December 22, 2019 Chicago house party shooting leaves at least 13 wounded, officials say More than a dozen people were wounded in a shooting on Chicago's South Side early Sunday at a memorial for someone who died after being shot earlier this year, officials said.
December 19, 2019 Chicago gang members sentenced to decades in prison for killing 9-year-old son of rival gang member Two Chicago gang members were sentenced to decades in prison Wednesday for fatally shooting a 9-year-old boy — the son of an alleged rival gang member — after luring him into an alleyway in 2015.
December 10, 2019 Chicago cops reexamine mysterious death of eye doctor's first wife after he is charged with murdering girlfriend Charges brought against a Chicago eye doctor in the stabbing death of his girlfriend are prompting police to reexamine the mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of his first wife nearly nine years ago.
December 10, 2019 Chicago toddler unhurt as father and another man die in gunfire exchange A toddler saw his father and another man exchange gunfire on a Chicago street that left them both dead.
December 5, 2019 Fired Chicago police chief Eddie Johnson officially retires, removed from payroll The police superintendent fired by Chicago’s mayor this week for committing a “series of ethical lapses” related to an October incident in which he was found asleep in his car has now officially retired from the department – and is off its payroll.
December 4, 2019 Chicago Police employees allegedly helped Eddie Johnson cover up sleeping incident, report says Multiple employees in the Chicago Police Department are now being investigated alongside fired superintendent Eddie Johnson for allegedly helping him cover-up an Oct. 17 incident in which he was found asleep in his car, a report says.
December 1, 2019 Illinois girl, 14, tried to rob woman who shot her in chest, both charged, Chicago police say A teenage girl who was shot in the chest in a Chicago neighborhood Friday night is now facing an attempted robbery charge after officials said she tried to rob a woman she was meeting up with for a sale.
November 30, 2019 Chicago cop seen body-slamming suspect ‘relieved of police powers’ pending investigation A Chicago police officer seen on a video body-slamming a man to the street on Thanksgiving Day has been “relieved of police powers” pending the outcome of an investigation into the incident.
November 27, 2019 UIC student found strangled in car was killed because she ignored man's catcalls: prosecutors The University of Illinois at Chicago student who was found strangled in her car Saturday was murdered because she ignored her alleged killer's advances, according to prosecutors.
November 27, 2019 Chicago police praised for seizing more than 10,000 illegal guns despite lack of manpower This week the Chicago Police Department announced that it took more than 10,000 illegal guns off the streets in 2019 -- or one illegal gun seized about every 48 minutes. However, despite recent successful efforts, Chicago Fraternal Order of Police President Kevin Graham said Wednesday that the city still has a long road ahead of them.