March 2025 - Page 4 of 11

27 years for gangbanger who killed 8-year-old girl holding mom’s hand

March 23, 2025 11:37 AM Tim Hecke

A Latin King gang member has been sentenced to 27 years in prison for killing an 8-year-old girl with a bullet intended for rival gangbangers.

$10K reward offered after girl is found beaten, stabbed to death in West Side park

March 23, 2025 6:41 AM Tim Hecke

CHICAGO — A $10,000 cash reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest or indictment of anyone responsible for killing a 16-year-old girl who was found on a West Side playground this week. A passerby found Kaylah Love’s body near the playground at Horan Park, 3035 West Van Buren, around 4:50 p.m. Monday. The

Chicago reigns as USA ‘homicide capital’ for 13th straight year

March 23, 2025 4:14 AM The Center Square

For the 13th consecutive year, the city of Chicago once again reigned as the nation’s homicide capital in 2024 with 573 murders.

Man fatally stabbed neighbor in the middle of North Side street: prosecutors

March 22, 2025 7:24 PM CWBChicago

An Albany Park man is charged with murder, accused of becoming enraged at a neighbor he did not know and then stabbing the victim in the middle of the street where they live.

Murder on 69th Street Red Line platform was domestic-related, prosecutors say

March 22, 2025 1:28 PM CWBChicago

The fatal shooting of a woman on the 69th Street Red Line platform this weekend was part of a domestic altercation that started as an argument and grew increasingly violent, prosecutors said Friday.

Shootout in North Side apartment leaves man dead

March 22, 2025 8:27 AM CWBChicago

Police say a man was shot and killed during a shootout in a North Side apartment overnight. Investigators are looking for two suspects who fled the area in a vehicle.

20 years for man who beat acquaintance to death with a pipe in NW Side drug house

March 21, 2025 4:39 PM CWBChicago

A judge this week sentenced a man to 20 years in prison for beating an acquaintance to death with a pipe inside a Northwest Side home where they sometimes went to do drugs. Lukasz Wiercioch

High-ranking Venezuelan gang member killed 2 women, injured a 3rd in Chicago alley: feds

March 21, 2025 4:12 PM Tim Hecke

Federal agents in Georgia have arrested a high-ranking Venezuelan street gang member to face charges in the brutal triple shooting that left two women dead and a third badly injured in the South Shore neighborhood in January.

Guitar-carrying arsonist set several fires in Edgewater, CPD says (video)

March 21, 2025 3:52 PM CWBChicago

A guitar-toting firebug set at least three arson fires on the North Side and Chicago police are hoping someone will recognize him. The fires were all set in the early morning hours of November 24, 2024, but police are only now releasing surveillance video and details about the crimes.

Another shooting victim is found badly injured near a West Side park previously monitored by ShotSpotter

March 21, 2025 8:37 AM Tim Hecke

For the second time this week, a shooting victim was found outdoors in the West Side ward represented by Ald. Monique Scott (24th). And, like the first victim, nobody called 911 to report the gunfire that injured her. Instead, she received help from a passerby who found her near the basketball courts at Park 500.

Murder charges filed in CTA shooting, Avondale stabbing

March 21, 2025 7:09 AM CWBChicago

Prosecutors have filed charges in two unrelated murders that occurred on opposite sides of the city Tuesday night. Both of the accused are scheduled to appear for detention hearings later today at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse.

Stunt drivers, spectators, and a ring of fire are interrupted by cops with tire deflation devices in Lincoln Park (video)

March 21, 2025 4:07 AM Tim Hecke

Street takeovers by stunt drivers and spectators who take over intersections have been causing headaches across Chicago for several years. While entire social media pages are dedicated to sharing videos of the events, it’s rare to see footage of Chicago police aggressively addressing a takeover.

Parolee who stabbed North Avenue beachgoer in 2017 is now charged with stabbing a motorist in Des Plaines

March 20, 2025 6:15 PM Tim Hecke

A man who received a 6-year attempted murder sentence for stabbing a man nine times during an argument at North Avenue Beach in 2017 is back in custody. Prosecutors say Pablo Sosa stabbed another man during an argument in the suburbs late last year.

Month: March 2025