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Chicago police investigate a shooting in the 6500 block of South Wells Street on June 13, 2016.

Week begins with weekend-like violence in Chicago: 4 fatally shot, 25 wounded

May 22, 2019 at 10:00 p.m.

The five men were standing next to a playground just off the Eisenhower Expressway late Monday when someone opened fire with a rifle, hitting all of them, according to police.The...

A member of the Chicago Police Department works the scene of a fatal double shooting on the 9000 block of South Marshfield Avenue on June 12, 2016, in Chicago.

After another violent weekend, nearly 100 more homicides so far this year in Chicago

May 22, 2019 at 10:00 p.m.

Forty-four people were shot in Chicago over the weekend, seven of them fatally, bringing the total number of gun violence victims in the city this year to more than 1,650.At...

Woman missing from West Rogers Park home for 6 days

May 22, 2019 at 10:00 p.m.

Police are asking for help in finding an 18-year-old woman who has been missing from her West Rogers Park home for six days. Darnesha Gordon has been missing from her...

Police investigate a shooting on 72nd Street and Racine Avenue on June 12, 2016.

1 dead, 7 others wounded in city shootings

May 22, 2019 at 10:00 p.m.

A man was killed and seven others have been wounded since Sunday morning in separate attacks in the city's Englewood, Avalon Park, Lawndale and West Garfield Park neighborhoods. Neighbors gathered...

Girl, 6, wounded in drive-by shooting gives thumbs-up in photo released by hospital

May 22, 2019 at 9:59 p.m.

The hospital treating 6-year-old Jaylene Bermeo, shot while playing outside with friends on the Northwest Side, has released a photo showing the little girl hugging a Minnie Mouse doll and...

A Chicago police sergeant examines where a 16-year-old boy was shot in the afternoon near 70th Street and Clyde Avenue on June 8, 2016.

12 shot in Chicago on day city announces special unit to respond to gun violence

May 22, 2019 at 9:58 p.m.

The first shooting wounded a 16-year-old boy outside a South Side elementary school, a few blocks from where police brass were talking about a new patrol unit to crack down...

Police issue alert after attempted sexual assault in Bridgeport

May 22, 2019 at 9:59 p.m.

Chicago police are warning residents in the Bridgeport neighborhood on the South Side after a woman said she was attacked while riding a bike. The woman was riding through the...

2 hurt in Lawndale, West Englewood shootings

May 22, 2019 at 9:58 p.m.

Two people were injured Tuesday during shootings in the West Englewood and Lawndale neighborhoods. A 25-year-old man was walking outside in the 6700 block of South Claremont Avenue in the...

Police reunite missing dog with its family after 4 years

May 22, 2019 at 9:58 p.m.

Chicago police officers helped reunite a Chihuahua with its family after the dog was missing for four years. The Calumet District officers were on patrol when two people stopped them...

A woman cries where a 6-year-old girl was shot in the back in the 2100 block of North Bingham Street in the Palmer Square neighborhood on June 6, 2016.

6-year-old girl shot on Northwest Side

May 22, 2019 at 9:58 p.m.

A 6-year-old girl shot in the back and critically wounded in the Palmer Square neighborhood Monday night was stabilized enough to wake up and grab her father's hand, the girl's...

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