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Thieves used an SUV to ram GA Food Mart in Gresham and tried to steal an ATM before fleeing and leaving the vehicle behind; detectives are investigating.
Chicago police released surveillance images May 27 asking for help identifying a person and a light-colored SUV tied to an Aug. 25, 2024 Logan Square homicide.
Oak Forest warned residents Wednesday of a planned police operation on Chaucer Drive; officials said there is no threat but asked people to avoid the area while officers remain on scene.
A two-vehicle rollover at Algonquin Road and Magnolia Drive in Rolling Meadows left one person dead and two others injured while investigators worked the scene.
A predawn crash damaged a South Shore gas station after a vehicle rammed the storefront around 4:48 a.m.; suspects fled and Area Two detectives are investigating.
Chicago police released surveillance images of a man who punched two riders at the Belmont CTA stop on Monday. Detectives are asking anyone with information to call a tip line.
Cook County deputies arrested a Chicago Heights man after finding a loaded handgun during a traffic stop in Bloom Township. He faces a repeat‑felon firearms charge and is being held.
An early-morning break-in at a Hermosa corner store left an ATM and two cash registers missing, owners say. Police are asking anyone with footage to come forward.
At a Maywood hearing, Robert Held and legal groups urged prosecutors to upgrade a misdemeanor against an off‑duty ICE agent to felony charges.
A judge ordered a man held after prosecutors say he reversed his car and ran over a woman in Oakwood Hills; the victim remains critically injured. The suspect is due back in court June 2.
Keon Slater, 37, was arrested May 24 and charged with first‑degree murder in the Aug. 24, 2025 Humboldt Park shooting that killed 22‑year‑old Martin Guerrero.
Hoffman Estates police say a 25-year-old Elgin man pulled a handgun at a May 14 traffic stop; officers disarmed him and he now faces seven felony counts.
A 17-year-old was killed and two men critically wounded in a Back of the Yards shooting; police found an AK‑47‑style rifle nearby and Area 1 detectives are investigating.
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