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Two women were wounded Friday night in Garfield Park while sitting in a car; both were hospitalized in fair condition as detectives investigate.
A man in his early 70s was shot inside a home on the 8100 block of South Laflin in Auburn Gresham and later died at a hospital; Area 2 detectives are investigating.
A 15‑year‑old has been charged after a Kane County Cougars charter bus was torched outside Winnipeg’s Blue Cross Park; the coach and its contents were destroyed and the team required emergency transport.
A Kenosha narcotics probe led to an arrest after a May 6 search warrant and the seizure of more than $62,000 in drugs, including fentanyl and psychedelics.
A Chicago man wanted on a murder warrant was stopped by Indiana State Police on I‑69 and is being held in Daviess County pending extradition.
A 54-year-old man was critically injured early Friday in West Englewood after shots were fired into his car on South Ashland. Area detectives are investigating.
A pre-dawn crash-and-grab at a Bronzeville BP left a smashed storefront and a missing ATM; police say no one was hurt.
A 13-year-old boy was critically wounded in a shooting in the 8200 block of S. Coles Ave and taken to Comer Children’s Hospital; Area Two detectives are investigating.
Chicago police are searching for a man accused of punching two people on a CTA bus in Logan Square Thursday morning. Detectives want rider video and tips.
An unmarked CPD squad car was struck near Douglass Park Thursday; an officer was hospitalized and three people were taken into custody, police say.
Two men were critically wounded early Friday near 79th and Maryland in Chatham. Police say the shooter fled and Area Two detectives are investigating.
A 21-year-old Chicago man was federally indicted for allegedly using his SUV to ram an ICE agent in Brighton Park; prosecutors released video and say the charge carries up to 20 years.
A Sugar Grove neighbor admitted he left the scene after a 2024 collision that killed a 69‑year‑old woman. Sentencing is scheduled Aug. 6 in Kane County.
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