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Month: May 2022

Edgewater

Woman found murdered in Edgewater apartment building

May 2, 2022 7:13 PM CWBChicago
Police are investigating after a woman was found fatally shot in the hallway of an Edgewater apartment building on Monday afternoon.

Streeterville

Carjacker arrested after sending Northwestern’s Chicago campus into brief lockdown

May 2, 2022 4:14 PM CWBChicago
An armed carjacking on the North Side ended with an arrest in Streeterville on Monday afternoon — but not until Northwestern University briefly put one of its buildings on lockdown.

Streeterville

18-year-old died in a shootout with men who snuck into Streeterville hotel, police say

May 2, 2022 2:33 PM CWBChicago
Chicago police have released new details about a shooting that left a man dead inside a Streeterville hotel Sunday.

Loop

Victims of Loop double-shooting were not the intended targets, Chicago police say

May 2, 2022 2:00 PM CWBChicago
The two men who were shot in an alley near the Chicago Theatre on Sunday evening were not the intended targets of the gunfire, Chicago police said Monday afternoon.

CTA

Boy, 17, charged with committing 3 armed robberies on CTA train lines

May 2, 2022 12:47 PM CWBChicago
Prosecutors have charged 17-year-old with committing three armed robberies on CTA trains and platforms.

Gold Coast

Gold Coast ‘home invasion victim’ actually shot himself, police believe: sources

May 2, 2022 12:27 PM CWBChicago
Police now believe that a man who said home invaders shot him inside his Gold Coast apartment Friday morning actually shot himself, according to sources familiar with the investigation.

CTA

For his 76th arrest, he’s charged with trying to sexually assault a disabled woman in an elevator at the Roosevelt Red Line station

May 2, 2022 8:03 AM CWBChicago
A man who has been arrested 76 times since 2014 tried to sexually assault a disabled woman inside an elevator at the Roosevelt CTA station in March, prosecutors said Sunday

Rogers Park

Woman shot on Rogers Park sidewalk

May 2, 2022 6:55 AM CWBChicago
A 32-year-old woman is in serious condition after someone shot her on a Rogers Park sidewalk overnight.

Citywide

Cops found 6 pounds of fentanyl — equal to 1.5 million fatal doses — in man’s car, prosecutors say

May 1, 2022 9:45 PM CWBChicago
A Chicago man had more than six pounds of fentanyl — equal to about 1.5 million fatal doses — and a gun in the trunk of a car this week, prosecutors said.

Loop

Gunman shoots 2 in the Loop on Sunday afternoon; 5 people have been shot downtown this weekend, 2 fatally

May 1, 2022 7:36 PM CWBChicago
Police are investigating after a gunman shot two victims in the Loop on Sunday afternoon. They are the fourth and fifth persons shot downtown this weekend.

Loop

Loop drag racers drive donuts around spectators surrounded by ring of fire on Wacker Drive: video

May 1, 2022 9:59 AM CWBChicago
Drag racers surrounded a crowd of spectators with burning gasoline before a driver spun donuts around them in the Loop on Sunday morning.

CTA

Man stabbed during altercation on Blue Line train near Damen

May 1, 2022 8:25 AM CWBChicago
Police are investigating after a 39-year-old man was stabbed on a Blue Line train near the Damen station in Wicker Park on Saturday evening. He told police he was riding an inbound train when the offender stabbed him with a knife after a verbal altercation around 10:45 p.m., CPD said. According to the victim, the
South Loop

Carjackers exchange gunfire with concealed carry holder in South Loop; victim suffers graze wound

May 1, 2022 7:00 AM CWBChicago
A concealed carry holder suffered a gunshot wound to his foot during an exchange of gunfire with a carjacker in the South Loop overnight, according to a CPD report.

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