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Investigators say alleged threats preceded the pre-dawn fires at the dual-purpose Aberdeen Street venue in West Loop.
A white Jeep repeatedly slammed into an East 87th Street business before four people fled in a getaway SUV, leaving the crash vehicle behind.
A 29-year-old man died at Advocate Christ Medical Center after a street fight turned into a shooting Sunday night in Chicago Lawn.
Police cited two teens with pellet guns as the shuttered Congress Theater faces new damage ahead of its $88 million rebuild.
A man, 31, and woman, 40, were shot on South Normal Avenue as three armed men fled on foot, Chicago police say.
Darren Bryant was treated and released after a masked gunman opened fire inside Harold's Chicken Ice Bar. Officials say he wasn't the target.
Three men slipped into the water near 31st Street Beach after 11 p.m. — a bystander and firefighters pulled all three out.
The homicide on South Claire Boulevard echoes a fatal shooting one year earlier almost to the day, just blocks away.
Over 30 shell casings turned up near Ferdinand and Lawler after a wrong-way Jeep led officers to loaded guns, including a machine-gun-style Glock.
The 8000 block of South Ingleside Avenue has now seen severe gun violence in three straight years, including an officer's 2024 killing.
A two-vehicle crash near the Alabama line also left a 16-year-old driver and two adults with serious injuries.
The victim was shot in the chest near Kolin and Cermak just after midnight and died at Mount Sinai Hospital.
A light-colored car pulled up on West 65th Street and opened fire on two men. Police have no one in custody.
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