Wicker Park

A man was shot while driving his car in Wicker Park on Tuesday evening, according to Chicago police.

A five-time felon from Chicago faces carjacking charges after he showed up for one of his accomplice’s court dates and people recognized him as one of the hijackers by his face tattoos, prosecutors say.

Fresh surveillance video from a Wicker Park taco shop shows just how slick Chicago’s purse thieves can be. Thefts of purses and phones from restaurant patrons nosedived during COVID, but they’re on the upswing now as life returns to normal.

Four people are in custody after a 66-year-old woman was carjacked in Wicker Park on Thursday evening, according to Chicago police and the Illinois State Police.

A Chicago man is back in custody, more than eight years after he escaped from electronic monitoring while awaiting trial for a 2012 attempted murder case.