October 2024 - CWB Chicago

Woman shot in Edgewater alley as shootings soar 300% this year

October 31, 2024 6:14 PM CWBChicago

A woman was shot in an Edgewater alley this afternoon, Ald. Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth (48th) said in an email. Shootings in the neighborhood are now up 300% compared to last year.

Terrorism, hate crime charges added in weekend shooting of Jewish man after cops crack suspect’s phone

October 31, 2024 5:03 PM Tim Hecke

Officials on Thursday announced the addition of hate crime and terrorism charges against the man accused of shooting a Jewish man in West Rogers Park over the weekend.

Hijacker took delivery driver on 40-minute horror ride, then crashed in a fiery explosion: prosecutors

October 31, 2024 4:19 PM CWBChicago

Prosecutors say a South Holland man carjacked and kidnapped a delivery driver, taking him on a 40-minute horror ride until they ultimately crashed and the hijacked vehicle burst into flames.

Alderman who vowed to stop talking about crime, reverses course as shootings soar 180%: ‘outraged and disheartened’

October 31, 2024 9:22 AM Tim Hecke

Just five months after announcing she would no longer talk about crime in her constituent newsletters because doing so is racist and fuels an “inaccurate public perception about crime rates,” Ald. Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth (48th) reversed course this morning.

Chain snatchings reported near Belmont Harbor, North Avenue Beach

October 31, 2024 4:47 AM CWBChicago

The city’s chain-snatching robbery problem appears to have migrated north, with two incidents reported along the lakefront this week: one near Belmont Harbor and another near North Avenue Beach.

Woman shot while driving in Irving Park

October 31, 2024 4:34 AM CWBChicago

Chicago police said the woman was driving in the 3400 block of West Irving Park Road when a man in another vehicle shot at her around 11:40 p.m.

Concealed carry holder charged with shooting outside Loyola Red Line station

October 30, 2024 7:02 PM CWBChicago

A judge on Wednesday detained a concealed carry holder after prosecutors accused the man of firing his gun during an argument, leaving two men injured outside the Loyola Red Line. But even in the court files, documents differ as to whether Tevon Jackson, 24, shot one man or two.

14 aldermen ‘cannot and will not’ vote for mayor’s budget without the return of ShotSpotter: letter

October 30, 2024 10:49 AM Tim Hecke

Fourteen Chicago aldermen have told Mayor Brandon Johnson that they “cannot and will not” vote for his 2025 budget if it does not include a renewal of the city’s ShotSpotter gunfire detection system. Of the seven demands listed in the group’s letter, four involve policing.

Charges filed in summertime shooting at Lyon’s Den hookah lounge

October 30, 2024 5:16 AM Tim Hecke

Prosecutors have charged a man with firing a gun into a West Town hookah lounge this summer, leading to the city’s summary closure of the business. Three people were shot during the incident at Lyon’s Den, 2123 West Division, early on July 19.

15 years for man who participated in group sexual assault of woman he met in River North bar

October 30, 2024 4:31 AM CWBChicago

A man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for being part of a group sexual assault of a woman he met at a River North bar.

Feds slap 3 men with carjacking charges. 2 face the possibility of life in prison.

October 29, 2024 7:11 PM CWBChicago

Federal prosecutors on Tuesday slapped three men with carjacking charges, saying they took a man’s car at gunpoint from a Far South Side gas station. Two of the men are accused of trying to carjack another driver but they couldn’t figure out how to operate the victim’s vehicle.

Man followed 80+ year old woman into Lakeview retirement home and sexually abused her, prosecutors allege

October 29, 2024 4:17 PM CWBChicago

Prosecutors have accused a man of sexually abusing a woman more than 80 years old after following her into a Lakeview retirement center.

Cops hunt crew responsible for 15 robberies and carjackings of pedestrians, couriers, and Uber drivers

October 29, 2024 7:38 AM CWBChicago

Cops are on the lookout for a group responsible for at least 15 robberies and carjackings in Auburn Gresham. The group seems willing to rob just about anyone, mugging people on the street, robbing delivery couriers, and carjacking Uber drivers in a small corner of the neighborhood.

Month: October 2024