Pilsen

Chicago’s police oversight agency has cleared two officers in a 2024 Pilsen shooting, finding one was justified in fatally shooting an armed 16-year-old and the other was justified in firing at a person who ran from the scene.

Chicago police say an intoxicated man fell asleep behind the wheel of a running SUV in Pilsen, then tried to hand an officer $400 in cash to avoid a DUI arrest, saying he “gotta get the f*** up outta here.”

Prosecutors say a 28-year-old man who implied he had a gun while robbing a Pilsen Dunkin’ was quickly identified thanks to the words tattooed across his face. Detectives matched surveillance images to facial ink reading “Spazz B,” “J4k,” and “1,” leading to his arrest and detention on an aggravated robbery charge.

A 37-year-old Chicago woman has pleaded guilty to two counts of hate crime for a pair of late-night attacks near a Pilsen mural that prosecutors said celebrated “Mexican and Palestinian solidarity.”

A man accused of shooting two guests during a late-summer birthday party in Pilsen allegedly opened fire because he was furious about not being able to find his phone, according to prosecutors.

A 24-year-old man has been charged in a deadly case of mistaken identity in Pilsen that left one man dead, a woman wounded, and his teenage accomplice fatally shot by police.

A $1,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of a driver who fatally struck a 22-year-old woman and injured her fiancé in Pilsen.

For the second time this week, a concealed carry holder got into a shootout with car burglars on Tuesday morning. But, unlike the similar incident on Sunday morning, the concealed carry holder got shot this time.

A Chicago police sergeant has filed a federal lawsuit against the city, Cook County, and a handful of government employees, including State’s Attorney Kim Foxx, claiming that he was wrongfully prosecuted for an on-duty shooting.

COPA, the Civilian Office of Police Accountability, charged with investigating shootings by Chicago police officers, said Tuesday that state law prohibits it from releasing video and other materials related to CPD’s fatal shooting of a 16-year-old boy over the weekend.

Members of the Chicago Police Department’s robbery task force shot and killed a man after he shot two people and fired at them near the 12th District police station overnight, according to a CPD media statement.