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Tywanna Patrick, a plaintiff in a lawsuit seeking to limit Chicago children's exposure to gun violence, speaks during a news conference Oct. 3, 2018, at First United Methodist Church.

Seeking stricter gun regulation, women sue over ‘incalculable’ damage inflicted on children

May 23, 2019 at 1:21 a.m.

D.P. was only in kindergarten when he saw his father slumped over in the front seat of his car, dead from gunshot wounds. The violence would continue, unrelenting, for the...

Alberto Bocanegro Sr. and Sergio Bocanegra speak about their son and brother, Alberto Bocanegra Jr., on their way to view his body Sept. 26, 2018, outside the Cook Cook County medical examiner's office.

Loved ones remember man who ‘died a hero’ after trying to stop hit-and-run driver

May 23, 2019 at 1:19 a.m.

Sergio Bocanegra wrapped his arm tightly around Alberto Bocanegra’s shoulders as the father and son leaned their heads together, overwhelmed by grief for a few silent moments outside the Cook...

Crime scene tape marks the area near 76th Street and Champlain Avenue on Sept. 25, 2018, where Alberto Bocanegra, 39, was fatally shot overnight.

‘He wanted to fight for the little guy.’ Friends remember man fatally shot after chasing down car that hit bicyclist

May 23, 2019 at 1:19 a.m.

Alberto Bocanegra had been following the bicyclists in his white Yukon for a few miles when he struck up a chance conversation with a straggler early Tuesday. As always, it...

Man accused of punching 91-year-old man in Chinatown has history of violence against elderly

May 23, 2019 at 1:18 a.m.

Yen Jit Wong would watch his grandchildren in the evening while his son worked. Wong and his wife cooked dinner — usually a fish dish that was a staple of...

‘Cookie Man,’ father of 8, killed a year after his son was gunned down

May 23, 2019 at 1:17 a.m.

A father of eight known as the "Cookie Man" because of his "sweet" nature was shot and killed on the South Side Monday night, a year after his son and...

Man dies of complications from August shooting

May 23, 2019 at 1:17 a.m.

A man shot in August in the Gladstone Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side has died of complications from his gunshot wounds, authorities determined. Erik Miller, 36, of Wood Dale,...

Chicago police investigate Sept. 10, 2018, near the 700 block of East 91st Street; three teenagers were shot and critically wounded near Chatham Academy High School in the Burnside neighborhood.

Students shot near school after day of warnings and drills: ‘I got hit.’ ‘Yeah, I’m hit too.’

May 23, 2019 at 1:17 a.m.

The 16-year-old student doesn't remember much about the bullet going through his back, barely missing his heart but puncturing his lung just steps from his high school on the South...

Bail set for man accused of impersonating Chicago police officer at O’Hare

May 23, 2019 at 1:16 a.m.

A city employee was arrested Tuesday after police say he posed as a Chicago police officer and asked about access codes at O'Hare International Airport. Cameron Clark, 27, has been...

Man bites off part of woman’s ear during fight in Bronzeville home

May 23, 2019 at 1:16 a.m.

A man bit off part of a woman's ear after he was shot in the neck during a struggle in his Bronzeville home early Wednesday, according to Chicago police. Two...

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