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2 firefighters hurt, 11 displaced in extra-alarm fire in Grand Crossing

May 22, 2019 at 10:20 p.m.

A Grand Crossing fire damaged three buildings, hurting two firefighters and forcing 11 people to be displaced early Monday, Chicago police said. The blaze started about 1 a.m. at a...

A member of the Chicago Police Department works the scene of a shooting in the 4200 block of West Grenshaw Street on Aug. 11, 2016, in Chicago.

Nearly 100 people shot in Chicago in less than a week

May 22, 2019 at 10:19 p.m.

Nearly 100 people have been shot in Chicago in less than a week, pushing the number of shooting victims so far this year to more than 2,500 — about 800...

Chicago police respond after a shooting in the 4200 block of West Grenshaw Street on Aug. 11, 2016.

12 shots fired, 5 hit his son: ‘We were just sitting out there’

May 23, 2019 at 3:10 a.m.

Beat 1132, 1:30 a.m. Aug. 11The father paced up and down as a police officer stood in front of his Lawndale home and wrote down the address, noting exactly where...

Father of 3 shot dead while sitting at table: ‘He’d go to work, take care of his kids’

May 22, 2019 at 10:18 p.m.

Demarco Kennedy was known as a soft-spoken family man who worked the overnight shift at a railroad company.Around 8 p.m. Tuesday, the 32-year-old father of three was sitting at a...

Police officers investigate the scene of a fatal shooting in the 600 block of East 102nd Place where a man was killed by bullets that came through his home's window on the evening of Aug. 9, 2016.

16 shot, 3 fatally, over 12 hours in Chicago

May 22, 2019 at 10:18 p.m.

At least 16 people were shot, three of them fatally, in shootings across Chicago over 12 hours Tuesday afternoon and evening, according to police.Among those killed was Demarco Kennedy, 32,...

4 people, including 17-year-old girl, wounded in Evanston shooting

May 22, 2019 at 10:18 p.m.

Four people, including a 17-year-old girl, were wounded in a shooting Tuesday evening in north suburban Evanston, authorities said. Just after 10 p.m., Evanston police officers were dispatched to the...

2 pedestrians hit by car fleeing police on West Side

May 22, 2019 at 10:18 p.m.

A 72-year-old woman and a 51-year-old man were struck by a car fleeing police in the Fifth City neighborhood on the West Side Tuesday evening, authorities said. The car struck...

Members of the Chicago Police Department look at an evidence marker at the scene of a shooting in the 3100 block of West 83rd Place on Aug. 8, 2016, in the Ashburn neighborhood of Chicago.

Boy, 10, wounded as Chicago marks deadliest day in 13 years

May 22, 2019 at 10:18 p.m.

Monday was the deadliest day in Chicago in 13 years, and 10-year-old Tavon Tanner got caught in the worst of the gun violence as he played with his twin sister...

2 dead, 4 hurt in shootings

May 22, 2019 at 10:18 p.m.

Two men were killed and at least four other people, including a 16-year-old boy, have been wounded in separate shootings across the city since Sunday evening. The latest fatal shooting...

Boy, 10, shot on West Side; other shootings leave 7 dead, 11 wounded

May 22, 2019 at 10:18 p.m.

A 10-year-old boy was critically hurt after being shot and at least 18 others were shot, seven of them fatally, since late Monday morning across the city. The boy was...

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