Irving Park Archives

Armed crew commits 3 robberies, 2 carjackings in about an hour on north, northwest sides

November 17, 2022 12:01 PM CWBChicago

Chicago — An armed group that traveled in two cars committed at least two carjackings and three robberies in about an hour Thursday morning across Chicago’s north and northwest sides. It’s the third night in a row that armed robbery sprees have popped up on the city’s North Side. Three of the crimes occurred in

Retired teacher who went to prison for starting a fire outside a Chicago bar in 2015 is charged with starting another fire outside the same bar

November 16, 2022 6:41 PM CWBChicago

A retired teacher who went to prison for starting a fire outside a Northwest Side tavern in 2018 was charged Wednesday with intentionally setting another fire outside the same bar.

Family and friends remember beloved Chicago umpire who was murdered in his North Side home

October 31, 2022 11:03 AM CWBChicago

Friends, family, and colleagues of Carlos Rivera will lay him to rest on Tuesday morning, more than a week after someone shot him to death as he investigated a disturbance in the second-floor unit of his Chicago two-flat.

Irving Park man killed while investigating disturbance, police say

October 24, 2022 5:04 AM CWBChicago

Chicago police said a man was shot to death while investigating a disturbance on the second-floor unit of his Irving Park two-flat on Sunday evening.

Chicago cop gets probation for off-duty shooting

October 5, 2022 6:49 PM CWBChicago

A Chicago police officer who shot a man on the North Side while off-duty in December 2020 has been sentenced to probation.

Victim loses his gun, but keeps his child during West Town carjacking; more hold-ups reported on North Side

September 29, 2022 8:01 AM CWBChicago

Chicago police are investigating another string of armed robberies reported late Wednesday and early today, including a carjacking in West Town during which a driver managed to get his child out of the car but lost his gun to the hijackers. Within an hour, more armed robberies were reported in Lincoln Square, Irving Park, and Albany Park.

Off-duty cop shot during North Side road rage incident had been stripped of police powers over the weekend: source

September 22, 2022 5:09 AM CWBChicago

The probationary Chicago police officer who was shot in the face during a suspected road rage incident on the North Side this week had been relieved of her police powers over the weekend because she failed a drug test, a law enforcement source said.

Shootings leave woman injured in West Loop, man dead in Avondale, others injured in Irving Park and the Loop

September 17, 2022 8:45 AM CWBChicago

Shootings across Chicago left a woman injured in the West Loop, a man wounded in Irving Park, and another man dead in Avondale since Friday night. Two more men were injured in separate shootings in the Loop. Here’s what we have learned so far:

8 armed robberies and carjackings reported during overnight spree from West Loop to Edgewater

September 11, 2022 3:53 PM CWBChicago

Chicago police are investigating an overnight crime wave that rolled from the West Loop to Wicker Park to Edgewater, leaving at least six carjacking victims and two armed robbery victims in its wake. No arrests have been made.

Machete-armed robber swings blade at 9th victim Sunday night, misses

June 6, 2022 4:54 AM CWBChicago

An armed robber who threatens his victims with a machete struck again Sunday night in the Irving Park neighborhood and he swung his weapon at the victim this time, police say. It’s at least the ninth robbery that police have linked to the crime pattern.