David Heinzmann

Ending a nearly two-year investigation, Cook County prosecutors said Tuesday they will not charge any Chicago police officers in a 2005 fatal shooting of a motorist who was riddled with...

The sound of gunfire came this time from a Chicago police officer's home where neighbors had seen what appeared to be a happy family. They knew of the doting father...

When residents on a quiet block of Franklin Boulevard in Chicago were awoken by shouting from a black sport-utility vehicle late Tuesday, they called police to complain about the noise,...

One man was sitting in a car near a corner where drugs are sold every day. Another man may have quarreled with an acquaintance before someone pulled a gun. And...

The last time Mya Lyons' family saw her alive, she was dressed head to toe in pink. Pink shoes, pink pants, pink T-shirt. It was her favorite color -- one...

When Police Supt. Jody Weis stepped in front of reporters and news cameras and blamed the parents of 8-year-old Josue Torres for his shooting, a few jaws in the public...

Recent police shootings, coupled with rising violence in some neighborhoods, have added tension to the already frayed relations between community members and authorities this summer, a group of Chicago ministers...

Federal agents and Illinois State Police raided the multimillion-dollar Lake Forest home of a commodities trader Thursday morning to seize at least 85 illegal guns, law enforcement sources said. The...

The sound of gunfire has become so common in this neighborhood that when the downstairs residents of a two-flat in Little Village heard shots above them, they didn't call police....

Allen McCullough, a Markham Park District police officer, was "the rock" of his large family, the one his seven siblings leaned on. His wife, Danna, had infinite patience, even for...