October 2021

Bucktown dad is carjacked at gunpoint while loading child into the family car — and it’s all on video

October 31, 2021 5:16 PM Tim Hecke

An armed carjacker took a Bucktown man’s SUV at gunpoint as the victim loaded his young child into the family car on Halloween morning — and it was all captured on video.

Felony charges filed against CPD sergeant who allegedly shot at juveniles who stole her SUV

October 31, 2021 1:49 PM Tim Hecke

A veteran Chicago police officer is charged with felony reckless discharge of a firearm after she allegedly opened fire on juveniles who stole her SUV while she was loading it with groceries outside an Evergreen Park store on Saturday evening.

Lakeview carjacking victim speaks out as more hijackings are reported Saturday: ‘You can do everything right and it is still a problem’

October 31, 2021 8:41 AM Tim Hecke

At least four more carjackings were reported Saturday as a woman targeted during a hijacking in Lakeview speaks out.

Shootings leave man dead in West Town, another wounded in West Loop overnight

October 31, 2021 7:18 AM Tim Hecke

Police are investigating separate shootings that left a man dead in West Town and another man injured in the West Loop overnight.

Man who exposed himself near Old Town school is arrested after robbing CTA passenger of a phone so he can watch porn, prosecutors say

October 30, 2021 6:58 PM Tim Hecke

The man who was seen pleasuring himself while watching children arrive for class at an Old Town elementary school Wednesday was arrested two days later after he robbed a Red Line passenger of a phone so he could watch porn, prosecutors said Saturday.

2 men OK after someone shot at them inside Wrigleyville parking garage

October 30, 2021 2:17 PM Tim Hecke

Two men escaped injury after someone shot at them inside a Wrigleyville parking garage Saturday morning, police said.

Gunman kills 2 following party in Avondale

October 30, 2021 2:38 AM Tim Hecke

Two men were fatally shot after attending a party in Avondale early Saturday. The gunman remains at large.

Volkswagen linked to a series of robberies in Wicker Park and Bucktown slams into a cop car on the North Side

October 30, 2021 1:06 AM Tim Hecke

A stolen Volkswagen Jetta that has been used in a series of robberies across Bucktown, Wicker Park, and other parts of West Town was found abandoned in Ravenswood.

Man carjacked, woman robbed moments apart in Lakeview

October 30, 2021 12:30 AM Tim Hecke

Armed carjackers took a man’s car in Lakeview on Friday evening just moments after they robbed a woman nearby.

Video shows bicyclist attacked, then saved by helmet when a Jeep runs over his head in Edgewater

October 29, 2021 12:23 PM Tim Hecke

An Edgewater bicyclist was knocked unconscious by a car passenger, then survived having his head run over by another car because he was wearing his helmet, police say.

Fight between Venezuelan, Afghan high schoolers was the result of ‘cultural differences,’ not a hate crime, alderwoman claims

October 1, 2023 10:06 PM

Venezuelan students attacked with a baseball bat were involved in “cultural differences” with Afghan students, Rogers Park alderwoman says.

Bad luck: Man shot in Humboldt Park faces felony charge after Chicago cops allegedly found a gun under his body

October 1, 2023 4:14 PM

A Humboldt Park man faces a felony charge after Chicago cops who found him shot allegedly discovered a handgun under his body.

Car burglar arrested in Lincoln Park after cops mistook altercation for a robbery: CPD

October 1, 2023 3:19 PM

When neighbors and Chicago cops saw a masked man and a group of people having an altercation in Lincoln Park early Saturday morning, everyone thought a robbery was in progress.