The incident happened at around 6:15 p.m. Thursday night in Edison Park.
Rhysheen Wilson faces attempted murder of a police officer who was previously involved in another shooting of a student near campus in 2018.
The man, in his 20s, started firing at the officer after police received reports of a man walking and waving a gun in Hyde Park.
Mensa, who released a solo album in 2017, was charged after customs found a cache of drugs in his bag after he arrived in DC from Ghana.
The newborn baby boy was discovered near a Chicago firehouse as firefighters were shoveling snow, reports said.
Van Dyke will be released after he was convicted of killing teenager Laquan McDonald in 2018 and sentenced to spend 81 months in prison.
A bullet grazed a 42-year-old man’s ear before striking the man’s cousin in the chest and hitting the manager in the wrist.
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After the shooting, sources said the off-duty officer fled the scene, and while driving, he threw the weapon out of his car window.
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Lorraine Smith is not the boy's legal guardian. Police said she has a handgun and is considered armed and dangerous.
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Bullets recently flew through a family’s window — narrowly missing a 7-year-old girl.
Prosecutors say the pair disarmed and shot Rittmanic as the 49-year-old sergeant pleaded for her life.
The Cook County Medical Examiner’s office identified him as Marcel Wilson.
The year ended with nearly 800 homicides — 25 more than were recorded 2020, 299 more than in 2019 and the most since 1996.
A motorist driving the wrong way on I-290 hit another car at around 5 a.m. Saturday, killing both drivers and a passenger, police said.
Police reportedly surrounded an Indiana home Friday in search of the two suspects wanted in the fatal shooting of Sgt. Marlene Rittmanic.
Police from area departments will escort Sgt. Marlene Rittmanic's body to a funeral home Thursday afternoon.
An arrest warrant was issued for Darius Sullivan, considered "armed and dangerous." Police are also looking for a second person of interest.
The child was found in the pool Tuesday afternoon.
A man suspected in the deputy's death as well as a violent Missouri carjacking was arrested after a hostage standoff back in Illinois.
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Lightford said, in that moment, nothing else mattered but making sure she and her husband were safe.
Police say there was a struggle before the thief got the gun and threatened to shoot the guard if he didn't empty the ATM.
Officers responded to the 7100 block of South Yates Boulevard at about 7:28 p.m.
Police said the kittens have been recovered and the incident remains under investigation.
The carjackers fired shots during the attack, but Lightford and her husband were not injured, according to police.
Dan Hampton, the Hall of Famer who won a Super Bowl, registered a .189 blood alcohol level after having five beers, according to a report.
Police want to identify the people who rescued two kittens that were stolen from another traveler at the airport.
Chicago Police Memorial Foundation distributes 434 replacement protective vests to Chicago police officers.
"People are not dispensable," Cori Bush (D-St. Louis) said, demanding answers from Amazon. "People are worth more than profits."
"The sirens are just a warning," an Amazon supervisor texted. "We can’t just call people back for a warning."
The social media app challenge comes as districts in Illinois struggle with a number of school threats and rumors in recent weeks.
The storm that killed Larry Virden had been tracked for hours, but an Amazon official said there was "too much emphasis on tornado watches."
Lowry was arrested around 11:45 p.m. in the 2000 block of W. Marquette.
"If you come downtown or anywhere else to engage in disorderly conduct ... you will get arrested," Police Supt. David Brown warns.
One of the victims, of unknown age, was struck in the chest and was pronounced dead on the scene, police said.
Police were called to the woman's home at 10:10 a.m. Thursday for a wellbeing check.
The actor told jurors earlier this week, "I've lost my livelihood."