Needle Device Hidden in Chicago Ridge Gas Pump, Police Warn

One person was injured in an exchange of gunfire with an off-duty Cook County sheriff's deputy at Millennium Park Friday evening, authorities said, marking the second shooting at the popular downtown site in less than a week. According to police, the incident unfolded when a 22-year-old man produced a gun...

Note: Chicago police are set to deliver an update on the shooting at 10 a.m. Watch live in the player above. At least two people were killed and another seven wounded Thursday night in a deadly mass shooting near a McDonald's in Chicago's Gold Coast neighborhood, police say. The shooting...

The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office has released the name of one of the two individuals who were killed when someone opened fire into a group of people in Chicago's Gold Coast neighborhood, also injuring seven other people, authorities said. According to the medical examiner's office, Antonio Wade, 30 years...

Chicago police say a suspected gunman is in custody after nine people were shot when someone opened fire into a group of people during a "disturbance" in the city's Gold Coast neighborhood. Charges were pending as of Friday morning, according to Chicago Police Supt. David Brown, but at least one...

Chicago police are warning that robbers are targeting the city's construction workers during incidents in April and May. According to police, thieves approached men doing construction work at apartment buildings, displayed a handgun and demanded their property. The offenders hit the men on the head with the handgun, stole the...

A 63-year-old man was shot Thursday afternoon at a gas station in Chicago's Fuller Park neighborhood during an attempted carjacking, according to police. At approximately 3:30 p.m., the man was sitting in a vehicle in the 300 block of West Garfield Boulevard when a person came up and fired shots, police said.

An unarmed 13-year-old boy was shot and seriously wounded by Chicago police after officers stopped a car wanted for a carjacking in Oak Park a day earlier, according to police sources. The boy was shot around 10:15 p.m. after he jumped from the car and began running in the 800...

A Chicago officer who shot and seriously wounded a 13-year-old boy who ran away after being pulled over while driving a stolen vehicle was relieved of his police powers Friday, officials said. “He’s still an active member of the Chicago Police Department,” police spokesman Don Terry told the Chicago Tribune...

A person was shot and critically wounded by Chicago police officers Wednesday night in the city's Austin neighborhood on the West Side, when authorities say he tried to flee a stolen vehicle. At approximately 10:14 p.m. Wednesday, Chicago police say they were attempting to stop a stolen Honda wanted into...

What began as a trip to a nearby fast food restaurant turned into a terrifying night for a Chicago mother, who heard shots ring out late Thursday and then discovered her teenage son was among the nine people who had been shot in the city's Gold Coast neighborhood. Kimberly Saunders'...

An investigation is underway after a 13-year-old was shot and critically wounded by Chicago police officers Wednesday night in the city's Austin neighborhood on the West Side, when authorities say he tried to flee a stolen vehicle. But no weapon has been recovered from the scene. According to authorities, officers...

A north suburban Chicago boy struck and killed by a school bus has been identified. The accident Monday afternoon in Cary killed 3-year-old Samuel Huddleston, the McHenry County Coroner’s Office said. The boy died of multiple blunt-force injuries, the coroner's office said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Members of the Chicago City Council's Public Safety Committee on Friday approved Mayor Lori Lightfoot's proposed earlier citywide curfew for minors after a string of violent crime -- from shootings to armed robberies to carjackings -- has recently plagued downtown. Members of the committee on Friday voted 14-3 in favor...

At least five people were injured Thursday night in a shooting on the Near North Side, according to police. Chicago Police spokesperson Tom Ahern tweeted just after 11 p.m. that the shooting happened in the 800 block of North State Street. Based on video from social media, a large police...

Police are asking the community for help finding two missing young sisters who were last seen in Belmont Gardens on the Northwest Side. Lizbeth Aguilar and her sister Alejandra Lopez were last seen May 12 in the 4400 block of West Montana Street, according to Chicago police. Their ages were...

A former MMA fighter and current Brazilian jiu-jitsu trainer put his martial arts skills to the test this week, stopping an attack on a police officer off an Indiana highway. William Cassoday and his wife said they pulled over after seeing a man punching an officer in the face Monday just before 4:30 p.m. near Swanson Road and U.S. Highway 6 in Portage, Indiana.

A judge scolded a mother Wednesday for being “supremely negligent” after her 8-year-old son allegedly found a gun under her bed and brought it to school, where it went off and grazed a classmate. “We are inches away, possibly centimeters away, from a very different case and a...

Chicago businessman Dr. Willie Wilson plans to hold a $1 million cash and grocery giveaway for Chicago seniors Monday, according to a press release. "Today, the cost of gasoline and food is at a 40-year high," Wilson said in the release. "Lower income families spend approximately 77 percent of their income on necessities. The costs of milk and eggs are up 11 percent, meat is up 13 percent.

A Chicago police officer is being remembered for his dedication to the city’s 24th district as the city continues to celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage month. The 24th district Chicago police station unveiled a new memorial hall honoring the memories of four officers, including Xu Meng. “Meng’s...

According to the newest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, COVID cases and hospitalizations are threatening to push several Chicago-area counties, including Cook County, into the highest-level of COVID alert in coming weeks. That data, released Thursday afternoon, indicates that multiple counties in the Chicago area could...