Month: August 2016

A Chicago police officer who intervened in a street fight at Belmont and Sheffield this morning was injured when one of the participants tried to take the cop’s handgun. The officer was injured as he tried to avoid being disarmed. The offender is in custody. This morning’s incident unfolded almost exactly 24 hours after two

Penny Gearhart (Facebook) CWB Chicago has confirmed the identity of the 57-year-old woman who was killed during a drive-by shooting in Uptown yesterday afternoon. Penny Gearhart, who lived in the 4500 block of N. Broadway, was an unintended victim of the shooter. A 58-year-old man was also shot in the leg. Last week, Streetwise published

In a year of soaring violent crime, our neighborhood has become the Oprah Winfrey of robberies. Five people were robbed in less than 45 minutes around our area early Wednesday, with two of the hold-ups happening within Wrigleyville and Boystown.  The spree comes on the heels of at least three muggings in Wrigleyville and Boystown

UPDATE: The homicide victim has been identified. She loved going to Lincoln Park Zoo with her grand kids. Story HERE. ————- Uptown logged its fourth homicide of the year when two people were shot in the 4500 block of N. Sheridan this afternoon. A 57-year-old woman was shot in the chest and later died at

A TV news camera is aimed at Monday’s shooting scene A 27-year-old man is in critical condition at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center after being shot in the neck behind the 1200 block of W. Belmont Monday evening. Police have yet to determine a motive in the shooting. A law enforcement source told CWB Chicago

Image: Connecting The Windy City A Lakeview man told police that his beagle-retriever mix was dognapped as he walked the pooch near Belmont and Lake Shore Drive early Thursday. No one is in custody and the dog, named Bailey, has not been found. A stranger snatched Bailey’s leash from the man’s hand as they walked

A woman reported being carjacked at gunpoint on a busy Lincoln Park street Sunday evening—and an off-duty cop says he saw the whole thing. Chicago police have recovered the woman’s vehicle, but the suspect remains at large. The woman and the off-duty officer said that a man approached the woman near Halsted and Wrightwood around

Chicago cops are on the lookout for a silver Suzuki SUV that investigators believe has been used in Lakeview robberies over the past week. Photo of vehicle believed to be connected to recent Lakeview robberies. A photo of the actual suspect vehicle has been provided to CWB Chicago by a law enforcement source who requested