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Chicago police investigate a shooting near the entrance to the Cook County courrthouse on South California Avenue north of West 26th Street on March 20, 2017.

Man wounded in hail of gunfire outside Cook County courthouse

May 22, 2019 at 11:13 p.m.

A brazen midmorning shooting outside the bustling Cook County criminal courthouse on Monday left a 21-year-old man critically wounded and at least one regular to the sprawling Southwest Side complex...

Michael Riley grieves March 16, 2017, after his 3-year-old son was critically injured in an apparent accidental shooting in the 6200 block of South Aberdeen Street in the Englewood neighborhood. Riley was charged a day later with a gun offense and child endangerment.

‘We got a young boy, looks like he’s got a bullet wound to the temple’

May 22, 2019 at 11:12 p.m.

The first reports from police who pulled up at the Englewood home were bad enough."We got a young boy, looks like he's got a bullet wound to the temple," an...

Steak-N-Egger in Pilsen catches fire

May 22, 2019 at 11:12 p.m.

A small fire broke out at the Steak-N-Egger diner in the Pilsen neighborhood Thursday morning, according to authorities. The fire began around 9:25 a.m. at the restaurant in the 1100...

A Chicago police SWAT team member gets ready at a standoff in the 6500 block of North Onarga Avenue on March 15, 2017, in the Edison Park neighborhood.

Off-duty Chicago cop turns himself in after 12-hour standoff on NW Side

May 22, 2019 at 11:12 p.m.

A "distraught" off-duty Chicago police officer surrendered to police late Wednesday morning after a 12-hour standoff with a SWAT team in the Edison Park neighborhood, officials said.Police were dispatched to...

A young woman is distraught as she walks away from where three people where found dead inside a vehiclein a South Side alley in the 8600 block of South Throop Street on March 13, 2017.

Three people found dead in car in Gresham alley

May 22, 2019 at 11:11 p.m.

Three people were found dead in a car illegally parked in a South Side alley in the Gresham neighborhood early Monday, officials said. Chicago police were called to the 8600...

March 8, 2017: Man who beat murder case killed minutes after leaving jail

March 6, 2020 at 12:18 p.m.

A man who beat his murder case when prosecutors failed to give him a speedy trial was killed minutes after leaving Cook County Jail on Monday night, according to authorities....

4 dead, 5 wounded in Chicago shootings

May 22, 2019 at 11:10 p.m.

A 23-year-old man was heading to work late Monday when he got caught in a shooting that left another 23-year-old man dead. About 11:45 p.m., Rafael Reyes was driving a...

Leny Cervantes, 19, and Jaime Cervantes, 17, were killed in a Back of the Yards rifle shooting on Nov. 28, 2016.

Some Chicago gangs turning to rifles for added firepower, police say

May 22, 2019 at 11:07 p.m.

The first time 14-year-old Brisa Ramirez remembers hearing rifle fire was when a man was shot dead on a Sunday afternoon outside a Catholic church around the corner from her...

Pedestrians jog during a foggy morning on the Chicago Lakefront Trail on Feb. 22, 2017.

More record warmth, Wednesday could be warmest February day ever in Chicago

May 22, 2019 at 11:06 p.m.

Chicago set a record high temperature Monday morning at O'Hare International Airport, with temperatures rising to 70 degrees later in the day, according to the National Weather Service. The temperature...

Chicago police investigate the scene where five were shot, three fatally, in the 3900 block of South Albany Avenue in the Brighton Park neighborhood Feb. 15, 2017.

3 dead, 2 seriously wounded in shooting at home in Brighton Park

May 22, 2019 at 11:05 p.m.

A gunman entered a Southwest Side home in the Brighton Park neighborhood Wednesday afternoon and shot five people, killing three of them and leaving the other two in critical condition,...

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