Chicago crime

CHICAGO (AP) — An 8-year-old girl was killed and two adults were severely wounded after they were shot Monday evening in Chicago while traveling in a vehicle on the city’s South Side. The shooting occurred shortly before 6 p.m. in the Canaryville neighborhood, Chicago Police Chief of Operations Brian McDermott said. LIKE US ON FACEBOOK. FOLLOW […]

CHICAGO (AP) — A former fast-food delivery worker suspected of shooting a Chicago police officer and of being the bicyclist who shot a woman in broad daylight downtown days earlier was charged Monday with five counts of attempted murder. Michael Blackman, 45, faces one count of attempted murder in the woman’s shooting that happened Wednesday, […]

CHICAGO (AP) — Police took steps on Tuesday to stave off retaliatory attacks by street gangs after a Chicago rapper known for taunting rivals on social media was shot in the head in a shootout during a funeral for his friend and a fellow rapper killed earlier in October. Five others were injured in the […]

Chicago police suspect foul play in the Kierra Coles missing person case.

Crimes have still gone unnoticed.

Here’s the latest on Kenneka Jenkins the young lady from Chicago whose body was found in a hotel walk-in freezer last Sunday. According to a Chicago community activist on Thursday, surveillance video at the hotel in Rosemont, Illinois  shows Jenkins entering a walk-in freezer … alone. That activist, Andrew Holmes, who has worked with many police agencies during […]

A new video claiming to show Kenneka Jenkins enjoying herself at a party in a hotel where she was later found dead was posted online early Wednesday morning. The video was put on Facebook by a man who wanted to prove he was at the party, according to the website which first reported about the […]

A new video claiming to show Kenneka Jenkins enjoying herself at a party in a hotel where she was later found dead was posted online early Wednesday morning.

In a truly disturbing story of social media and jealousy, a Chicago teenager was run down by a romantic rival. Tatyanna Lewis, 18, the daughter of a Chicago police officer, was reportedly engaged to 24-year-old Tyshaun Page. His ex-girlfriend and mother of his toddler son, who has yet to be identified, exchanged angry messages on […]

CHICAGO (AP) — Robbery was the motive that led to the killing of a criminal court judge outside his Chicago home, police said Wednesday. Joshua Smith, 37, was charged with first-degree murder, attempted murder and obstruction in the shooting death of Associate Cook County Circuit Judge Raymond Myles, said Chief of Detectives Melissa Staples. A […]

The Chicago Police Department said Thursday that four people were killed in four hours and a pregnant woman was found dead during a violent spree of attacks that included at least nine victims.

The four individuals accused of kidnapping and attacking a special needs teen in Chicago will not receive bond.