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Chicago police officers stand near a memorial Aug. 24, 2016, while working the scene where three girls and a man were killed in a fire a day earlier in the 8100 block of South Essex Avenue.

A letter to parents who lost 3 children in arson: ‘Your kids are sweet and beautiful angels’

May 22, 2019 at 10:27 p.m.

A man in a black tee carrying a black bag for his aunt walked north on Essex past a half-burned-out building with dozens of teddy bears, Disney stuffed animals and...

Prosecutors: Fire that killed 4 was started by man angry over failed sex deal

May 22, 2019 at 10:27 p.m.

A makeshift memorial of dozens of teddy bears, Disney stuffed animals and deflated Mylar balloons still stands out front of the half-burned-out apartment building where three young sisters and a...

A former Chicago deputy police chief was shot in an attempted robbery Sept. 14, 2016, and returned fire, wounding his attacker in the 2300 block of East 82nd Street, sources said.

Retired deputy police chief wounded during robbery, shoots attacker: Cops

May 22, 2019 at 10:27 p.m.

Lester McCarty sat on the porch of his home of 40 years with his wife of 48 years and surveyed the crime scene across the street at Eckersall Park.Officers walked...

5 people wounded in city shootings

May 22, 2019 at 10:27 p.m.

Five people were wounded Tuesday in separate shootings across the city, police said. The most recent shooting happened at 11:55 p.m. in the 8100 block of South Elizabeth Street in...

Chicago police investigate a South Side shooting near 90th and Justine streets that killed a woman and wounded two people Sept. 11, 2016.

Chicago passes another grim milestone: More than 3,000 shot this year

May 22, 2019 at 10:27 p.m.

Dominice Hallom was an 18-year-old living on Chicago's Far South Side when the baiduhai featured him in a story in 2008 after he had been shot and wounded in...

An evidence marker is placed inside a vehicle involved in a shooting in the 3300 block of West Douglas Boulevard Sept. 6, 2016, in Chicago. Two males were shot and drove themselves to the hospital.

Top cop after violent holiday weekend: ‘It’s not a police issue, it’s a society issue’

May 22, 2019 at 10:25 p.m.

After another violent holiday weekend, Chicago police Superintendent Eddie Johnson said Tuesday his department is doing all it can to combat violence rooted in "impoverished neighborhoods" where "people without hope...

Chicago Fire Department members work on a gunshot victim after a double fatal shooting in Ogden Park on Sept. 5, 2016, in the Englewood neighborhood.

Ogden Park shooting: ‘Everybody got up and the two people still down, they were hit’

May 22, 2019 at 10:25 p.m.

Paramedics leaned over a young man and pushed on his chest — and pushed on his chest again — while an older man lay motionless on his back, bleeding from...

Chicago surpasses bloody milestone — more killings than all of last year

October 28, 2019 at 1:02 p.m.

With shootings spiking on Labor Day, Chicago officially surpassed the homicide toll for all of last year, marking another alarming milestone for a city that has seen violence at its...

An evidence marker is placed inside vehicle involved in a shooting in the 3300 block of West Douglas Boulevard while it is parked outside Mount Sinai Hospital on Sept. 6, 2016. Two men were shot and drove themselves to the hospital.

After reports of rapid-fire shots, dispatcher asks: ‘You wanna hear some more bad news?’

May 23, 2019 at 3:11 a.m.

Two hours had passed since two boys were shot on the Far North Side in Rogers Park late Monday, and the city hadn't seen a shooting during that period. The...

31 shot, 9 fatally, over 21-hour period Monday into Tuesday

May 22, 2019 at 10:25 p.m.

Nine men were killed and at least 22 other people were wounded in separate shootings over a 21-hour period Monday morning into Tuesday morning, Chicago police said. The most recent...

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