February 2023 - Page 8 of 11

It’s ‘unclear’ if man fatally shot by Chicago police on Wednesday fired his weapon, COPA says

February 9, 2023 6:45 PM CWBChicago

The man fatally shot by Chicago police officers in Irving Park on Wednesday may not have fired his weapon at officers, the city’s police oversight agency, COPA, said in a statement Thursday afternoon.

Suspect in custody for fatal stabbing in Edgewater

February 9, 2023 4:32 PM CWBChicago

Chicago police arrested a woman who is suspected of stabbing a man to death in Edgewater on Wednesday night.

3 armed robberies reported in Lakeview, Uptown since Monday

February 9, 2023 4:05 PM CWBChicago

Chicago police are investigating three armed robberies reported in Lakeview and Uptown this week.

Gunman robbed a Lincoln Park man through his apartment window, police report says

February 9, 2023 3:26 PM CWBChicago

Chicago police are investigating after a Lincoln Park man reported that two men robbed him at gunpoint through his apartment window.

Boys, ages 15 and 16, had a rifle and a pistol on the Red Line downtown, Chicago police say

February 9, 2023 11:12 AM CWBChicago

Two juvenile boys, riding the Red Line in downtown Chicago at 1 a.m., were carrying a rifle and a pistol when Chicago police officers stopped them for smoking on a train car.

Man, 21, killed while intervening in a fight in Edgewater

February 9, 2023 8:50 AM CWBChicago

A 21-year-old man was fatally stabbed after he intervened in a knife attack in Edgewater on Wednesday night, Chicago police said. The offender remains at large.

Oh, Lord! Serial church burglar is charged with another break-in

February 9, 2023 1:13 AM CWBChicago

Prosecutors on Wednesday filed another burglary charge against Hannibal Kerry, the Chicago man who has already been charged with committing a series of similar crimes at churches and schools in Lincoln Park, Bucktown, and Logan Square.

Concealed carry holder detained a burglar at gunpoint in Wrigleyville, prosecutors say

February 9, 2023 12:38 AM CWBChicago

A Chicago man is facing burglary charges after a concealed carry holder caught him red-handed and held him at gunpoint until cops arrived, prosecutors said.

Target security detained man who mugged 81-year-old shopper in the Loop, prosecutors say

February 8, 2023 11:47 PM CWBChicago

Security guards are being credited with catching a man who mugged an 81-year-old victim inside a downtown Chicago store on Tuesday.

Man charged with shooting a woman on the Red Line

February 8, 2023 7:57 PM CWBChicago

Prosecutors have charged a man with shooting a 30-year-old woman on a Red Line train in the Loop last summer. A woman who allegedly encouraged him to shoot the victim was charged on Tuesday.

Former special forces soldier fights back after being slashed by a stranger near his Loop hotel

February 8, 2023 7:13 PM CWBChicago

A 60-year-old man from out of town was slashed by a knife-wielding man near his Loop hotel on Tuesday evening, according to a Chicago police report.

Charges filed in 100 mph Corvette race that killed a tourist near Midway Airport

February 8, 2023 5:38 PM CWBChicago

Prosecutors say two men raced Corvettes at up to 100 mph near Chicago’s Midway Airport in August, resulting in a crash that killed a female tourist who was walking back to her hotel after eating dinner.

Doctoral student who went missing in Lincoln Park accidentally drowned, medical examiner says

February 8, 2023 11:28 AM CWBChicago

Peter Salvino, the Northwestern University doctoral student found dead in Diversey Harbor after he went missing at Christmastime, accidentally drowned, according to new information from the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Month: February 2023