November 2025 - Page 12 of 13

Two killed, 21 wounded in Halloween weekend shootings across Chicago.

November 3, 2025 10:03 AM CWBChicago

The Halloween weekend in Chicago ended with two people murdered and 21 others wounded by gunfire. Four people were shot early Sunday in Wrigleyville, the city’s first mass shooting in three weeks.

Convicted arsonist accused of setting CTA bus on fire while smoking crack

November 3, 2025 9:18 AM CWBChicago

A man who spent much of his adult life in prison for murder and arson is back in custody after prosecutors said he set another fire—this time while smoking crack cocaine on a CTA bus in Humboldt Park.

Man gets 11 years for robbing North Side bank at gunpoint, forcing customers to the floor

November 3, 2025 5:50 AM Tim Hecke

A Chicago man has been sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison for his role in a violent North Side bank robbery that unraveled when police followed a GPS tracker hidden inside the stolen cash.

48-year sentence for Lincoln Park rapist identified through Ring video

November 2, 2025 7:27 PM CWBChicago

A 33-year-old man has been sentenced to 48 years in prison for raping and robbing a woman who was visiting Lincoln Park in June 2023. Reggie Brown was identified through public tips after Chicago police released surveillance images of the assailant to the media.

Lime scooter data helped cops serial robber, prosecutors say

November 2, 2025 6:34 PM CWBChicago

A man accused of terrorizing residents on Chicago’s Far South Side with a string of armed robberies carried out on a Lime scooter was caught after investigators used the scooter’s GPS and crash data to track his movements, prosecutors say.

Counter-jumping thief stealing narcotics from North Side pharmacies

November 2, 2025 2:13 PM CWBChicago

Chicago police are warning North Side pharmacies to be on alert after a man repeatedly jumped pharmacy counters to steal bottles of narcotics, fleeing each time on a black electric scooter.

Facebook Marketplace robber get sent to prison — on his 24th birthday

November 2, 2025 10:53 AM Tim Hecke

Chicago police used a surveillance drone to catch a man setting up a fake Facebook Marketplace sale in West Garfield Park last summer. This week, that man, 24-year-old Davontae Harvey, began serving a seven-year prison sentence — on his birthday.

Mass shooter injures four on Clark Street in Wrigleyville

November 2, 2025 6:51 AM CWBChicago

Four people were wounded overnight in Lakeview when at least one gunman opened fire on Clark Street, just two blocks south of Wrigley Field. It was the first mass shooting reported in Lakeview since at least 2013, when CWBChicago began tracking such incidents.

$1,000 reward for thugs who carjacked man in front of a child on Halloween

November 1, 2025 7:42 PM Tim Hecke

Cook County Crime Stoppers is offering a $1,000 reward to help Chicago police catch the three men who pistol-whipped and robbed a father in front of a young child on Halloween afternoon in Bridgeport.

ICE called him a ‘suspected shooter’ in a Chicago mass murder — then quietly deported him

November 1, 2025 5:49 PM Tim Hecke

Federal agents once hailed Ricardo Granadillo Padilla’s arrest as a major break in a Chicago mass shooting that left three men dead and five others wounded in Gage Park. Homeland Security called him a “suspected shooter” tied to a Venezuelan gang. But no charges were ever filed and officials quietly deported him to Venezuela. The triple homicide remains unsolved.

Chicago woman charged with laundering large volumes of cash for Mexican drug cartels

November 1, 2025 5:01 PM CWBChicago

Federal officials have charged a Chicago woman with laundering large volumes of suspected narcotics proceeds after a months-long investigation linked her to cash exchanges tied to Mexican drug cartels and Chinese cryptocurrency networks, according to a recently unsealed federal complaint.

ICE detainees held in ‘inhumane’ conditions, denied access to lawyers: lawsuit

November 1, 2025 9:50 AM Capitol News Illinois

A lawsuit alleges the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility in the Chicago suburb of Broadview is a “black box” where detainees are denied access to counsel while held in squalid, overcrowded cells.

Man charged in 2024 Rogers Park slaying was detained minutes after shooting, but charges only being filed now

November 1, 2025 9:43 AM CWBChicago

A man who police say shot another man in a Rogers Park alley last year has finally been charged with murder, more than a year after Chicago police detained him just 30 minutes after the killing.

Month: November 2025