Police: Elderly homeowner shoots would-be intruder on Northwest side
A 78-year-old man shot one of three strangers who were trying to break into his Northwest Side home using a crowbar Monday night, police said. The man heard noises made...
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As cold weather breaks, violence returns: 24 shot in 30 hours over warmest weekend this year
In a period of a little over 24 hours this weekend, 24 people were shot in Chicago, including three children under 13 — and three of the adults shot died...
Teen ejected from Jeep, killed in Lawndale crash
A 19-year-old man was killed when he crashed into a pole Sunday night and flew from the car, police said. Around 11:35 p.m. Sunday, Samuel Rendon, 19, of Cicero, was...
At least 6 shot, including 2 children, outside baby shower in West Englewood: ‘There’s a lot of injustice’
While about 20 children played outside, adults at the baby shower were laughing and having a good time, playing a game in which two men in the family wore fake...
19-year-old woman shot dead in Washington Park apartment
A 19-year-old woman was shot dead inside an apartment late Tuesday in the Washington Park neighborhood, Chicago police said. About 11:50 p.m., the woman was shot in the back inside...
Police say 2 young women appeared to be targeted in fatal shooting on South Side
Chicago police believe two young women fatally shot Monday night while sitting in a parked car in the Winneconna Parkway neighborhood on the South Side were targeted, but why remains...
Police: Woman fatally stabbed in Englewood was robbed
A young woman found fatally stabbed Sunday in the Englewood neighborhood had been robbed, police believe. An autopsy performed on Shevon Davis, 31, on Monday confirmed she died of multiple...
Limo driver sexually assaults woman in Gold Coast after offering ride
A man driving a black stretch limousine offered a woman a ride, then sexually assaulted her Sunday morning in Chicago’s Gold Coast neighborhood, police said. The driver approached the woman...
2 Chicago firefighters hospitalized after falling through hole in West Side apartment fire
Two Chicago firefighters have been hospitalized after falling two stories through a hole in the third floor of an apartment building near Monroe Street and Albany Avenue, officials said. “It...
1 dead, 4 wounded in shooting at party in East Garfield Park house
One person was killed and at least four more were wounded in a shooting early Sunday morning at a house party in Chicago’s East Garfield Park neighborhood, according to Chicago...