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Man charged with shooting and killing his 16-year-old son during fight in Austin apartment

November 21, 2023 at 5:00 p.m.

An Austin man has been charged with fatally shooting his teenage son inside his home on the West Side last weekend. Leon Taylor, 33, was charged late Monday with one...

Mia Wright, who was pulled from a car by Chicago police at Brickyard Mall, talks with family and supporters after speaking to media in the parking lot of Brickyard Mall in Chicago, June 4, 2020.

Chicago Police Board votes to fire officer allegedly involved in dragging woman from car at Northwest Side strip mall during 2020 unrest

November 17, 2023 at 5:32 p.m.

The Chicago Police Board on Thursday voted unanimously to fire an officer who they found pulled a young woman from a car by her hair and knelt on her neck...

Chicago firefighters comfort each other following the procession to the Cook County medical examiner's office for fellow firefighter Andrew Price after he died during an early morning fire in Lincoln Park on Nov. 13, 2023.

Firefighter dies after falling through roof while battling Lincoln Park blaze, CFD says

November 13, 2023 at 7:36 p.m.

A Chicago Fire Department firefighter described as "loved by so many" died Monday morning after succumbing to injuries suffered while battling a blaze in Lincoln Park, department officials said. Andrew...

Aurelio "Junior" Guzman, 16, poses with a Mexican flag at a Mexican Independence Day celebration in September 2023. He was killed on Oct. 31.

As Chicago endures rise in number of young shooting victims, three are killed and nine injured in less than two weeks

November 11, 2023 at 3:55 p.m.

A bullet was still lodged in De'ajah Blizzard's head Wednesday afternoon, but even so, her mother felt things were looking up for the girl. "They asked her to open her...

LaSheena Weekly, second from left, marches with others down a sidewalk in the Gold Coast after holding a press conference about the death of her son, Carlton Weekly, 26, who performed under the name FBG Duck. Weekly asked for there to be no retaliation shootings after her son was killed in the downtown location earlier in the week.

Brazen Gold Coast slaying of Chicago rapper FBG Duck part of gang war, prosecutors allege as conspiracy trial gets underway

November 7, 2023 at 4:35 p.m.

Prosecutors on Tuesday alleged the broad daylight killing of Chicago drill rapper FBG Duck in the ritzy Oak Street retail corridor was just one salvo in a deadly yearslong conflict...

Chicago police Superintendent Larry Snelling, center, walks through a crime scene in the 7300 block of South Dante Avenue after a police officer was shot Nov. 6, 2023. Another person was also shot and taken to University of Chicago Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.

Man killed by police in South Shore shooting, officer shot in the arm, cops say

November 6, 2023 at 7:33 p.m.

Chicago police officers exchanged gunfire with a man, killing him, late Monday morning in South Shore,Superintendent Larry Snelling said at a news conference Monday afternoon. A police officer was also...

O Block jurors may view FBG Duck ‘dying declaration’ video, federal judge rules

November 6, 2023 at 3:56 p.m.

Jurors in a federal gang murder trial will be allowed to see video that depicts the last moments in the life of slain South Side drill rapper FBG Duck, a...

Police officers slowly approach and handcuff a colleague portraying a distraught man as they conduct a training demonstration for reporters at the Joint Public Safety Training Center in Chicago on Nov. 3, 2023.

CPD opens a training session to the media as part of transparency, reform efforts

November 3, 2023 at 5:50 p.m.

A man sits on a curb holding a 2 1/2-inch knife blade to his throat. His girlfriend just broke up with him, and he's unsure of where he's going to...

Chicago police Superintendent Larry Snelling stands in his office at police headquarters on Oct. 17, 2023.

Consent decree monitor relates concerns in latest report on CPD, but also hope in new department leader

November 2, 2023 at 2:22 p.m.

After more than four years, the Chicago Police Department's compliance with the federal consent decree continues to drag behind schedule. That is the most recent assessment of the city's progress,...

Ald. Gilbert Villegas, 36th, speaks about the increasing violent crimes in the West Town neighborhood during a press conference on Nov. 1, 2023.

West Town community group, alderman, ask mayor and police leaders to give specifics on plan to confront rash of street robberies

November 1, 2023 at 3:19 p.m.

As a citywide spike in robberies and carjackings continues, West Town area residents and a Northwest Side alderman gathered Wednesday to call for Mayor Brandon Johnson and Chicago Police Department...

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