1 dead, 5 wounded in shootings
A man was shot to death and five other people were wounded in shootings in Chicago on Monday, according to police. The man, 68, was shot in the head about...
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Young girl at vigil for brother’s slain friend herself shot on West Side
Eight-year-old Jamia Barnes was playing Sunday evening on a front lawn near a vigil for a teenage boy killed hours earlier when she saw a man in a car arguing...
8 wounded in Chicago shootings, including 15-year-old boy
At least eight people, including a 15-year-old boy, were shot in Chicago between Thursday morning and early Friday, according to Chicago police. * Around 3:05 a.m. Friday, a 33-year-old man...
Three Years of Nights
Violence convulses the city after dark. Reporting on it leaves its own scars.
1 dead, 11 wounded in Chicago shootings, including 3 teens in Bronzeville
At least 12 people were shot, one fatally, in Chicago from Monday afternoon through early Tuesday, including three teens wounded in Bronzeville, police said.A 15-year-old boy and two 18-year-old men...
After night of homicides, sergeant helps save boy’s life
The end of a busy shift approached. Three people had been killed in two hours in the Harrison District on the West Side Monday night. Sgt. Bryan Topczewski left the...
6 years later, uncle and great-nephew find themselves at another crime scene
Crime tape hung in the front of Bruce Prince's home on California Avenue, about a mile north of Mount Sinai Hospital and just south of the Eisenhower Expressway. Police had...
Boy, 10, wounded as Chicago marks deadliest day in 13 years
Monday was the deadliest day in Chicago in 13 years, and 10-year-old Tavon Tanner got caught in the worst of the gun violence as he played with his twin sister...
Boy, 10, shot on West Side; other shootings leave 7 dead, 11 wounded
A 10-year-old boy was critically hurt after being shot and at least 18 others were shot, seven of them fatally, since late Monday morning across the city. The boy was...
‘Fireworks got blood on Uncle Mike’s forehead’: boy, 3, on porch during slaying
Loreal Lucas was at home Monday afternoon, her 3-year-old visiting with his grandmother in the Burnside neighborhood, when her brother called. "Mike just got shot on our porch, and (your...