Category: Crime and Public Safety

An argument between three men in Garfield Ridge on Friday night turned violent, leaving one fatally shot and two others wounded, Chicago police said. Two men aged 27 and 31, one of whom was armed, approached a 28-year-old male employee with a concealed carry license in the 7000 block of W Archer Avenue at approximately 8 p.m. on Friday, Chicago police said. A verbal argument then escalated into an exchange of gunfire, in which the 27-year-old man was shot multiple times and later pronounced dead at Loyola University Medical Center, according to police. The two other men were also transported […]

The Civilian Office of Police Accountability is conducting an investigation after an off-duty Chicago police officer returned fire at two unknown offenders in Printer’s Row early Saturday morning, police said. At around 3:45 a.m. in the 0-100 block of W Polk Street, a 25-year-old man was approached on the sidewalk by two unknown individuals, Chicago police said. An off-duty female CPD officer then began to head towards the group, at which time the unknown offenders pulled out a gun and fired in the direction of the officer, according to police. The CPD officer then shot back at the offenders, causing […]

A 19-year-old man was fatally wounded in a car crash at an intersection in the Archer Heights neighborhood early Saturday morning, Chicago police said. He was driving a black sedan headed southbound in the 4300 block of S Pulaski Road, which at just before 12:30 a.m. on Saturday collided with a silver SUV traveling northbound, according to police. The teen was transported to Mount Sinai Hospital with severe trauma from the accident, where he was pronounced dead, police said. The driver of the SUV, a 24-year-old man, was treated for a broken arm at Saint Anthony Hospital, where he was […]

A burglar was taken into custody after he attempted to run after breaking into a Lincoln Park business with two others who got away, Chicago police said. Shortly after 3:30 a.m. Friday, three people removed the front door of a business in the 2600 block of North Halsted Street, but responding officers arrived on the scene before they were able to go inside, police said. Before the officers exited their vehicle, a gray Infiniti sedan crashed into the squad car, and fled south on Halsted. Two burglars fled in a second vehicle, possibly a Jeep, going north on Halsted. One […]

An 18-year-old man was critically wounded overnight in a stabbing in the West Loop neighborhood, Chicago police said. Shortly after 1 a.m. Friday, the victim was walking in the first block of North Western Avenue when he was approached by multiple people. One of them pulled out a sharp object and struck the victim before fleeing the scene, police said. The victim suffered multiple lacerations to the body and was taken to Stroger Hospital where he was listed in critical condition, police said. No one was in custody and detectives were investigating.

Two men and a woman were seriously injured in an apartment fire that broke out Thursday night in the West Garfield Park neighborhood, officials said. Shortly after 11:30 p.m., Chicago police officers responded to a call of a fire at an apartment building in the 4700 block of West Ohio Street. When they arrived Chicago firefighters were on the scene to extinguish the blaze. Officials said three victims suffered injuries from the fire. A 33-year-old man suffered burns to the arms and face, and was taken to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood where he was listed in critical condition, […]

Special prosecutors on Thursday rested their case against two former Cook County assistant state’s attorneys standing trial on accusations of wrongdoing in connection with an infamous wrongful conviction case.

Authorities have accused a North Lawndale man of fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend and setting her house on fire to conceal her death. Joshua Mims, 37, faces charges of murder and aggravated arson for the May 2023 death of Racquel Adams. Judge Susana Ortiz ordered him held in custody at his first appearance Thursday morning at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse, records show. Adams, 32, had broken up with Mims shortly before he allegedly shot her in the head while getting his things from her West Englewood home, Assistant State’s Attorney Anne McCord Rogers said. Mims was arrested and charged with battering […]