West Loop Archives

THPT! THPT! THPT! THPT! Chicago police helicopter tracks down armed robbery crew after Tuesday night hold-up spree

October 19, 2022 CWBChicago

Two men are facing charges after a Chicago police helicopter tracked their vehicle across the city on Tuesday evening following a series of armed robberies in Lincoln Park, West Town, and the West Loop.

Shocking video shows gunman carjacking a driver on the Dan Ryan Expressway

October 16, 2022 CWBChicago

Video emerged on social media this weekend of a man carjacking a driver while armed with a rifle on an expressway near downtown Chicago.

Video shows carjacker attacking woman at West Loop gas station

October 5, 2022 CWBChicago

Chicago police detectives have released surveillance video of a carjacking in the West Loop last month in which a woman was dragged as the hijacker sped away with her car.

Armed robbers shot a man, went on cross-city robbery spree overnight, Chicago police say

October 3, 2022 CWBChicago

An armed robbery crew shot a man during a carjacking attempt on the West Side, then went on a cross-city crime spree that left at least 15 victims in their wake overnight, according to Chicago police. The same group committed five robberies on the north and near west sides last week, according to CPD.

‘You deserve it’ West Loop kidnap suspect told woman after dumping urine on her at Loop CTA station: prosecutors

September 28, 2022 CWBChicago

.After trying to kidnap a woman in the West Loop and grabbing a woman in the South Loop on Sunday morning, registered sex offender Quavon Ewing dumped a cup of his own urine onto a woman at a downtown CTA station and told her she “deserved it,” prosecutors alleged Wednesday.

Convicted sex offender being questioned in West Loop kidnapping attempt was released on a felony recognizance bond less than 24 hours earlier

September 27, 2022 CWBChicago

Suspect being questioned in West Loop kidnapping attempt is a convicted sex offender who was released on a recognizance bond less than 24 hours before the attack, Chicago law enforcement sources say.

West Loop kidnapping suspect may have tried to abduct another woman downtown minutes later: source

September 27, 2022 CWBChicago

The man who attempted to kidnap a woman in the West Loop on Sunday morning may have tried to abduct another woman downtown just minutes later, according to a source. But Chicago police have not revealed the information publicly.

CPD identifies suspect in West Loop kidnapping attempt

September 26, 2022 CWBChicago

Chicago police on Monday night released CTA surveillance images of the man that investigators believe tried to kidnap a woman in the West Loop on Sunday morning.

Update: CPD releases community alert with new details of West Loop kidnapping attempt

September 25, 2022 CWBChicago

Chicago police have released new information about another kidnapping attempt that unfolded in the West Loop on Sunday morning. The apparent abduction attempt is the second to be reported on the same block in the past month.

Police investigate another possible kidnapping attempt in West Loop

September 25, 2022 CWBChicago

Chicago police are investigating a possible attempt to kidnap a woman on the same West Loop block where a similar incident was reported last month.

With cops overwhelmed by Mexican Independence Day crowds, high-ranking Chicago cop “coded out” hours worth of aging 911 calls

September 19, 2022 CWBChicago

With Chicago police overwhelmed by Mexican Independence Day crowds in the Loop this weekend, 911 calls for help across two police districts stacked up and waited for hours because no cops were available.

Video shows West Loop restaurant patrons diving for cover as gunman opens fire; ‘Vote these clowns out of office,’ victim urges

September 17, 2022 CWBChicago

A beautiful evening on a West Loop restaurant patio turned into a nightmare when a drive-by gunman opened fire on patrons seated outside a Chicago restaurant Friday evening. Surveillance video shows it could have been much worse.

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

September 17, 2022 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:

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