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Month: August 2026
South Loop
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Magnificent Mile
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Near North
Man murdered pedestrian after minor traffic altercation near downtown nightclub, prosecutors say
A minor incident between a pedestrian and a driver that most people might have shrugged off as part of life in the big city instead turned into murder outside a Near North nightclub, prosecutors said this week as a judge detained the accused gunman, saying he had “demonstrated an utter lack of value for human life.”
Gold Coast
Gold Coast carjackers get 16 years after spree near Pritzker’s mansion
Two men with lengthy juvenile criminal records, including prior carjacking adjudications, were sentenced to 16 years in prison Thursday for a violent Gold Coast crime spree that saw them beat a woman, try to carjack a man outside Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s mansion, and finally steal a food delivery driver’s car at gunpoint.
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Citywide
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Edgewater
Citywide
Armed robbery crew fires shot at witness during hour-long spree, CPD reports say
A string of armed robberies and carjackings swept across Humboldt Park, West Garfield Park and nearby neighborhoods Wednesday morning, with at least seven incidents reported in roughly an hour. The similarities have detectives watching for signs that a new robbery crew may be emerging in an area that endured years of nearly nightly holdup sprees.
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