Category: Crime and Public Safety

Officers responding to a call about a suspicious vehicle with an occupant inside Tuesday night discovered a man fatally wounded in the West Ridge neighborhood, Chicago police said. Shortly after 10:45 p.m., officers responding to a call reporting a suspicious vehicle in the 5600 block of North California Avenue found a bullet riddled car with an unresponsive man inside, Chicago police said. The man, described as about 40 years of age, had suffered a wound to his abdomen and abdomen and was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. No one was in custody and detectives were investigating.    

A man was pronounced dead and two others suffered smoke inhalation in an apartment fire Wednesday morning in the Ravenswood neighborhood on the North Side, officials said. Shortly before 4:15 a.m., a man believed to be in his 30s, was found unresponsive in an apartment fire in the 1900 block of West Ainslie Street. He was pronounced dead at the scene, Chicago police said. Two other people were taken to an area hospital for smoke inhalation, officials said. Two people were displaced in the fire which is being investigated by fire officials. As of Wednesday morning, the victim has not […]

Witnesses called police for help after seeing a coyote pup being abused and eventually killed by three people Saturday in the Mount Greenwood neighborhood. Saturday afternoon, officers responded to a call reporting a coyote pup being abused in the 10800 block of South Sacramento Avenue by three males, Chicago police said, Officers discovered a dead pup on private property and the coyote was removed.. No one was in custody for abusing and killing the coyote pup, but detectives were investigating.

A male victim who was pulled from an apartment fire overnight in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood suffered burns to his body and was taken to Loyola University Medical Center in critical condition, Chicago police said. Shortly before 2 a.m. Wednesday, police and fire officials were called out to an apartment building fire in the 2500 block of North Meade Avenue. A male victim was rescued with a laceration to the neck and burns to the body, police said. The victim was taken to Loyola University Medical Center where he was listed in critical condition, police said. The victim’s exact age […]

Officers responded to a call of someone in the street Tuesday night in the Andersonville neighborhood and discovered two men wounded, one fatally, Chicago police said. Shortly before 9:15 p.m., officers called out to a person in the street in the 5400 block of North Ashland Avenue and found a 26-yer-old man with gunshot wounds to the neck and shoulder. The man told police he was wounded while he was inside his car in an alley, police said. When they located the car, officers discovered a 21-year-old man who was unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the head. That victim […]

The Midwest FurFest convention was on as usual in December 2014 when people started to get sick. Authorities directed conventiongoers to evacuate and one person was seen fleeing the area wearing “a black and white tail, headpiece, hands and feet.” That person later denied being involved in an “intentional chlorine gas leak” to investigating FBI agents, but demonstrated a working knowledge of chlorine and had a roll of reddish duct tape in his apartment similar to that found at the crime scene. Asked why his name might have surfaced as a suspect, the person said he had “been involved with […]