October shootout between CPD officers and a suspect in West Rogers Park.
Category: Crime and Public Safety
Hammond man gets 62 years in road murder
A man was sentenced to 62 years Thursday for killing an expectant father in a road confrontation as they drove on 165th Street.
Berwyn police fatally shoot man wanted for triple homicide in central Illinois
Police believe the man — whose identity hasn’t been released — committed a triple homicide in downstate Mahomet.
Judge convicts shooter in slaying of 7-year-old Natalia Wallace but acquits alleged getaway driver
A Cook County judge on Thursday found a man guilty of shooting and killing 7-year-old Natalia Wallace on the Fourth of July in 2020, but acquitted the alleged getaway driver, issuing the split ruling in front of a full courtroom of family members.
Off-duty CPD officer involved in West Side shootout relieved of police powers
A Chicago police officer was relieved of police powers after a recent exchange of gunfire involving off-duty officers in the Austin neighborhood.
Career scammer sentenced to 14 years for hotel sex assault, identity theft
A South Side man with a long criminal record as a conman, thief and scammer was sentenced to 14 years in prison in connection to two very different felony cases.
Hammond woman charged in drunken head-on crash that hurt three others, including Gary cop
A Hammond woman faces charges for a drunken injury crash on 5th Avenue in Gary last April that hurt at least three others, including a Gary cop.
Wisconsin police go quiet on school shooting as search for answers continues
Wisconsin police did not plan any public updates Wednesday on the extremely rare religious school shooting that killed a teacher and a student and wounded six others, a day after the city’s mayor chastised reporters and urged them to leave victims alone.
Gary teen charged in E.C. friend’s ‘point blank’ murder
A Gary teen is facing murder charges for killing a friend in an East Chicago apartment bedroom, then stealing his Buick LeSabre, charges allege. The alleged shooter, 17, was charged Tuesday with murder, auto theft and intimidation. He also faces a gun enhancement that could add another 5-20 years if convicted.
Person taken to local hospital after SWAT team called to truck in West Loop
A man was taken to an area hospital Wednesday afternoon after the SWAT team was called out to a parked Coca Cola truck where a person refused to exit. Shortly after 11 a.m. Wednesday, the SWAT team was summoned to a Coca Cola truck near Peoria and Madison streets in the West Loop neighborhood, Chicago police said. Wednesday afternoon, a man was taken to an area hospital for observation after exiting the truck, police said. No further information was immediately available from police.