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Month: April 2024

Citywide

Cops looking for man who may have information about the murder of Chicago police officer Luis Huesca

April 22, 2024 9:58 AM CWBChicago
Detectives have distributed surveillance images to Chicago police officers citywide of a man they want to speak with in connection with the murder of CPD Officer Luis Huesca as he returned home from work on Sunday morning.

Citywide

Man flagged down Chicago cops to tell them he had a gun — just 47 hours after being arrested with another gun: prosecutors

April 22, 2024 9:41 AM CWBChicago
A Chicago man has been detained as a public safety threat after he flagged down Chicago police officers to tell them he had a gun less than 24 hours after a judge released him for allegedly possessing another firearm.

Ravenswood

Woman mugged while walking in Ravenswood

April 22, 2024 8:56 AM CWBChicago
A woman was robbed at gunpoint while walking with two children in Ravenswood on Sunday evening. The holdup occurred one night after a couple, including a pregnant woman, were physically attacked in the neighborhood during a possible robbery.

Citywide

Police oversight chief to discuss ‘professionalism’ with feuding top cop, COPA boss

April 22, 2024 1:10 AM CWBChicago
Following days of public sniping and sassing in the wake of the Dexter Reed video release, Chicago’s top cop and the head of the agency that investigates CPD shootings are being given a timeout.

Citywide

Murder of off-duty Chicago police officer stirs memories of a similar crime last year

April 22, 2024 12:12 AM CWBChicago
Federal authorities are lending a hand as Chicago police detectives hunt down the people responsible for murdering off-duty CPD officer Luis Huesca as he arrived home from work early Sunday.

Bucktown

Man sexually attacked woman as she walked with baby stroller in Bucktown, prosecutors say

April 21, 2024 8:27 PM CWBChicago
A Chicago man who was arrested for indecent exposure on the Blue Line last month and then released from the station to await trial is now jailed after he allegedly sexually abused a woman as she walked with a baby stroller in Bucktown.

Chinatown

Man participated in expressway shooting while wearing an ankle monitor for a gun case: prosecutors

April 21, 2024 9:00 AM CWBChicago
A second man has been charged in connection with a 2022 expressway shooting near Chinatown and, like the first man, he was on pretrial release at the time of the crime. In fact, prosecutors say, he was on electronic monitoring.

Ravenswood

Attackers fire shot, assault man and pregnant woman in Ravenswood

April 21, 2024 8:02 AM CWBChicago
A group of men fired a gun and physically attacked a man and a pregnant woman in Ravenswood on Saturday night. Both victims were injured in the attack, but no gunshot injuries were reported, according to Chicago police.

Citywide

Man tried to carjack driver less than a month after getting pretrial release for possessing stolen Range Rover: prosecutors

April 21, 2024 7:07 AM CWBChicago
A Chicago man is charged with punching and trying to carjack a driver less than a month after being put on pretrial release for allegedly possessing a stolen Range Rover.

Citywide

Off-duty Chicago police officer shot, killed in Gage Park (updated)

April 21, 2024 5:52 AM CWBChicago
An off-duty Chicago police officer was shot and killed near his home in the Gage Park neighborhood early Sunday morning. Exactly what happened is still under investigation as CPD leaders prepare to speak to the media later this morning.

Citywide

Man sexually assaulted teen at 31st Street Beach: prosecutors

April 20, 2024 12:35 PM CWBChicago
Prosecutors have charged a 31-year-old Chicago man with sexually assaulting a teenage girl after meeting her at 31st Street Beach and offering her a ride home.

Loop

Murder charges filed in connection with 2022 shooting that killed 2, injured 1 in downtown Chicago

April 20, 2024 8:01 AM Tim Hecke
A man has been charged with murdering another man in a parking lot in downtown Chicago during the summer of 2022 Two other people were shot, one fatally, in the summertime shoot-out, which was caught on video.

River North

4 arrested after cops witness carjacking in River North, chase suspects to West Side

April 20, 2024 6:45 AM CWBChicago
Four suspects are in custody after Chicago police officers saw them carjack a man in River North, and then engaged the hijackers in a pursuit that ultimately ended with their arrests.

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