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Officers work the scene where five people were shot, one fatally, on the 4800 block of South Ada on May 10, 2022, in Chicago.

Chicago police investigate mass shootings, including one in area already identified for more resources

May 12, 2022 at 7:27 a.m.

Chicago police were faced with a trio of shootings with multiple victims Tuesday — with 13 people shot in all — two in a beat police have targeted for an...

Grieving onlookers arrive as Chicago police process a crime scene in Chicago's Humboldt Park neighborhood near North California Avenue where two people reportedly were shot and killed on May 9, 2022.

2 men fatally shot near a playground in Humboldt Park, police say

May 9, 2022 at 7:09 p.m.

Two men were fatally shot in Humboldt Park near a playground Monday afternoon, according to Chicago police. About 3 p.m., the men, 34 and 35, were near the street in...

People walk in the Loop on May 2, 2022, the day after a 27-year-old man and 55-year-old man were shot near a theater. According to police, six men were engaged in a drug deal inside a downtown taco restaurant when one of the men robbed three others. All six fled the business and one of the victims fired shots, striking the two bystanders.

‘Chicagoans feel like they own the Loop’: Violence resonates downtown as city’s center reflects troubles in its neighborhoods

May 8, 2022 at 12:14 p.m.

Over a 48-hour period last weekend, three shootings erupted within a mile of one another in Chicago's downtown area, leaving two people dead. During that same time, some 17 other...

Pro-choice activists gather at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on May 2, 2022.

Illinois and Chicago reaction to U.S. Supreme Court draft overturning Roe v. Wade comes quickly — and with fury

May 3, 2022 at 1:49 p.m.

State and local politicians and stakeholders for abortion rights reacted quickly late Monday to news that a draft opinion reportedly had been circulated among justices on the U.S. Supreme Court...

The children of Elizabeth Dunlap, Tara, age 4, looks at her sister, Tenille, 6 weeks, at Loyola University Hospital on Jan. 4, 1977, where they were recovering from exposure after they were found huddled next to their mother's body the previous week.

Chicago police to run their own video series to fight perception that race matters in the handling of cold cases

April 29, 2022 at 6:29 p.m.

A woman was left dead in a West Side alley with her two youngest children huddled next to her on Dec. 30, 1976. Another mother and her 7-year-old child died...

Will Clinger at his Chicago home on April 27, 2022. The former host of WTTW's "Wild Chicago" and current host of "Wild Travels" was robbed at the Addison Red Line station on Monday night.

‘It was a total surprise’: Chicago police investigating 2 more violent CTA robberies, including 1 involving former ‘Wild Chicago’ TV host Will Clinger

May 26, 2022 at 6:40 a.m.

Will Clinger — the former host of the WTTW-Ch. 11 program "Wild Chicago" — was minding his own business, boarding a Red Line CTA train at his usual station of...

The site where Laquan McDonald, 17, was killed on the 4100 block of South Pulaski Road in Chicago. McDonald was shot 16 times by Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke in October 2014.

Grandmother of Laquan McDonald still asks for federal charges for police officer despite decision of Chicago’s US attorney

April 21, 2022 at 6:53 p.m.

The maternal grandmother of slain teen Laquan McDonald said she still wants federal charges brought against his shooter, former police Officer Jason Van Dyke, despite U.S. Attorney John Lausch's office's...

Two views of an animated video portraying Officer Jason Van Dyke and Laquan McDonald is shown to the jury during the trial for the shooting death of McDonald at the Leighton Criminal Court Building on Sept. 25, 2018.

Feds announce they won’t pursue case against former cop Jason Van Dyke in shooting of Laquan McDonald

April 18, 2022 at 5:44 p.m.

Federal prosecutors will not bring a case against the former Chicago cop who killed 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, U.S. Attorney John Lausch's office announced Monday. Jason Van Dyke has already been...

Chicago police Superintendent David Brown, right, Mayor Lori Lightfoot, second from right, and police leadership listen to speeches during the Chicago Police Department's recruit class graduation and promotion ceremony at Navy Pier's Aon Grand Ballroom on March 29, 2022.

Latest consent-decree report hits Chicago police leadership in key areas: Community policing and building community trust

April 17, 2022 at 1:27 p.m.

The effort to reform the Chicago Police Department was never supposed to happen quickly, with experts seeing the potential for a nearly decadelong, laborious process for a court to call...

Police work at the scene where a Chicago police officer fatally shot a person March 29, 2021, near the corner of 2400 S. Sawyer Ave., behind Farragut Career Academy High School.

COPA concludes investigation of police shooting of Adam Toledo; case moves to superintendent for response

April 15, 2022 at 10:21 a.m.

The Civilian Office of Police Accountability announced Thursday that it has concluded its investigation into the fatal officer shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo last year in Little Village. The case...

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