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Members of the Chicago fire and police departments salute in the rain outside the Cook County medical examiner's office on Nov. 5, 2024, as an ambulance arrives carrying the body of Officer Enrique Martínez, 26, who was fatally shot Monday night in the 8000 block of South Ingleside Avenue in the Chatham neighborhood. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Slain Chicago police officer shot on South Side ‘gave his life for this city’

November 5, 2024 at 8:49 p.m.

Just short of three years with the Chicago Police Department, 26-year-old Enrique Martínez succumbed to injuries suffered in an apparent burst of gunfire Monday night in the South Side's East...

Chicago police Superintendent Larry Snelling speaks about the West Rogers Park shooting as Mayor Brandon Johnson stands with him at police headquarters, Oct. 31, 2024. Snelling said Chicago Police Department detectives uncovered evidence on Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi’s cellphone that "indicated he planned the shooting and specifically targeted people of Jewish faith." (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Hate crime, terrorism charges added against alleged West Rogers Park shooter

October 31, 2024 at 6:20 p.m.

The man accused of shooting a Jewish man who was walking to synagogue in West Rogers Park last weekend now faces additional charges of terrorism and hate crime, officials announced...

Chicago police Superintendent Larry Snelling and Ald. Debra Silverstein, 50th, attend a news conference Oct. 28, 2024, at police headquarters to discuss the weekend shooting in West Rogers Park. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Man who shot one, traded gunfire with police in West Rogers Park is ordered held pending trial

October 29, 2024 at 4:20 p.m.

The man charged in a North Side weekend shootout with Chicago police officers was ordered detained pending trial during a brief hearing Tuesday at the Leighton Criminal Court Building.

Chicago police Superintendent Larry Snelling and Ald. Debra Silverstein, 50th, right, attend a news conference at police headquarters on Oct. 28, 2024, after a person shot a man Saturday morning in the West Rogers Park neighborhood before engaging in a shootout with police officers. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Charges filed in weekend shooting in Rogers Park; alderman calls for hate crime investigation

October 29, 2024 at 12:45 p.m.

A man faces a half-dozen counts of attempted murder and several other felonies after he allegedly shot a man Saturday morning before engaging in a shootout with Chicago police officers...

Chicago police work the scene following the fatal police shooting of Reginald Clay Jr., in the 3800 block of West Flournoy Street, on April 15, 2023. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Chicago police boss, COPA don’t see eye to eye on fatal police shooting of Reginald Clay Jr.

October 25, 2024 at 1:01 p.m.

The Chicago police superintendent diverges from COPA's view of the shooting of Reginald Clay Jr., saying the agency didn't take into account officers were operating with a heightened sense of...

Lil Durk performs at Lyrical Lemonade Summer Smash at Douglass Park on Aug. 22, 2021. Lil Durk wore a pendent dedicated to fellow rapper King Von, who was killed in 2020. (Vashon Jordan Jr./baiduhai)

Feds: Chicago rapper Lil Durk planned private flight to Italy before charges in murder-for-hire plot filed

November 14, 2025 at 10:34 a.m.

Chicago rapper and Englewood native Lil Durk, born Durk Banks, was arrested in Florida Thursday in connection with an alleged murder-for-hire plot, according to records from the Broward County sheriff's...

Rapper King Von performs during The PTSD Tour In Concert at The Tabernacle on March 11, 2020, in Atlanta. (Prince Williams/Wireimage)

Five in Chicago accused in L.A. murder-for-hire shooting to avenge rapper King Von’s slaying

October 24, 2024 at 5:48 p.m.

Five people in Chicago have been hit with federal charges in California alleging they were contracted to kill rapper Quando Rando in Los Angeles due to his suspected involvement in...

Jess Kendall, an 18-year-old Elgin High School senior seen here in a family photo, died Oct. 20 after being shot during a robbery while walking to a Lil Durk concert at the United Center in Chicago. (Family photo)

Family mourns death of 18-year-old from Elgin killed in shooting before Lil Durk concert

October 22, 2024 at 4:21 p.m.

Family members are mourning the death of an 18-year-old from Elgin who was shot Sunday night near the United Center before a Lil Durk concert at the venue.

A cross and flowers near the street where Officer Jason Van Dyke fatally shot Laquan McDonald in 2014 in the 4100 block of South Pulaski Road on Oct. 17, 2024. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

‘It felt like a war’: Laquan McDonald police shooting 10 years ago shocked Chicago, rippled through halls of power

October 18, 2024 at 4:46 p.m.

By any objective measure, the killing of Laquan McDonald a decade ago was the single most impactful police shooting in Chicago in more than 40 years, maybe ever.

A person takes harm reduction supplies for users, put out by the Puerto Rico Project at Humboldt Park in Chicago on Sept. 9, 2024. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Chicago sees steep drop in number of deaths tied to opioid overdoses

October 4, 2024 at 12:42 p.m.

Chicago and Cook County are on pace to see a drastic decline in opioid-related fatalities in 2024, keeping with a nationwide downturn in fatal drug overdoses since the peak of...

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