Sunday night shooting at Dixmoor Playfield cookout leaves one dead
A 31-year-old from Chicago was shot and killed Sunday night at a playfield in south...
Crime and Public Safety
Boy, 14 and woman, 55, wounded Sunday night in West Pullman
A 14-year-old boy and 55-year-old woman were wounded Sunday night in a shooting on the...
Chicago homicides in 2024: 213 people slain. Here’s how that compares with previous years.
Chicago homicide data, which is updated on this page weekly, is through May 26, 2024.
Naperville police charge 2 men in separate gun-related incidents involving machine gun, fired weapon
Two men will be held in DuPage County jail on unrelated gun charges from arrests...
Man critically wounded Saturday morning on West Side
A 24-year-old man was critically wounded Saturday morning in a shooting on the West Side...
Girl, 14, charged in 4 robberies on CTA property on South Side, cops say
A 14-year-old girl was charged in four robberies that happened on the CTA property on...
Man, 39, fatally shot in Austin neighborhood Friday night
A 39-year-old man was fatally shot in an alley in the Austin neighborhood late Friday...
16-year-old shot in fast food parking lot in Bronzeville
A 16-year-old boy was shot in a fast food parking lot in Bronzeville Friday night,...
Boy, 12, and girl, 15 wounded at large group gathering: police
A teenage girl and preteen boy were hospitalized Friday night after each were shot in...
Gun violence survivors use new report to highlight work to be done
While fewer Illinois residents died of gunfire in 2022, longstanding racial disparities among victims remain,...