Katherine Rosenberg-Douglas

Chicago violence: Tow-truck driver fatally shot on South Side; police investigate mass shooting that left 5 wounded on West Side

September 19, 2021 at 6:31 p.m.

In the span of less than an hour early Sunday, a tow-truck driver was fatally shot while doing his job on the South Side and five people were seriously wounded...

Ald. James Cappleman, 46th, talks with reporters on May 14, 2019.

‘We can’t arrest ourselves out of this,’ says Ald. James Cappleman after Uptown attack at known ‘problem corner’

September 19, 2021 at 6:39 p.m.

Not everyone who has been the victim of a violent crime would immediately turn their attention to how to get their assailant help. But not everyone who's attacked has the...

Alma Hill, the sister of Tamara Clayton, who is pictured with her daughter Jayla Shelton, was shot and killed on an expressway in February 2019. Hill is pushing for more high-definition cameras on expressways to prevent what happened to her sister from occurring again. Legislation called the Tamara Clayton Expressway Act was enacted Jan. 1, 2020 to fund the initiative, and installation of some 200 cameras began in August and will be ongoing into next year. Alma Hill at her Monee home on July 17, 2020.

Woman wounded in shooting on Interstate 57 in Markham. Attack marks 171st on Chicago-area expressways this year

September 16, 2021 at 3:43 p.m.

A woman was shot and wounded Thursday as she traveled on Interstate 57 in Markham, according to Illinois State Police. The woman was treated at a hospital for a gunshot...

CPD officer hit by vehicle while directing traffic in the Loop early Thursday

September 16, 2021 at 5:18 p.m.

An on-duty Chicago police officer who had been directing traffic in the Loop was struck early Thursday by a vehicle officials say was driven by a person they suspect was...

FBI investigating Red Line assault, ethnic slur against Asian victim as a hate crime

September 15, 2021 at 11:52 a.m.

The FBI has joined Chicago police in investigating an August assault at the CTA Red Line Argyle station that authorities now are classifying as a hate crime, officials said. The...

Lavell Ingram, father of Kaden Harris-Ingram, at home in Chicago on Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021.

Chicago woman attended her first therapy session the day before allegedly shooting 7th grade son, displayed ‘weird, erratic behaviors’

September 15, 2021 at 10:39 a.m.

Cook County prosecutors have said Fallon Harris shot and killed her 12-year-old son last weekend over a missing digital storage disc. Social media trolls have accused her of killing Kaden...

Officers work the scene of a shooting near the 5100 block of South Aberdeen Street in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on Sept. 12 2021, in Chicago.

At least 64 people were shot, 7 of fatally, in weekend gun violence in Chicago. 9 juveniles were among the wounded, police said

September 13, 2021 at 5:47 p.m.

At least 64 people were shot, seven of them fatally, in Chicago between Friday afternoon and Monday morning, authorities said. The violence included at least two shootings with four or...

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