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Bystanders apprehended killer who fatally stabbed woman outside CTA station: prosecutors

May 5, 2025 12:07 PM CWBChicago

Witnesses to a fatal stabbing outside the Central Green Line station stepped in and detained the killer until police arrived, officials said.

Officers fatally shot man who advanced toward them with a knife, CPD says

May 5, 2025 10:19 AM CWBChicago

Chicago police officers shot and killed a man who moved toward them with a knife after their Tasers failed to stop his advance, CPD said Monday morning.

65-year-old man found shot on West Side street, but nobody called 911 to report gunfire

May 5, 2025 8:52 AM Tim Hecke

A 65-year-old man found yelling and waving his hand for help on a West Side street overnight was suffering from a gunshot wound, police discovered. Exactly when the man was shot as he walked near Hamlin and Independence is unclear because nobody called 911 to report gunfire, and Mayor Brandon Johnson disconnected the city’s ShotSpotter network, which used to monitor the area, in September.

Cops had serial rapist under surveillance when he attacked latest victim, prosecutors say

May 5, 2025 8:25 AM Tim Hecke

Prosecutors have revealed new details about the man charged with raping two women and committing residential burglaries on the North Side in recent months, including the fact that Chicago police officers had the accused man under surveillance when he committed the most recent sexual assault.

21-time convicted felon shot man during robbery attempt outside Maxwell Polish, prosecutors say

May 4, 2025 7:18 PM Tim Hecke

A man with 21 felony convictions, including 10 for armed robbery, is now charged with attempted murder for allegedly shooting a man in a robbery attempt outside a Maxwell Polish stand. Tommie Johnson, 54, is also accused of committing another armed robbery and threatening to shoot a woman in the days since the April 9 shooting outside Maxwell’s 3801 West Harrison location.

Expressway killer tried to sell gun after slaying beloved postal worker: proscutors

May 4, 2025 6:02 PM Tim Hecke

One day after he shot and killed a beloved father and veteran postal worker on the Stevenson Expressway near downtown Chicago, Angel Reyes tried to sell the murder weapon, prosecutors said.

Man charged with sexually assaulting two women at knifepoint on the North Side, one in December, another this week

May 4, 2025 12:31 PM Tim Hecke

A Rogers Park man is charged with sexually assaulting two women at knifepoint on the North Side — one this week and another on the day after Christmas, Chicago police said. He is also being eyed in other sexual assault cases in the area that CPD has publicly linked to a single crime pattern.

Woman charged with Logan Square armed robbery while on pretrial release for allegedly running over bicyclist on Lakefront Trail

May 4, 2025 12:11 PM Tim Hecke

A woman on pretrial release for allegedly trying to run over a bicyclist on the Lakefront Trail is now accused of robbing a man at gunpoint in Logan Square on Tuesday. Cops arrested her after she tried to speed away in a car that may have been used in a murder the same morning, a CPD report said.

Getaway driver gets 20 years for botched gang shooting that left 8-year-old girl dead

May 4, 2025 10:57 AM Tim Hecke

The getaway driver who whisked the gunman away from a botched gang shooting that left an 8-year-old girl dead as she held her mother’s hand in Little Village is being sent to prison for 20 years.

Manner of death for woman found dead at bottom of South Loop high-rise stairwell is ‘undetermined,’ medical examiner says

May 4, 2025 6:54 AM Tim Hecke

The mysterious case of a woman who was found dead at the bottom of a South Loop condo building stairwell will likely remain a mystery for the foreseeable future.

Month: May 2025

Bystanders apprehended killer who fatally stabbed woman outside CTA station: prosecutors

Officers fatally shot man who advanced toward them with a knife, CPD says

65-year-old man found shot on West Side street, but nobody called 911 to report gunfire

Cops had serial rapist under surveillance when he attacked latest victim, prosecutors say

21-time convicted felon shot man during robbery attempt outside Maxwell Polish, prosecutors say

Expressway killer tried to sell gun after slaying beloved postal worker: proscutors

Man charged with sexually assaulting two women at knifepoint on the North Side, one in December, another this week

Woman charged with Logan Square armed robbery while on pretrial release for allegedly running over bicyclist on Lakefront Trail

Getaway driver gets 20 years for botched gang shooting that left 8-year-old girl dead

Manner of death for woman found dead at bottom of South Loop high-rise stairwell is ‘undetermined,’ medical examiner says

2 robbed at gunpoint while sitting in a car in Wicker Park

Armed robbery team robbed armored car outside suburban bank, FBI says

Man charged with shooting Roscoe Village resident

Man murdered girlfriend hours after she filed domestic battery report with police, prosecutors say

Woman left drugs near toddler who died of overdose in East Garfield Park, prosecutors say

Police warn of 19 auto thefts across Fulton Market, West Town

Suburban lab executive faked 380,000 COVID tests in $66 million fraud, feds say

He pleaded guilty to an attempted murder he didn’t commit. But an Illinois court refuses to give him a certificate of innocence