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CRIME & SAFETY
Man shot and killed outside apartment building in Bridgeview: police
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. — Police are investigating a deadly shooting outside an apartment building in southwest suburban Bridgeview. The shooting happened around 5 a.m. Wednesday near 79th and Oketo Avenue, next to the Bridgeview Community Center. Police said 39-year-old Arturo Cantu was leaving for work and in the building’s parking lot when he was shot multiple […]
Man dies after being shot multiple times while driving on South Side
CHICAGO — An investigation is underway after a driver was fatally shot on the city’s South Side. The shooting happened in the 2400 block of East 91st Street around 11:45 p.m. Wednesday in the Calumet Heights neighborhood. Police said officers responded to a call of shots fired and found a vehicle in the 9000 block […]
Chicago police searching for missing 16-year-old girl
CHICAGO — Chicago police are asking for help finding a missing 16-year-old girl who was last seen Sunday evening at her home. Leilani Garcia is described as being about 4 feet 11 inches tall, weighing about 103 pounds, with brown eyes and black hair. According to information from the Chicago Police Department, she was last […]
2 theft suspects arrested in Willow Springs after Oak Brook police pursuit of high-speed mini-van
Two people have been arrested after Oak Brook police pursued a mini-van traveling at high speeds to Willow Springs. Police had to search a wooded area near an elementary school to find one of the suspects.
FBI uses explosives, drones to execute search warrant on Lincoln Square house
Federal agents conducted a raid at a home in the 2200 block of West Farragut Avenue in Lincoln Square on Thursday morning. About 7 a.m., FBI agents assembled in front of a two-story home on the block with a search warrant. They used three flash-bang explosives, neighbors said. “FBI-Chicago was...
Cook County sheriff: More resources needed to get guns from those with revoked FOID cards
CHICAGO (CBS) -- When licenses to own a gun are revoked, the license holders are supposed to turn over their licenses and weapons.So why are more than 27,000 people in Cook County still holding on to their weapons when they shouldn't? CBS 2 first dug into the growing problem last year. Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart said the current solution is not working – and thus, he is calling on Illinois state legislators to fund regional teams that can go to the homes of non-compliant residents and retrieve the guns and Firearms Owner Identification (or FOID) cards that haven't been...
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