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A domestic assault call off Pipestone Road spiraled into a van standoff and a foot chase into the woods before deputies opened fire.
A Saturday night rescue near DuSable Lake Shore Drive adds to a grim summer tally of Lake Michigan emergencies in Chicago.
The boy was found with gunshot wounds to the leg and buttocks on Dorchester Avenue and taken to Comer Children's Hospital in good condition.
A 28-year-old man died in West Englewood as police reported four shootings across Chicago overnight, two of them fatal.
The victim was shot after an argument on South Kedzie Avenue and drove himself to Holy Cross Hospital before dying. No suspect is in custody.
A 31-year-old Park District employee was allegedly abducted near Buckingham Fountain and forced to hand over $1,000 in cash and gift cards.
A tip led Chicago police to a mutilated rooster hidden inside a Roosevelt Road workplace, cracking open a month-long cruelty probe.
Surveillance video shows three men and a woman forcing open a dorm door, setting off fire extinguishers and stealing workout gear.
Aldermen balked at 270 new cameras and an AI search tool, even as police say old gear at the municipal center is dying.
Police say a handgun was found inside the South Wells Street home where the shooting happened Thursday.
Park Manor 75 says it cut staff by 80% since the overnight tow zone began, while Ald. William Hall calls it a public-safety necessity.
Bridget Fahrner drew two district notices to remedy before her August arrest on domestic battery charges involving a minor.
Dante Hughes, 18, died minutes after arriving at St. Bernard Hospital with multiple gunshot wounds. Detectives still don't know where he was shot.
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