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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.

Father of critically injured 3-year-old ordered held on $750,000 bail

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

The father of a 3-year-old boy who was critically wounded in an apparent accidental shooting on Chicago's South Side was ordered held in lieu of $750,000 bail Saturday. "We have...

Parents charged in apparent accidental shooting of young boy left unsupervised at home

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

The father and mother of a 3-year-old boy who was critically wounded in an apparent accidental shooting on Chicago's South Side were charged Friday with related crimes as the state's...

Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx speaksat the Harold Washington Library in Chicago on Dec. 1, 2016.

State’s attorney touts new unit meant to build gun cases with police

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

Calling gun violence a "crisis," Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx said Wednesday her office has launched a unit targeting gun crimes in Chicago's historically two most violent police districts...

"I want to ensure that constitutional rights are protected from the earliest point of contact with the criminal justice system,"said Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans after signing an order granting access to an attorney at no charge for people taken into Chicago police custody.

Arrestees to get access to lawyers free of charge at Chicago police stations

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

People held in custody by Chicago police will have access to an attorney at no charge under an order signed Tuesday by Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans. The aim...

Freed suspect Kamari Belmont’s luck turned bad in hail of gunfire

June 5, 2018 at 3:17 p.m.

With a gray hoodie clutched in his right hand, Kamari Belmont strode to the front of a group of detainees being released from Cook County Jail last week. After being...

Error by prosecutors freed murder suspect who was slain right after leaving jail, state’s attorney says

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

Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx's office acknowledged Wednesday that an error by prosecutors allowed a man to beat his murder case, only to be fatally shot moments after his...

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....

Judge blocks FBI from forcing fingerprints from targets to unlock iPhones

June 5, 2018 at 5:26 p.m.

In the latest skirmish over privacy in the cellphone age, a federal judge in Chicago has rejected a law enforcement request to force potential targets in an ongoing investigation to...

Erroneously released Chicago murder suspect arrested in Georgia

May 22, 2019 at 11:09 p.m.

The murder suspect whose erroneous release from state custody sparked finger-pointing between law enforcement agencies was arrested in Georgia late Friday, Cook County officials said. Authorities found Garrett Glover asleep...

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