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A man, 34, suffered multiple stab wounds while fighting with another person about 7:50 p.m. Tuesday in the 3500 block of West Sunnyside Avenue. He was pronounced dead at a hospital. No one is in custody.
Isiah Matthews, 58, died Wednesday after he was shot during the robbery of a 68-year-old woman in the 5000 block of West Congress Parkway, officials said.
The lawsuit alleges Mansion Live failed to properly train and supervise security guards and allowed security to carry a firearm when it was unsafe.
James McKnight was shot about 2:30 a.m. on Sunday in the 1300 block of North Hudson Avenue, officials said.
Kevin Henley Jr., 35, was arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, police said. Henley is accused of shooting and killing Zulma Calderon-Pacheco, 21, inside Mansion Nightclub in west suburban Stone Park on March 8
The 35-year-old man was shot in his back in a residence Monday afternoon and hospitalized in critical condition.
Yolanda Talley, who most recently served as internal affairs chief and led recruitment efforts, was previously embroiled in a bizarre incident involving a drug bust centering around her personal car and her niece.
Authorities say the suspect defaced a Tesla dealership and service center with graffiti targeting President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
Christina Formella, 30, is accused of sexually abusing a 15-year-old student in a classroom in 2023.
A 27-year-old South Side man was carrying a backpack with the necklace and cash when he was ambushed after deboarding a Spirit flight last week, police said.
The woman, 18, was walking near Scott and Wells streets on the Near North Side around noon Saturday when a man left a car and grabbed her by her arms, police said.
The victim, a male possibly in his teens, was found shot around 2:10 a.m. in the 1500 block of South Kildare Avenue, Chicago police said.
Angeles Flores, 21, is facing three counts of attempted murder and a count of aggravated discharge of a firearm, police said. Five people were wounded Friday night at a liquor store in the 1900 block of West 51st Street. Two men who fired shots fled the scene.
The car owners have been victims of vandalism, rude behavior and assumptions about their politics since CEO Elon Musk joined the Trump administration and began slashing jobs.
The three men were standing outside a home in the 4200 block of West Crystal Street in Humboldt Park at 3:26 p.m. Sunday when they were shot, police said. They were hospitalized in critical condition. No one is in custody.
Police say a boy entered a room in a home in the 5000 block of South East End Avenue about 11:30 p.m. Saturday and found a firearm. When a man attempted to retrieve the weapon it discharged, striking the boy, who was hospitalized in good condition.
Two groups were fighting late Friday when a woman fired shots, then a man took the gun and fired more shots. A man in the other group returned fire.
Laterria Smith contends she was failed by several levels of law enforcement, beginning with the prison release of her ex-boyfriend, charged in the 2024 attack, despite his history of domestic violence.
The Chicago Police Department launched an internal investigation into the incident Thursday at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse.
Isiah Matthews, 58, was found unresponsive on the sidewalk around 9:50 a.m. Wednesday in the 5200 block of West Harrison Street, near his home.
Shots rang out near the AMC River East 21 movie theater hitting the 46-year-old Connecticut tourist trying to cross the street with her 11-year-old son, police said.