Dozens of people were struck by gunfire in Chicago, some of them fatally, during the traditionally violent Fourth of July weekend, mostly in parts of the South and West sides that have long been plagued by gang crime and gun violence. (more…)
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The Chicago police and federal authorities will announce Friday an effort aimed at cracking down on gun crimes in the violence-plagued city. (more…)
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Three people were charged Saturday in connection with the shooting of two young girls at an elementary school playground on Chicago’s South Side. (more…)
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Investigators say two children were shot at a Chicago playground during a school picnic when someone in a car opened fire on nearby teenagers. (more…)
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A 19-year-old man has been charged with murder in the likely gang-related fatal shooting of four men in and around a South Side Chicago restaurant, police announced Wednesday. (more…)
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Chicago police have now arrested two suspects in the brutal sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl that was streamed on Facebook Live. Both of those charged in the attack are teenage boys, ages 14 and 15, and police continue to look for more accomplices. (more…)
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Chicago Police announced on Twitter Sunday that they had arrested a 14-year-old boy in connection with the sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl that had been streamed live on Facebook in March. (more…)
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The mother of a 15-year-old girl who authorities say was sexually assaulted in an attack streamed live on Facebook said Wednesday that her daughter has received online threats since it happened and that neighborhood kids have been joking about it and harassing her family. (more…)
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A 15-year-old Chicago girl was apparently sexually assaulted by five or six men or boys on Facebook Live, and none of the roughly 40 people who watched the live video reported the attack to police, authorities said Tuesday. (more…)
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Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson met with the chief law enforcement officer in the United States, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, on Thursday. It came at a crucial time for the Chicago Police Department and for the city. (more…)
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An 11-year-old girl shot in the head over the weekend died on Tuesday and a toddler was killed by gunfire during a triple shooting as Chicago continued its struggle to curb gun violence. (more…)
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The head of the Chicago Police Department said Wednesday that his officers are now using high-tech strategies and equipment to fight crime, an announcement that came as the city's police released statistics showing no letup in the death toll that captured the nation's attention last year and sparked a Twitter
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Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson became ill and wavered on his feet during a news conference Friday morning. (more…)
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Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson on Friday confirmed he is on the waiting list for a kidney transplant. (more…)
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Four people are in custody after video was streamed online showing a duct-taped teen being tortured. (more…)
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The city of Chicago recorded 762 homicides in 2016 — an average of two murders per day, the most killings in the city for two decades and more than New York and Los Angeles combined. (more…)
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Part of solution to crime must be to strengthen penalties for repeat violent offenders carrying those guns. (more…)
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Mired in a level of violence not seen in nearly two decades, the nation’s third largest city recorded its 701st murder on Thursday, reaching a stunning milestone before year's end. (more…)
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A Chicago police sergeant who fatally shot a 19-year-old man in the back during a foot chase this week has been stripped of his police powers. (more…)
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A 19-year-old black teenager was shot in the back and killed by a Chicago police officer in the city's South Side on the night before Thanksgiving. (more…)
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