Humboldt Park

A man accused of trying to abduct a random 13-year-old boy from a Humboldt Park street last year, just one week after being placed on electronic monitoring for allegedly selling drugs about a block away, has been sentenced to six years in prison.

Chicago police have issued a community alert for the Humboldt Park neighborhood after a man attempted to abduct a woman at knifepoint Saturday evening.

A Humboldt Park man is accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend’s new partner with a single gunshot as the victim waited outside the woman’s home with her child just steps away.

A man already facing charges for allegedly shooting a man in Humboldt Park this year is now accused of murdering a man in Humboldt Park in September 2024 while on felony release. Tyler Crider, 25, is the 38th person charged with killing or trying to kill someone while on felony pretrial release in Chicago during 2024. Those cases involve 55 victims, 17 of whom died.

A Chicago police officer shot and killed a driver Monday evening after the man struck a pedestrian and a CTA bus while attempting to flee an investigatory stop on the West Side, police said.

The Chicago police officer shot by Dexter Reed during a March 2024 traffic stop has filed a counterclaim against Reed’s estate, alleging battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

A nine-time convicted felon died after being found hanging in the Cook County jail just two days after a judge found him guilty of escaping electronic monitoring and killing a man.

Two people were shot Saturday afternoon when a gun went off during a fight aboard a CTA bus on the West Side, according to police. The shooting happened at 3:19 p.m. on an eastbound #66 bus in the 4000 block of West Chicago Avenue.

A man on electronic monitoring after Chicago police and federal agents allegedly found him possessing a machine gun and 170 stolen catalytic converters shot a woman in Humboldt Park this month while on “essential movement” outside his home as afforded to him by the SAFE-T Act, officials said.

A 30-year-old man with a growing young family was shot and killed while sitting in his vehicle in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood Friday evening. Police provided no motive for the slaying.

A 7-year-old boy was shot inside a Humboldt Park residence Thursday evening after another child found a firearm inside the home, Chicago police said.