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Month: December 2021

West Town

Gunmen carjacked a Cook County Judge outside her home. She managed to get her 3-year-old out of the car before they drove away.

December 31, 2021 2:01 PM CWBChicago
Carjackers put a gun to the head of a Cook County Circuit Court judge outside her West Town home on Thursday night — but the judge was able to get her 3-year-old son out of the car before the hijackers drove away with her vehicle.

Citywide

Man fatally shot his own passenger while trying to shoot another driver, prosecutors say. And he was on felony bond when it happened.

December 31, 2021 2:45 AM CWBChicago
Quincy Cole shot and killed his back seat passenger while trying to shoot someone in another car, prosecutors said. Cole was on bond for arson at the time.

West Loop

West Loop valet robbery caught on video (that Porsche won’t be sitting there for long)

December 30, 2021 11:56 AM CWBChicago
Video cameras recorded the armed robbery of a West Loop restaurant’s valet attendant in which two men drove away with a pair of luxury automobiles Wednesday night.

CTA

Man on felony probation allegedly had a gun on the Sheridan Red Line platform. He’s only charged with a misdemeanor. Even the judge couldn’t believe it.

December 30, 2021 10:19 AM CWBChicago
Police arrested Isaiah Crawford after witnesses reported seeing a man with a gun on the Sheridan Red Line platform. He’s only charged with a misdemeanor.

Loop

Armed hijackings reported in Streeterville, South Loop, and West Town on Wednesday evening

December 30, 2021 1:13 AM CWBChicago
Armed hijackers targeted a family in Streeterville, a Grubhub driver in West Town, and a woman who was leaving work in the Loop on Wednesday evening, according to separate CPD reports.

West Loop

Armed men take 2 luxury cars from West Loop restaurant valet

December 30, 2021 12:40 AM CWBChicago
Two armed men stole two luxury cars from a popular West Loop restaurant’s valet service on Wednesday evening. It’s at least the third time this month that restaurant valet stands have been targeted in the neighborhood.

Boystown

Group of teens beat and rob a woman near Lakeview alderman’s office; same group tried to rob 2 other women on Red Line

December 30, 2021 12:20 AM CWBChicago
A group of about eight teens beat and robbed a woman just a few steps from Lakeview Ald. Tom Tunney’s office Wednesday evening.

Boystown

Boystown robbery victims were shot by hold-up crew that has been working the North Side for weeks, CPD confirms

December 29, 2021 8:39 PM CWBChicago
Chicago police tonight confirmed that the armed robbery crew that shot two men during separate hold-ups in Boystown late Tuesday and early Wednesday is part of the same group that committed dozens of crimes across Lakeview and Lincoln Park.

Rogers Park

3-time gun offender is charged with Rogers Park murder that went viral

December 29, 2021 7:35 PM CWBChicago
A three-time convicted gun offender was charged Wednesday with shooting an acquaintance in the back of his head at point-blank range in Rogers Park last year — a murder that spread widely as a viral video.

Bucktown

Tourists are robbed and hijacked at River North gas station — while CPD practices anti-looting drill downtown

December 29, 2021 12:44 PM CWBChicago
Two tourists were robbed and carjacked at gunpoint as they filled their vehicle with gas at a River North service station just minutes after Chicago police swarmed the downtown area in an anti-looting practice drill.

Boystown

After 2 are shot in separate Boystown robberies, investigators worry armed hold-up crews have “mutated, become worse”

December 29, 2021 5:30 AM CWBChicago
An armed robbery crew shot two men during separate hold-ups in Boystown overnight, igniting fears that robbery teams that hunted the area for weeks have returned and become even more violent.

Lincoln Park

See a robbery happening? This alderman wants you to run toward the offenders while blowing a whistle.

December 29, 2021 3:45 AM CWBChicago
Lincoln Park Alderman Michele Smith is encouraging residents to run toward robberies in progress while blowing a whistle.

Boystown

Breaking: Armed robbers shoot 2 victims 90 minutes apart in Boystown

December 29, 2021 2:02 AM CWBChicago
Armed men shot two people in Boystown during separate robberies last Tuesday and early Wednesday, according to initial information from Chicago police.

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