Four dead, 22 wounded in bloody six hours
At least 26 people were wounded, including an 8-year-old boy, during a bloody six hours that left four men dead late Saturday into early Sunday. About 9:55 p.m. Saturday, a 26-year-old man was stabbed multiple times in the armpit near East 71st Street and South Vernon Avenue and was taken to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County in critical condition. A suspect is in custody, police said.
A 28-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of a 67-year-old man who was found burning inside a Southwest Side home Friday night.
Chicago homicide, overall crime rate down
Homicides in Chicago have dropped 12.7 percent, and crime overall has fallen 10.4 percent in the first six months of this year, according to preliminary statistics released today by Chicago Police. When compared to the same period last year, crime has dropped or did not increase in 24 of the 25 Chicago police districts, with fewer incidents of violent and property crimes in every category.
Exactly one year after Chicago Police Officer Richard M. Francis was fatally shot by a woman after a disturbance on a CTA bus, about 50 police officials returned to the scene to honor his memory.
A man was charged with shooting a 9-year-old boy who was walking with his family when the attack occurred Friday night in the North Side’s Rogers Park neighborhood.
Misdemeanor charges were filed Monday against a teen who allegedly led police on a chase that ended when he plowed a stolen Mercedes into a CTA bus -- leaving himself and several bus passengers hospitalized -- late Sunday on the South Side.
2 arrested in girl's death
Two teenage suspects have been charged in Wednesday night's fatal drive-by shooting of a 9-year-old girl after one suspect's mother allegedly implicated him because she feared for his safety. Davionne Whitfield, 17, of the 7400 block of South Normal, was charged with one count of first-degree murder and three counts of aggravated battery with a firearm, the Cook County state's attorney's office said.
Two charged in slaying of 9-year-old girl on S. Side
Two suspects, including a South Side teen, have been charged in Wednesday night's fatal drive-by shooting of a 9-year-old girl after the teen's mother allegedly implicated him because she feared for his safety. Davionne Whitfield, 17, of the 7400 block of South Normal, was charged with one count of first-degree murder and three counts of aggravated battery with a firearm, according to Cook County State's Attorney's office spokesman Andy Conklin.
Chastity Turner felt unsafe Tuesday in her grandmother's South Side neighborhood, unnerved by a daytime shooting spree launched by youths on the block.
Chicago's most dangerous neighborhoods
Chicago is home to four of the top 25 most dangerous "neighborhoods" in the country, including a sliver of Washington Park that ranked No. 2, a recently released study of FBI crime statistics shows. Folks who lived near 55th and State -- less than two miles from President Obama's house and the possible site of a future Olympic stadium -- had a 1-in-4 chance of becoming a victim of violent crime each year between 2005 and 2007, according to NeighborhoodScout.com.
FBI agents waited at the foot of wanted businessman David Hernandez's hospital bed as the alleged Ponzi schemer recovered from an apparent drug-induced suicide attempt Monday.
2nd teen pleads guilty in slaying of student on bus
The second teenager charged with murdering Julian High School honors student Blair Holt pleaded guilty Friday to firing the deadly shots on the CTA bus Holt had been riding with friends when he was gunned down. Michael "Mario" Pace, 18, pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of aggravated battery for the May 10, 2007, crime. He faces 45 years to life in prison when he is sentenced by Cook County Judge Nicholas Ford on July 20.
Chicago Police arrested three shooting suspects after a 15-mile chase that started on the West Side and ended off the Dan Ryan Expressway in the Far South Side’s Roseland community.
A 16-year-old boy who just finished his sophomore year at Bogan Computer Technical High School was fatally shot Wednesday night while walking near his Ashburn home with his nephew.
A 14-year-old boy who allegedly pointed a firearm at Chicago police was shot by an officer inside a Pilsen neighborhood elementary school that he and a 13-year-old boy allegedly broke into Monday morning.
Gary Poter was a caring, fun-loving father who dispensed heartfelt advice and made his family laugh by dancing in his boxers and writing "hilarious" letters signed "Michael Corleone," his three children tearily recalled in court Thursday.
Man tossed from party sent to prison for lighting house on fire
Angry at being tossed out of a party in a Schaumburg home, Artur
Kazimierczyk returned a few hours later, poured gasoline around the
front door and then ignited it, prosecutors said. But the arson attempt backfired as the 21-year-old Streamwood man
suffered serious burns and left behind crucial evidence — including his
scorched car keys — that later linked him to the fire, Cook County
prosecutors said.
Even as a federal judge declared that Chicago was “fraught with corruption,” he spared ex-Chicago Bears running back Roland Harper prison time today, saying the onetime sports star’s lifetime of good works outweighed his crime.
Four police officers suffered minor injuries Sunday night when their police vehicle was rear-ended in traffic by a van in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood on the Northwest Side.
A man and teenager have been charged in the Friday night drive-by shooting that left two teenage boys wounded in the Northwest Side’s Belmont-Cragin neighborhood.
After he was named in a six-count felony indictment that accused him of carrying a handgun in 2007, Shawn Gaston was told by a judge he would have to meet several conditions as part of his sentence of probation.
At least 26 people were wounded, including an 8-year-old boy, during a bloody six hours that left four men dead late Saturday into early Sunday. About 9:55 p.m. Saturday, a 26-year-old man was stabbed multiple times in the armpit near East 71st Street and South Vernon Avenue and was taken to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County in critical condition. A suspect is in custody, police said.
Homicides in Chicago have dropped 12.7 percent, and crime overall has fallen 10.4 percent in the first six months of this year, according to preliminary statistics released today by Chicago Police. When compared to the same period last year, crime has dropped or did not increase in 24 of the 25 Chicago police districts, with fewer incidents of violent and property crimes in every category.
Two teenage suspects have been charged in Wednesday night's fatal drive-by shooting of a 9-year-old girl after one suspect's mother allegedly implicated him because she feared for his safety. Davionne Whitfield, 17, of the 7400 block of South Normal, was charged with one count of first-degree murder and three counts of aggravated battery with a firearm, the Cook County state's attorney's office said. 
Two suspects, including a South Side teen, have been charged in Wednesday night's fatal drive-by shooting of a 9-year-old girl after the teen's mother allegedly implicated him because she feared for his safety. Davionne Whitfield, 17, of the 7400 block of South Normal, was charged with one count of first-degree murder and three counts of aggravated battery with a firearm, according to Cook County State's Attorney's office spokesman Andy Conklin.
Chicago is home to four of the top 25 most dangerous "neighborhoods" in the country, including a sliver of Washington Park that ranked No. 2, a recently released study of FBI crime statistics shows. Folks who lived near 55th and State -- less than two miles from President Obama's house and the possible site of a future Olympic stadium -- had a 1-in-4 chance of becoming a victim of violent crime each year between 2005 and 2007, according to NeighborhoodScout.com.
The second teenager charged with murdering Julian High School honors student Blair Holt pleaded guilty Friday to firing the deadly shots on the CTA bus Holt had been riding with friends when he was gunned down. Michael "Mario" Pace, 18, pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of aggravated battery for the May 10, 2007, crime. He faces 45 years to life in prison when he is sentenced by Cook County Judge Nicholas Ford on July 20.
