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Month: May 2022

Loop

Millennium Park guard shoots man in exchange of gunfire near newly-installed security checkpoint

May 21, 2022 5:18 AM CWBChicago
An off-duty Cook County sheriff’s officer shot a man who fired a gun at him after refusing to be wanded at a Millennium Park security checkpoint on Friday evening, Chicago police said.

Near North

Aldermen speak out as mass shooting victims are identified, video emerges

May 20, 2022 7:12 PM CWBChicago
Authorities have identified the two men killed in a mass shooting near the Chicago Red Line station on Thursday evening. Meanwhile, two local aldermen railed against downtown’s continuing violent crime problem as a low-quality video of the shooting emerged online.

Near North

Top cop offers explanation of mass shooting near Mag Mile — but CPD radio transmissions offer a different tale (audio)

May 20, 2022 1:06 PM CWBChicago
Chicago Police Supt. David Brown gave the city’s first official version of Thursday night’s mass shooting near the intersection of Chicago and State. But may of Brown’s talking points don’t align with the local police district’s radio transmissions.

CTA

Cops seek 3 men who attacked, robbed 63-year-old man at Loop Brown Line station

May 20, 2022 11:02 AM CWBChicago
Police are looking for looking for three offenders who battered and robbed a 63-year-old man at the Washington-Wells Brown Line station on Thursday morning.

Citywide

Crime reports are at new highs while police staffing is at 5-year-lows across Chicago’s downtown and North Side: data

May 20, 2022 10:16 AM CWBChicago
Across Chicago’s downtown and North Side, every police district’s staffing levels are at 5-year lows while major crime reports are setting new highs. Here’s what the numbers show.

Near North

New: Mass shooting near the Magnificent Mile followed reports of teens fighting, another shooting nearby

May 20, 2022 8:28 AM CWBChicago
A mass shooting that left at least 2 dead and 8 injured near the Chicago Red Line station on Thursday evening unfolded less than an hour after a series of disturbances involving groups of people in the area.

Near North

Chaotic shooting leaves at least 2 dead, 8 more injured on Near North Side

May 20, 2022 5:38 AM CWBChicago
Ten people were shot, two fatally, near the Chicago-State Red Line station and the nearby neighborhood on Thursday night. In a media statement, police said one person is in custody. The number of people injured and their conditions may change. Police are still unwinding what happened.

Citywide

#18: Man escaped from electronic monitoring and ran over a cop in a stolen car while fleeing a murder scene, prosecutors say

May 19, 2022 2:51 PM CWBChicago
Antonio Gonzalez ran over a Chicago cop who was trying to take him into custody for questioning regarding a murder, prosecutors said. It happened Monday, three weeks after he cut off his electronic monitoring bracelet and went missing in a pending felony case.

Loop

Woman’s face slashed, arms broken with bat at West Loop bus stop

May 19, 2022 11:34 AM CWBChicago
A man beat a woman with a baseball bat and slashed her face, possibly with a box cutter, as she sat on a CTA bus stop bench in the West Loop early Wednesday. A witness said the woman appeared to be homeless.

Citywide

20-time felon is now a 30-time felon after pleading guilty to 10 North Side scooter thefts

May 19, 2022 8:12 AM CWBChicago
Twenty-time convicted felon Randall Brown became thirty-time convicted felon Randall Brown last week when he pleaded guilty to stealing ten Moped-style scooters from parking spots across the North Side during the summer of 2020.

Loop

Charges filed against a man who allegedly displayed a gun while running with a shooting victim during Saturday’s ‘large group’ incident

May 19, 2022 7:17 AM CWBChicago
Willie Johnson is facing felony gun charges for allegedly displaying a firearm while running with a man who had been shot during last weekend’s “large group” incident in the Loop.

Citywide

High school student circumvented metal detectors to bring gun into class Tuesday, prosecutors say

May 19, 2022 6:26 AM CWBChicago
A CPS high school student, on bond for a felony gun case, allegedly circumvented security checkpoints to bring a gun into clase Tuesday.

CTA

Cops looking for man who robbed woman at Clark-Lake Blue Line

May 18, 2022 8:20 PM CWBChicago
Chicago police are asking for help as they try to locate the man who robbed a woman at the Clark-Lake Blue Line station Sunday morning.

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October 13, 2026 7:54 AM

15-year-old charged after group robs 3 men at gunpoint in Loop

October 13, 2026 7:04 AM

2 hospitalized, suspect detained after stabbing inside North Side business, police say

October 13, 2026 6:42 AM

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October 13, 2026 5:19 AM

Teen shot, paralyzed pregnant classmate while on pretrial release for carjacking case, prosecutors say

October 12, 2026 10:39 AM

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