Month: September 2016

A 29-year-old man was shot in his right shoulder as he walked on an Uptown street this afternoon. He is listed in good condition at Illinois Masonic Medical Center. He is the 28th person to be shot in Uptown this year. Witnesses reported hearing five or six shots ring out in the 4500 block of

A Lakeview man who stepped into his backyard for a “smoke” was robbed by four men overnight, police said. The victim told police that he was in his yard in the 3200 block of N. Clifton around 3:00AM when four or five men robbed him. He said he was “choked out” by one offender while

Thompson (L) and Washington. (Cook Co. Sheriff”s Office) Two men are facing robbery charges after a 23-year-old woman was beaten and robbed in Boystown this week. 26-year-old Steven L. Thompson of Joliet is charged with one felony count of robbery in connection with the incident, which was reported at 11:55PM Tuesday in the 800 block

A quick police response resulted in two robbery suspects being captured just two blocks from the scene of the crime in Boystown late Tuesday night. The Hoff Two men are now facing robbery and weapons charges. The two robbers attacked a woman in the 800 block of West Buckingham at 11:55PM and then fled toward

He shot himself in the ass. That’s the latest word on the 22-year-old Logan Square man who told police that he was shot in the 1000 block of West Belmont early yesterday morning. He is the 29th person to accidentally shoot themselves in Chicago this year, according to the expert trackers at HeyJackass.com 44th Ward

Police images of a man wanted in connection with the violent robbery of a cab driver in Lincoln Park. Chicago police this morning issued an alert seeking the public’s help in identifying a man who allegedly robbed a cab driver in Lincoln Park last month. And CWB Chicago has learned through a source that the

To the ever-growing list of things that crime-ripped Chicagoans “should not do alone,” city officials can now add these activities: Sitting on your front porch and driving. Armed robbers targeted women in two Lincoln Park attacks yesterday evening. No one is in custody. The most recent victim told police that a gunman approached her car

UPDATE SEPTEMBER 14, 2016: Investigators believe the man actually shot himself in the butt. ——————– Another day, another person’s shot in Lakeview. Detectives are investigating after a 22-year-old Logan Square man was reportedly shot in front of 1000 Liquors, 1000 West Belmont, around 4:30 this morning. He is the 11th Lakeview shooting victim this year,

The victim was beaten and robbed here, in the 700 block of W. Brompton around 1:40 this morning. (Google) A visitor from San Francisco was severely beaten during a robbery in Boystown this morning. According to a witness, the 20-something victim was walking in the 700 block of W. Brompton when the offender attacked him