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CHICAGO (WLS) — Jussie Smollett was released from Cook County Jail on Wednesday after an appeals court agreed with his attorneys that he should be freed pending appeal of his conviction for lying to the police about a racist and homophobic…

CHICAGO — With one year to go before Chicago's 2023 mayoral election, it's worth reflecting on the tenure of a candidate who had campaigned for sweeping reform. In the 2019 election, Mayor Lori Lightfoot won all 50 wards in the…

Michigan State Police Lt. Col. Kyle Bowman has been named chief of police for the University of Chicago Police Department (UCPD), effective April 4. As chief, Bowman will lead the nationally accredited law enforcement agency…

CHICAGO (CBS) — Gas station cameras capture a crime about to happen, but a last-second surprise scares the young car thieves away.The car's owner only tells his story to CBS 2's Steven Graves.READ MORE: FBI and other law enforcement…

Chicago hate crimes: Israeli consul general visits city after recent vandalism Israel's Consul General for the Midwest traveled to Chicago on Monday to support businesses and religious leaders who have recently been targets of hate…

Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx joined 'Chicago Tonight: Black Voices' to talk about everything from how to fight crime in Chicago, to the controversial release of the former police officer Chicago police Jason Van Dyke and his…

CHICAGO — Former Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke is due out of jail Thursday after being locked up for less than four years, and in the city that witnessed the first officer's historic murder conviction for a shooting in Service in…

CHICAGO — State's Attorney Kim Foxx could clear the criminal convictions of more people weary of former Chicago Police Sgt. Ronald Watts. To date, Foxx has decided to overturn 114 cases involving Watts. For a decade, Watts and…

CHICAGO (CBS) — Monday marked two years since the first case of COVID in Illinois.A woman from Illinois, originally from China, had just returned from Wuhan. This case and others like it sparked hate crimes in Chicago and across the…

CHICAGO (CBS) – Chicago police issued alerts over the weekend warning of recent crimes in the city.In the first alert issued, police said people were robbed in South Loop during January.READ MORE: Chicago Weather: Winter Weather Advisories…

As police continue their search for those responsible for the murder of a pregnant woman and her unborn child, a community came together on Sunday to urge anyone with knowledge of the heinous crime to come forward. Chicago…

CHICAGO (CBS) — The data clearly shows that the people of Chicago are being targeted. Our own research found that violent crime is all up over the past three years in Chicago. For this research using publicly available data from the Chicago…

The Illinois top Democrat on Tuesday predicted the passage of an anti-crime package aimed at dealing with an alarming increase in auto hijackings and organized thefts from retail businesses and possibly disarming Republicans of 'a powerful…

The FBI has joined a full-service search for a 6-year-old boy from North Chicago who they say has disappeared under "unusual circumstances." Authorities did not confirm a WGN report Friday evening that the boy's…

Government reform Lightfoot campaigned heavily on a reform agenda, laying out a nine point ethics plan. The main promises included the end of the prerogative of the Aldermanes, the expansion of the powers of the inspector general of the…

A die the most notable example of the use of predictive technology is the story of Robert McDaniel, detailed by reporter Matt Stroud in The Verge in May 2021. McDaniel is a resident of Austin, a Chicago neighborhood who saw 72 homicides,…

CHICAGO (WLS) - More than 100 people marched on Michigan Avenue Friday afternoon to call attention to gun violence."You see us carrying pictures, pictures of over 79 victims who were 18 or younger," said Father Michael Pfleger of St.…

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One person was killed and three teenagers among 11 others injured in shootings across the city on Thursday. A man was found shot dead in Englewood on the South Side. Just after 10 p.m., police found the 58-year-old man outside in the…

Egg-peeling assailants were caught on camera attacking Santa as he tried to spread holiday cheer in a Chicago park on Saturday.Adam White, who has assumed the character of Santa Claus for the past four holiday seasons, waved to community…

CHICAGO (CBS) - Police say a 16-year-old girl robbed the Niketown on Michigan Avenue this week and used a stun gun on a security guard.This was just one of the recent retail robberies we've followed here at CBS 2 as crime continues to…

BUCKTOWN - Armed private security guards are expected to begin patrolling a section of Bucktown on Wednesday, according to emails sent by leaders of the Bucktown Neighbors Association, which runs the program. According to documents…

Law enforcement said a police officer in the city of East Chicago, northwest Indiana, shot a man late Saturday night after pointing a gun at officers who confronted him . At approximately 10:30 p.m., officers from the East…

CHICAGO (WLS) - There will be no repeat of last weekend's chaos in Millennium Park, according to a Chicago Police plan obtained by the ABC7 I-Team on Tuesday.The I-Team learned on Tuesday that CPD officials are implementing a range of…

The "Cuban comet" finally won a place in Cooperstown. The late Minnie Miñoso. (David Banks / Getty Images) Cold sun. High: 35 Low: 16. Grumpy robbed four women who were decorating a fence for the holidays in Bronzeville.…

WBUY AROUND one of Chicago's poorest neighborhoods and look at the street lights. You will see that many of them have protrusions protruding several feet above the light. These are microphones operated by ShotSpotter, a company…

An infuriated Cook County judge on Monday accused Adam Hollingsworth, better known as "Dread Head Cowboy," of "dishonest behavior" after his latest court record called for documents which prosecutors and the judge said he already had…

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Illinois teenager Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted of all charges against him in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The families of the two men who were shot and killed by Rittenhouse during the protest said they would continue their legal actions against…

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As the family and friends of missing University of Illinois student Iñaki Bascaran gathered on Monday to search for clues to his disappearance in Chicago's River North neighborhood, his father provided more…

Don't feel safe downtown? Try to head towards West Garfield Park. The 16 police crossings that cover most of the greater downtown area have recorded a total of 77 shootings so far this year, tripling the rate of shootings from 2019,…

Chicago Police released video of three suspects in the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old in a parked car in the Southwest last month. Azul De La Garza was gunned down around 8:30 p.m. on September 25 in the 5400 block of South Avers…

CHICAGO (CBS) - A Chicago police officer was shot and injured Monday afternoon in the parking lot of a busy shopping center on North and Sheffield avenues.The officer was shot in the left side of the cheek in the parking lot of the North…

Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced in August that all workers in the city of Chicago must be fully immunized against the coronavirus by October 15, following many cities across the United States.…

COOK COUNTY, Illinois - Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart wants state lawmakers to crack down on untraceable "ghost guns". Dart argues that the growing number of "ghost guns" in Chicago must be dealt with in Springfield. Handmade…

Annette Freeman will never forget where she was on October 13, 1992. That day changed her life and shook Chicago deeply. “I will never forget that it was Tuesday and they had just returned to school, it was…

A student and a security guard were seriously injured in a shooting Tuesday afternoon in front of a high school in the Bronzeville district. The 14-year-old and the 45-year-old man were shot and killed at around 3:20 p.m. outside…

While recently being driven into Chicago's gun control utopia, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill) claims the driver of a car next to hers leaned out the window and fired a gun into the air. "He might as well have shot us!" said…

The rise in violent crime in Chicago has spilled over, sparking concern among business leaders and leading to internal political struggles among those charged with protecting the city.“We were in the midst of a…

CHICAGO (WLS) - The Chicago Court-Ordered Police Reform Watch Group cited a "high number of vacancies" at the Chicago Police Department impacting community safety and the safety of officers.The latest bulletin on police reforms published…

(WTTW News) With 89 homicides recorded, Chicago experienced its deadliest September in nearly 30 years, according to new data from the Chicago Police Department. The number of shootings and homicides in 2021 continues to exceed 2020…

Fifteen people, including three teenagers, were injured in shootings in Chicago on Wednesday. Two men were shot dead after arguing with two other people on Wednesday morning in Pilsen on the South Side. The men, 29 and 25, were shot…

CHICAGO (CBS) - The auto-hijacking crisis in Chicago continues, with a record increase in crime. From the start, CBS 2's Tara Molina has followed the case of a woman who was the victim of a carjacking in Bucktown. She is monitoring the…

A gang of shoplifters was caught on camera brazenly ransacking a Chicago beauty store as it was revealed that three organized gangs of thieves were targeting city stores.The clip was shot at a UIta beauty store in the Windy City suburb of…

Mayor Lori Lightfoot unveiled her proposed $ 16 billion municipal budget this week. Now city council deliberations are underway on the budget plan, which has surprised some alders with its progressive leaning. “Our…

CHICAGO - As Chicago enters another explosive year for gun violence, Mayor Lori Lightfoot tries to help quell the bloodshed by pushing for an ordinance that allows the city to sue gang members to seize their property - a decision that many…

By Jérémy GornerChicago Tribune CHICAGO - Every year, the Chicago Police Department's firearms lab receives…

CHICAGO - A DePaul University student was stabbed in a robbery outside a North Side bar early Saturday, according to Chicago police and the university.Just after 2 a.m., the 19-year-old college student was in a bar on the…

Federal authorities in Chicago are targeting gun traffickers with a "strike force" unveiled earlier this year - and they say they are ready to replace local rulings with additional federal charges if they believe it is…

Chicago Police are on track to recover more than 12,000 firearms this year, a record and more than New York and Los Angeles combined. But these numbers are very different depending on where you are in the city. And although…

Dozens of Chicago police officers will soon be assigned to specialized units targeting gangs and guns as part of a new city-wide crime suppression strategy, the city's police commissioner revealed on Friday. Officers from…

One person was killed and four others injured in a mass shooting on the West Side on Sunday. Officers responded to a call around 1 a.m. in the 3400 block of West Lake Street and found five people - four men and one woman - shot dead,…

At least seven people have been killed and 34 others have been injured in gun violence throughout the city since Friday evening. One person was killed and two others were injured outside a gas station on Saturday morning in Austin on…

CHICAGO - A newborn baby found Wednesday morning in a drawer of a dresser apparently thrown in a Chicago alley is in good condition, authorities said.Paramedics were called into Chicago's Montclare neighborhood around 8…

Not long after college, in the late 1960s, I was visiting friends on the northwest side of Chicago who were…

CHICAGO (CBS) - There is a new push to help you respond and register any kind of community danger. A group of Chicago men are developing an app to make it happen. Willie Samuel's roots lie on the West Side of Chicago.READ MORE: United…

CHICAGO (WLS) - For a little while, at least, the summer evening at Garfield Park was about as perfect as it gets.A little dancing music, food and community mixed freely in the warm air for a National Night Out event. And there was…

Criminality. COVID. Corruption. The three Cs of hungry Chicago media. Although COVID's deadly new cousin, the Delta variant, sounded the latest alarm, the city has been caught in a nightmare. It affects all areas, including the city's…

Supporters of the Empowering Communities for Public Safety plan call for greater police accountability at a rally on April 21, 2021 (Heather Cherone / WTTW News) A proposal to create an elected Chicago Residents Council to oversee the…

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One of the reasons Chicagoans might have trouble getting their non-emergency calls to the city answered is that officers at the Chicago Police Department's non-emergency call center struggled to answer. the performance expectations of…

It was a tragic murder case: the story of a thriving prep school graduate who had everything to hope for in his life. Instead, Andrew Suh said he was trapped in a crime that ended a life and ruined his own. The murder of…

A tricycle and two motorcycles marked the spot where a 2-year-old boy and a man were seriously injured outside a house in West Humboldt Park on Tuesday evening. Detectives buckled the bikes and worked on the scene while doctors at…

The Education Department continues to deal with its backlog of requests from borrowers claiming they shouldn't have to repay their student loans, announcing on Friday that it has provided an additional $ 55.6 million in funding. helping…

CHICAGO (CBS) - As the weekend approaches, Chicago's shopping districts are bracing for trouble and calling on Mayor Lori Lightfoot for help. Store owners say the violence over the past weekend could signal shoppers to stop coming…

CHICAGO (CBS) - Close it. This is the message from a North Side city councilor regarding an Airbnb rental issue. A woman was shot dead after leaving the house over the weekend, and it is not the first time that police have been called…

A one-month-old girl was among seven people injured in a mass shooting Thursday night in Englewood on the South Side. At approximately 8:15 p.m., three men jumped out of a black Jeep Cherokee in the 6500 block of South Halsted and…

In December, Manhattan attorney Jennifer Bonjean appeared in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court arguing that it should overturn Bill Cosby's sexual assault conviction.The court agreed on Wednesday, finding that a non-prosecution agreement…

CHICAGO (WLS) - Reverend Marvin Hunter, Laquan McDonald's great-uncle, reacts to President Joe Biden's anti-crime plan and begs Chicagoans to stop killing each other.Surrounded by other people and the mothers of those who have lost loved…

Seven people were killed and nine others were injured in shootings in Chicago on Monday, including a woman who died in a shooting at Fuller Park on the South Side. The 19-year-old was sitting in the passenger seat of a vehicle around…

The most dangerous job for a Chicago cop is chasing someone on foot down a dark street or catwalk. Talk about putting your life in danger. The most dangerous place for the rest of us might be at the other end of this police chase,…

CHICAGO - A woman was injured in a shootout in the Loop on Sunday.Authorities responded at around 1:55 p.m. at a building on the 100 block of West Adams Street and located a woman in the lobby with a gunshot wound to her thigh, Chicago…

Three men were shot dead Friday night in an attack in the East Side neighborhood. The shooting occurred in the 10,000 block of South Indianapolis Avenue just after 8 p.m., according to Chicago police. The men were traveling east on…

CHICAGO (WLS) - Phoebe Flores has been a Chicago police officer for 11 years, working in some of the city's most dangerous neighborhoods, but she's about to take on a new role that she sees as personal and necessary.“I…

CHICAGO - Mayors in U.S. cities are yearning for when they could usher in a return to normalcy, removing restrictions on coronaviruses from bars, restaurants, parties and public gatherings.Yet now, even with re-openings underway across…

A 14-year-old boy was injured in a shootout in West Woodlawn on Saturday. The teenager was playing with his friends on the sidewalk around 6:45 p.m. when someone opened fire in the 6500 block of South Champlain Avenue, Chicago police…

As Chicago cops face an annual increase in gun violence in the summer and try to curb a wave of shooting that began more than a year ago, the Cook County State Attorney's Office Kim Foxx challenges one of the city's main policing…

CHICAGO (WLS) - For Chicago police officers, the return to normal hours will be short-lived.ABC7 I-Team has learned that city police will be back on 12-hour shifts and their regular days off will be canceled next weekend.The order,…

Nine people were shot, including three fatally, Wednesday in Chicago, including a man who was shot while driving in Gresham. A gunman in another car, possibly a silver SUV, opened fire around 12:20 p.m. in the 7900 block of South…

Fourteen people were shot dead in Chicago on Tuesday, including a 9-year-old grazed on the head at Back of the Yards, three men injured in a drive-by in Englewood and two other men shot dead while driving in a car in Princeton Park.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

CHICAGO (CBS) - A year ago, Sunday marked the height of unrest in downtown Chicago after the death of George Floyd. Unrest was seen the night before, but peaked on the night of Saturday, May 30, 2020, with clashes between police and…

A criminal on parole has been charged with the murder of a crippled pot dealer after investigators were able to link his DNA to a blood test he left while fleeing the victim's apartment building in Chatham. Printiss Jones, 25, was…

CHICAGO - The Chicago Police Department announced a new foot pursuit policy on Wednesday that officials say makes the safety of officers and members of the public a priority.The new policy follows foot pursuits that resulted in the…

Ten people were shot dead, including two fatally, Tuesday in Chicago, including a man fatally shot in the East Side neighborhood. The man, who was between 35 and 40, walked into a restaurant around 7:45 p.m. in the 10600 block of…

Bail was denied on Sunday for a convicted felon who allegedly shot a 55-year-old man earlier this month on the West Side and told him to consider himself "lucky" when the gun ran out of ammunition during from a subsequent attack.…

At least 24 people have been shot, including seven fatally, since Friday night in Chicago, including a 15-year-old boy killed in Lawndale on the West Side. At around 11:50 p.m. Friday, Dajon Gater was on a porch in the 3900 block of…

CHICAGO - At least four people have been killed and 15 others injured in shootings in Chicago so far this weekend, including a 15-year-old boy.The teenager was shot and killed Friday night in Lawndale on the West Side.At around 11:50…

On Friday night, Chicago police made their presence known at an Archer Heights park where, days earlier, seven family members were being held at gunpoint as they prepared for football training. A roll call for officers…

In the rain, sleet, or snow, especially at night, they carry what appear to be US postal keys, but they are not postal carriers. They are thieves who use real and counterfeit keys to steal people's mail and identity. For a…

The gunshot detection system that sparked the recent fatal shooting by police of a 13-year-old boy in Chicago routinely reports gunshots where there aren't any, sending officers to neighborhoods across the border.…

DES PLAINES, Ill. (WLS) - Some thieves prey on a valuable part of your vehicle.Law enforcement says this is attributed to the COVID pandemic and people who need the money. The I-Team has investigated a sharp increase in catalytic…

A second man has been charged with assaulting a Chicago Police Detective on duty in the South Shore neighborhood earlier this year. Samuel Flowers, 18, was one of two people who kicked and stabbed the detective on February 8 in the…