CRIME & SAFETY
“Swatting” At Yorktown Mall Over The Weekend
Lombard police are investigating a “swatting” at Yorktown Center mall. Officers responded Saturday to reports of an armed person at the shopping center. However, it was later determined the report was likely a case of “swatting,” which is the act of deceiving an emergency service into sending a police or emergency service response team to a certain address.
Gunman kills driver at street ‘takeover’ as video cameras roll
CHICAGO — A man was shot and killed during a “street takeover” in Gage Park overnight. No arrests have been made. Videos posted to social media by Chicago Critter show much of what happened. One clip in the montage shows a man in a gray hoodie sitting...
Police: West Side Cinco de Mayo parade on Cermak canceled due to gang violence; alderman says parade went on
CHICAGO — Sunday’s Cinco de Mayo celebrations on the city’s West Side were interrupted by gang violence in the area near the parade route. According to organizers, the parade was set to step off at noon Sunday near Cermak Road and Damen Avenue in Heart of Chicago, traveling along Cermak Rd. until it reached Marshall […]
Man shot in face, woman shot in back while getting into car on West Side
CHICAGO - Two people were shot, and a third person was grazed by a bullet in Chicago's Austin neighborhood Sunday morning. At about 4:12 a.m., a 25-year-old woman and a 36-year-old man were getting into a vehicle in the 1600 block of North Cicero when they were both shot by an unidentified male offender.
Former security guard Gregory Livingston found guilty of murdering man at Kroger gas station over loud music
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Former security guard Gregory Livingston, 57, has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the 2021 shooting death of a Chicago man at a Kroger gas station. Prosecutors say Livingston was employed by third-party security company Allied Universal when he shot and killed 48-year-old Alvin Motley...
Father accused of killing 19-year-old son inside suburban forest preserve
PLAINFIELD, Ill. — A father was charged with first-degree murder after allegedly shooting his 19-year-old son to death inside a suburban forest preserve. Authorities received a 911 call at approximately 7:50 p.m. Monday regarding shots fired at the Lake Renwick Preserve in Plainfield. Will County deputies arrived at the scene and discovered a 19-year-old man […]
Busted with 44 pounds of cocaine at Midway Airport, men are sentenced to 12 years each
CHICAGO — Two men who were allegedly caught carrying 44 pounds of cocaine in their luggage at Midway Airport have each been sentenced to 12 years in prison. Neither man has any criminal background, according to Cook County prosecutors. Robert Lewis, 25, and Jamire Hollingshed, 27, each pleaded guilty...
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