September 2022

Cops seek suspects in connection with shooting on Red Line train in the Loop

September 2, 2022 12:05 PM CWBChicago

Chicago police detectives have released CTA surveillance images of suspects who are being sought in connection with a shooting on a Red Line train in the Loop last weekend.

Shots fired in Boystown and near Lakeview High School overnight

September 2, 2022 8:07 AM CWBChicago

Police are investigating two confirmed “shots fired” incidents in Lakeview overnight, including one that sent a bullet flying through the window of a Boystown bar after closing time.

5-year-old shot in Rogers Park on Sunday has died, family says

September 2, 2022 6:50 AM CWBChicago

The 5-year-old boy shot in Rogers Park on Sunday evening has died, according to his family.

In secretive juvenile courtrooms, violent crime victims may wonder if anyone is on their side

September 1, 2022 7:27 PM CWBChicago

For victims of violent crimes in Chicago, the fight for justice doesn’t end when police make an arrest. Some victims, particularly those facing their attackers in Cook County’s secretive juvenile courts, may wonder who is looking out for them.

#32: Killer shot motorcyclist 16 times while awaiting trial for a felony gun case, prosecutors say

September 1, 2022 2:58 PM CWBChicago

Prosecutors said Thursday that an 18-year-old Chicago man who has two pending juvenile cases shot a motorcyclist at least 16 times on Memorial Day, causing the victim to crash into a porch and die.

Lakeview woman uncovers a trove of information about an armed robbery team that prowled the North Side for months

September 1, 2022 5:32 AM CWBChicago

Six months before prosecutors charged Tyshon Brownlee with robbing, shooting, and trying to kill Dakotah Earley on a Lincoln Park street in May, Chicago police already had evidence that someone named Tyshon Brownlee was linked to a crew of robbers that was carrying out nighttime armed robbery sprees on the North Side.

Man robbed Loop hotel one day after they fired him: prosecutors say

June 8, 2023 4:38 AM

Prosecutors say a Chicago man robbed the JW Marriott Hotel one day after the company fired him.

#12: Man shot at, tried to kill Chicago cops while on parole and felony bail, prosecutors say

June 8, 2023 4:02 AM

On parole for two felony gun cases, on bond for allegedly possessing a stolen motor vehicle, and with a fresh gunshot wound in one arm, Earnest Lockett opened fire on a marked Chicago police squad car this week, prosecutors said.

6 weeks after hit-and-run driver killed a construction worker on Lake Shore Drive, friends are raising money, cops investigating

June 7, 2023 6:26 PM

Friends are trying to raise money for Kenny Hernandez, the road construction worker who was killed by a hit-and-run driver on Lake Shore Drive in April.