River North

A store employee exchanged gunfire with another man during an armed robbery on Sunday afternoon in River North, police said.

Police have identified an armed robbery pattern in the River North neighborhood, meaning they think a series of recent hold-ups have been committed by the same offenders.

A 29-year-old man became River North’s first shooting victim of the new year on Wednesday morning.

A group of men armed with at least one rifle tried to carjack a woman outside a River North school on Tuesday morning.

A gunman who opened fire on a River North street over the weekend shot the rear window of a passing car, but no injuries were reported. The incident does not bode well for River North, which had as many shooting victims in 2021 as during the two previous years combined.

Michael Cargile, who has a rich history of financial crimes, has been sentenced to six years in prison for stealing people’s identities through a “fake Uber” scam.

A man and woman were shot as they stepped into their car outside a River North restaurant on Friday evening and there are indications the case may be linked to a recent armed carjacking in West Town.

Two hijackers displayed a handgun and a rifle to take a man’s SUV during a bump-n-run hijacking in River North on Tuesday evening, police said. No arrests have been made.

Police are investigating after two River North hotel guests reported that a bullet flew through the wall of their room late Sunday. No arrests have been made.