Crime and Public Safety – Page 23

Law enforcement work the scene of a shooting Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

ICE officer shoots a man while making an arrest in New York, officials say

By Philip Marcelo

October 8, 2026 at 9:59 p.m.

A federal immigration officer shot and wounded a Dominican man while arresting him in New...

CTA janitor fatally stabbed at Damen Green Line station

By Tess Kenny

October 8, 2026 at 8:53 p.m.

A Chicago Transit Authority janitor sustained multiple stab wounds to his neck at the Near...

This is Room 11 at Richneck Elementary School, where Abby Zwerner was shot by a 6-year-old student on Jan. 6, 2023. The gun is at left, under the table, while the boy’s checkered bookbag is near the desk to the right of the window. (Newport News Circuit Court, trial exhibit)

Unsealed police video shows 6-year-old student after shooting Virginia school teacher

By Peter Dujardin

October 8, 2026 at 5:16 p.m.

Newport News police body camera footage shows the boy cursing at a school staffer and...

Police launch homicide investigation after CTA passenger pushed off moving train

By Tess Kenny

September 8, 2026 at 5:54 p.m.

Police have launched a homicide investigation after a person was pushed off a moving Red...

East Chicago man on trial for allegedly killing teen who snuck in apartment

By Meredith Colias-Pete

September 8, 2026 at 4:08 p.m.

An East Chicago man is on trial this week, charged with allegedly shooting a teen...

Boats trawl the beachfront of Illinois Beach State Park in July 2025, searching for the body of a 14-year-old who drowned. After a beachfront restoration effort, an increase in water incidents and a spate of drownings grew into a local controversy over a lack of state support. (Joe States/Pioneer Press)

Man dies after being pulled from lake at Illinois Beach State Park: ‘They need lifeguards’

By Joseph States

September 8, 2026 at 2:55 p.m.

Water safety advocates have warned the breakwaters create stronger, more dangerous currents around them, and...

Will County Courthouse in Joliet. (Samantha Moilanen/Daily Southtown)

Frankfort mother charged with murder in death of 2-year-old son ordered held in pretrial detention

By Evy Lewis

September 8, 2026 at 3:40 p.m.

A Will County judge rejected a request from defense attorneys that Corie Walsh be committed...

Amazon packages are strewn across the eastbound Interstate 80/94 Burr Street exit in Gary early the morning of Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026, after a semi crash. (WAFFCO Towing/provided)

Police: Trucker ejected, injured after crash on eastbound I-80/94 exit ramp

By Post-Tribune

September 8, 2026 at 2:37 p.m.

A truck driver suffered injuries Tuesday after police said he was ejected when he sideswiped...

John Catanzara, president of the Chicago Fraternal Order of Police, departs after speaking during a news conference, April 27, 2026, at the Leighton Criminal Court Building. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Feds demand FOP President John Catanzara’s financial records from state lodge

By Caroline Kubzansky

September 8, 2026 at 5:30 p.m.

Federal investigators issued a subpoena to the state police union late last year in an...

Da'J Flowers, 36, was fatally shot in her residence in Chicago's West Ridge community on Feb. 5, 2026. (Demone Flowers)

Suspect in custody for slaying of city of Chicago worker: family, records

By Jeremy Gorner

September 9, 2026 at 6:18 a.m.

A suspect was in custody in the shooting death of a city of Chicago employee...

A SWAT officer fires chemical irritants at the scene where a person barricaded themselves inside a residence in the 3400 block of West Wrightwood Avenue in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood on Sept. 7, 2026. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Hourslong SWAT standoff in Logan Square has ended, Chicago police say

By Jeremy Gorner

September 8, 2026 at 6:58 p.m.

The Chicago Police Department’s SWAT team was sent to the 3400 block of West Wrightwood...

People wait for information as Chicago police search for a missing woman on Sept. 8, 2026, after a vehicle drove into the Little Calumet River near the intersection of West 130th Street and South Indiana Avenue in Chicago's Riverdale neighborhood. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Officials searching for last victim after vehicle veers into Calumet River in Riverdale

By Deanese Williams-Harris

September 8, 2026 at 2:34 p.m.

Rescuers continue to search for a missing woman who was inside of a vehicle that...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer Luis Uribe, charged in a series of robberies and sexual assaults of sex workers in Chicago's northwest suburbs, is shown in a photo in a court document allegedly meeting with a witness at a seafood buffet. (U.S. attorney's office)

Border Patrol agent goes on trial on lurid charges of raping and robbing Chinese sex workers

By Jason Meisner

September 8, 2026 at 6:14 p.m.

Tuesday lawyers picked a jury as Luis Uribe went on trial on a federal indictment...