A teenager was fatally shot in Englewood early Sunday morning, according to Chicago police.
16-year-old fatally shot in Englewood, police say
Category: Crime and Public Safety
Small plane crash in central Illinois kills all 4 on board
A single-engine plane crashed in a field in central Illinois on Saturday, killing all four people on board.
With Cook County Jail’s population again on the rise, officials weigh the reasons
After a decline following statewide bail reform — and years of reductions prior to that — the county’s jail population has begun to tick up once again.
Questions emerge about how a deputy’s stepson became the accused gunman in deadly FSU shooting
Amid the abandoned chemistry notes and other debris left behind after a deadly shooting at Florida State University are lingering questions about how the stepson of a beloved sheriff’s deputy tasked with school safety at a middle school became the accused gunman.
Former Glenwood cemetery employee charged with stealing more than $110k in funeral payments, sheriff’s office says
A former Glenwood cemetery employee was charged with multiple felonies after allegedly pocketing more than $110,000 in cash from families paying for funeral expenses, the Cook County Sheriff’s Office announced Saturday. Latrecia Marshall-Parris, 48, of Harvey, was charged April 17 with theft and continuing a financial crime enterprise, the sheriff’s office said. She made an […]
3 teenagers shot during argument in Austin home’s front yard, police say
Three teenagers were shot, with one in critical condition, during an argument Friday night in a home’s front yard in the Austin neighborhood, according to Chicago police. Officers responded to a call for service around 11:30 p.m. in the 5000 block of W. West End Avenue for reports of three victims struck by gunfire, police […]
1 dead, 1 injured after car crashes into Streeterville hotel, police say
One person is dead and another injured after a Chevy SUV crashed into the Peninsula hotel in the Streeterville neighborhood early Saturday morning, according to Chicago police. A man, whose age and identity is currently unknown, and a 40-year-old man in the SUV traveling eastbound on Superior Street lost control and struck the building in […]
2 people attacked, stabbed inside South Deering restaurant, police say
Two people were injured after they were attacked and stabbed inside a South Deering neighborhood restaurant early Saturday morning, according to Chicago police. Officers responded to reports of a stabbing around 12:33 a.m. in the 2000 block of East 95th Street, police said. Two women armed with a sharp object attacked a 22-year-old man and […]
FSU shooting victims include a school employee whose dad was a Cuban exile turned CIA operative
Two people were killed and six others were injured when a gunman opened fire at Florida State University.
Detention ordered for South Shore woman accused in fatal stabbing, beating of mute cancer patient
A South Shore woman was ordered held in detention Friday on charges that she fatally stabbed a mute cancer patient inside his apartment, struck him with a plank of wood and tried setting fire to his apartment last fall. Before a judge at the Leighton Criminal Court Building, prosecutors said that surveillance cameras captured Catherine […]