CRIME & SAFETY
Man, 23, fatally stabbed on West Side
CHICAGO — A man was fatally stabbed on the city’s West Side, according to Chicago police. Police said officers responded to a person down around 4:17 a.m. Friday on the 1600 block of South Loomis in the Lower West Side neighborhood. Upon arrival, officers discovered a 23-year-old man on the ground with stab wounds to […]
Surveillance video shows 3 shooters open fire in deadly Back of the Yards mass shooting | EXCLUSIVE
Surveillance video obtained by ABC7 Wednesday shows three people opening fire on a family gathering over the weekend. The shooting killed a 9-year-old girl and left 10 other people injured.
Fire sweeps through coach house on West Side
CHICAGO (CBS) -- A fire ripped through a coach house in the West Side's Austin neighborhood Thursday afternoon.The fire broke out in a coach house at 5106 W. Chicago Ave., near LeClaire Avenue. The coach house fronts the alley behind Chicago Avenue to the north and occupies the back of a lot with another building in front of it.Flames burned through the coach house, and it appeared that about half the roof was gone once the fire was out, leaving a charred, burned-out interior visible.The Fire Department said someone maliciously set fire to a mattress outside the coach house, and it spread.As of 4:15 p.m., firefighters were still hosing down the building – and were mounted on a neighboring apartment building for better aim.The house was a total loss, according to the CFD.Two adults and two children were displaced by the fire.No injuries were reported.
Drive-by shooting caught on camera near Howard CTA station (video)
CHICAGO — Surveillance video of a shooting Sunday morning near the Howard CTA station shows a drive-by gunman opening fire on a group of people gathered around a car. Bullets are seen flying off the pavement of Howard Street as the shooter’s car speeds west. A 27-year-old woman...
Chicago man suspected of stealing $837 in alcohol from suburban Mariano's
LOMBARD, Ill. - A Chicago man who allegedly fled from police after stealing more than $800 worth of alcohol from a suburban Mariano's grocery store on Wednesday has been charged with multiple felonies. Michael Howard, 43, appeared in court Thursday morning where a judge granted a request by the DuPage...
20 years for man who sped from Chicago police in a hijacked SUV, leading to a crash that killed a mother of six in Lakeview
CHICAGO — It’s been nearly four years since Marcel Oliver led Chicago police on a high-speed pursuit across the city that only ended after a CPD squad car rocketed through a red light at a busy Lakeview intersection and killed the driver of an oncoming car. On Thursday, Oliver pleaded guilty to two felonies in exchange for a 20-year prison sentence.
Man charged with robbing Uber driver last month is now accused of 2 carjackings, including one ending with a woman shot
CHICAGO — A DeKalb man arrested last month after covert Chicago police officers allegedly saw him and four other men carjack an Uber driver while armed with an AK-47 has even more trouble to deal with. Prosecutors now say Renard McGee, 18, was part of a crew that carjacked...
Chicago Grandma, 51, Admits to Strangling Pregnant Teen, Cutting Unborn Baby From Womb, Hiding Body in Trash
Clarisa Figueroa cut open Marlen Ochoa Lopez's womb, extracted the unborn child, put the dead mother's body in a trash bag, and then stashed the bag in a trash can by her garage, according to court documents.
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