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Man shot to death in Lawndale alley; no 911 calls, no ShotSpotter, and cops don’t know when he died

February 21, 2026 7:05 PM Tim Hecke

A man was found shot to death behind a Lawndale home on Saturday morning, and Chicago police have no idea when the murder occurred because no one called 911 to report the gunshots that killed him — and the neighborhood’s ShotSpotters were disconnected by the mayor in September 2024.

8 arrests in 6 months: Woman allegedly beat bus passenger, two others while AWOL from court

January 21, 2026 5:07 PM Tim Hecke

A 37-year-old woman has been arrested for the eighth time in six months for carrying out a string of unprovoked, random attacks on the West Side while she was AWOL from a separate battery case.

Man on ankle monitor tried to carjack 2 women in Lawndale: prosecutors

December 20, 2025 8:03 AM CWBChicago

A Chicago man is jailed on allegations he robbed and tried to carjack two women in Lawndale less than a week after a judge ordered him to wear an ankle monitor instead of detaining him on a domestic violence charge.

Another murder victim found lying in West Side alley that used to be monitored by ShotSpotter

December 9, 2025 2:42 PM CWBChicago

Police are investigating after a man was found fatally shot in a West Side alley early Tuesday. No one called 911 to report gunfire in the neighborhood, a former ShotSpotter zone that lost automated alerts when the mayor ended the system last year.

CPS poised to pay $17.5 million to student who endured years of sexual abuse by her dean

December 3, 2025 11:55 AM Tim Hecke

The Chicago Board of Education will vote Wednesday on a proposal to pay $17.5 million to a former CPS student who endured years of grooming and sexual assaults by her high school dean.

Teen on pretrial release accused of shooting man, running resale app robbery traps

December 2, 2025 10:53 AM Tim Hecke

A 16-year-old boy tried to kill a man on the West Side while being on pretrial release for charges pending in juvenile court, prosecutors said. The boy, John Stamps, is also accused of robbing people while on pretrial release by luring them into traps via Facebook Marketplace and a resale app.

Migrant attacked coworker with running power saw during construction site fight: prosecutors

November 12, 2025 11:59 AM Tim Hecke

A Venezuelan migrant working at a Chicago construction site has been detained on attempted murder charges after allegedly attacking a coworker with a running concrete saw, according to prosecutors.

Rideshare, delivery drivers are being targeted by armed robbers in North Lawndale, CPD warns

November 8, 2025 6:11 PM CWBChicago

Chicago police are warning rideshare and food delivery drivers to be on alert in parts of North Lawndale after investigators determined a robbery crew has been targeting them in a series of holdups and carjackings over the past three weeks.

Woman admits to carjacking vehicle with a 4-year-old still inside: CPD

October 3, 2025 9:50 AM CWBChicago

A 33-year-old woman has been ordered detained after prosecutors said she and an accomplice carjacked a mother on the West Side while her 4-year-old son sat in the back seat.

2-year-old died from drug overdose: medical examiner

September 25, 2025 6:48 PM CWBChicago

A 2-year-old girl found unresponsive in a stroller on the West Side this summer died from a drug overdose, the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office found, classifying her death as a homicide.

Chicago man gets 20 months for anti-Hispanic hate crime

September 14, 2025 9:25 AM CWBChicago

A Chicago man has been sentenced to 20 months in prison after pleading guilty to a hate crime in which he targeted Hispanic victims during the height of the city’s migrant crisis in late 2023.

Parolee mugged 3 elderly women, groped another victim near West Side school: prosecutors

August 23, 2025 8:29 AM CWBChicago

A man with a long criminal record who is on parole for attacking a police officer is accused of robbing three senior citizens at a CTA station and then groping a woman outside a West Side school Thursday morning, according to prosecutors and police.

8-time felon on an ankle monitor shot 2 women in an “incredibly violent” crime, officials say

August 3, 2025 7:19 PM Tim Hecke

A Chicago man already on a GPS ankle monitor for a pending felony case has been charged with shooting two women in North Lawndale. Nicholas Young, 31, faces two counts of attempted first-degree murder in connection with the June 3 shooting in the 4100 block of West 19th Street.

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