South Chicago

A suburban ShotSpotter alert helped investigators build a murder case against a man accused of killing three people in Chicago — including a 17-year-old CPS student shot while biking to school.

An AirTag attached to a carjacking victim’s key fob helped Chicago police track down his stolen Audi after prosecutors say a supposed marijuana deal was used to lure him into the South Side carjacking. Three people have now pleaded guilty and received sentences ranging from six to 12 years, court records show.

Nearly a year before 56 decomposing bodies were found at the South Chicago Chapel, sparking outrage and calls for reform, a Chicago alderperson’s office complained to city officials twice within a week that residents were complaining about odors from the business and noted in the second complaint that the business owner had a history of mishandling human remains.

A 17-year-old boy was found shot nine times in the middle of a South Side street after a passerby called 911 to report a person down. Police say nobody reported hearing gunfire, leaving detectives trying to determine when the shooting occurred. The case is the latest in a former ShotSpotter coverage area where victims were not quickly discovered after the system was removed.

A Venezuelan migrant accused of carrying a loaded handgun and an inert grenade aboard a CTA bus has received a one-year prison sentence but will not serve any additional time behind bars. Now, Jose Yepes is again wanted by authorities after failing to appear in court this month in a separate shoplifting case that has been pending since 2024, according to court records.

Police found a gunshot victim lying dead in a vacant lot in South Chicago on Saturday morning, apparently hours after he was killed. Exactly when the murder occurred is not known because nobody called 911 to report the gunfire, and Mayor Brandon Johnson disconnected the city’s ShotSpotter network in September 2024.

When Maurice Reddick arrived at his ex-partner’s home in South Chicago on Tuesday night, things went sideways quickly. Within an hour, prosecutors say, he would open fire on a woman, shoot at two uniformed CPD officers, and then hide in a basement crawlspace surrounded by three guns, one of them an AR-15 style rifle equipped with a working machine gun conversion device.

A 13-year-old boy is fighting for his life after he was found shot between two homes in South Chicago on Thursday afternoon, police said. Initial indications are that the shooting occurred about 15 minutes before he was found, but there were no calls of shots fired in the area. Mayor Brandon Johnson shut down the city’s ShotSpotter gunfire detection system in September 2024.

For most people, getting shot by a Chicago police officer is something that never happens. Prosecutors say Cordero Ramey has now experienced it twice.

Chicago police officers exchanged gunfire with a man while responding to a “person with a gun” call in the South Chicago neighborhood Monday night, according to CPD. No officers were injured, but the suspect is in serious condition with gunshot wounds, police said.

Chicago police officers responding to reports of an auto theft in progress exchanged gunfire with a suspect Thursday morning in the South Chicago neighborhood, according to preliminary police information.