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Frank Coconate seeks to sell hitman Frank Calabrese Sr.’s rifle, which he has owned for 35…
CHICAGO (CBS) - Since the 1980s Frank Coconate has owned a high powered rifle that once belonged to a Chicago Outfit hitman, and now Coconate wants to sell it.
Coconate showed off the rifle as he spoke to CBS 2's Jim Williams on…
11-year-old girl shot dead in far south Chicago
A drive-by shooting left an 11-year-old girl seriously injured Sunday night in the West Pullman neighborhood in the far south.
Witnesses told police someone opened fire from a red vehicle around 9 p.m. in the 11700 block of southern…
14-year-old girl dies days after Back of the Yards shooting
A 14-year-old girl who was gunned down by gang members on Wednesday after being pursued in Back of the Yards has died.
Savanah Quintero was pronounced dead at 12:57 p.m. at Comer Children's Hospital, according to the Cook County…
Man killed in shooting in West Englewood
A man was fatally shot on Friday in West Englewood on the South Side, police said.
The 27-year-old was on the sidewalk at around 9:20 p.m. in the 5600 block of South Marshfield Avenue when someone shot him from a white sedan, Chicago…
Lincoln Park residents frustrated with public safety and police in Oz Park after shooting
Neighbors gathered in Oz Park on Friday to demand that law enforcement and city officials do more to keep the area safe after a shooting in the area days earlier.
Ald. Michele Smith (43rd) and officers from the 18th District…
Calls to change the way Chicago police are identified in documents after police shootings
CHICAGO (WLS) - Chicago police routinely claim they are the victim when officers shoot someone. It is a delicate subject, with strong opinions on both sides. Who is the victim when the police shoot a suspect and that person is…
Chicago shootings: 2 killed, 11 injured, in shootings Wednesday
Two people were killed and eleven people injured in shootings in Chicago on Wednesday, including a 31-year-old man who was fatally shot in Gresham on the South Side.
At around 7:35 p.m., the man was near a sidewalk in the 7700 block…
Inflation and Crime Threaten Democrats | News, Sports, Jobs
The economy is picking up. On the East Coast, cicadas sing their love songs. There is a super moon on the west coast. We are at peace (at least with other nations). And yet,…
Why were the LA crowds quieter than Chicago and New York?
Quick, now: When you think of smugglers, blackmailers, guns and thugs in natty double-breasted overcoats, which city comes to mind?Chicago, probably. New York, maybe. Detroit, maybe.But certainly not Los Angeles. Organized crime, in a…
More US citizens arrested for smuggling drugs across the border
PHOENIX - A growing number of U.S. citizens have been apprehended as they attempted to smuggle illegal drugs into the United States since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, an increase that comes due to travel restrictions at the…