A 26-year-old man died and a 56-year-old was critically wounded after gunmen confronted them inside a Ford van near Pershing Road.

A gray sedan struck the motorcycle near Grant Park; the sedan driver was taken into custody as charges remain pending.

Two unknown gunmen fled south in a black car after the West Garfield Park shooting near noon Wednesday.

Witnesses told Gurnee police the attack unfolded in front of hundreds of parkgoers near the Superman ride.

A deadly crash near Kinsman closed Gardner and Johnny Run roads, an intersection with a history of rollover wrecks.

An 18-year-old fled a traffic stop the wrong way down West 11th Street before hitting a South Shore rail guardrail, police say.

Natiera Manor allegedly retrieved a knife from home and returned to stab a woman who intervened in a parking lot fight, leaving her hospitalized in the ICU.

A 39-year-old rider was hospitalized after a late-night stabbing at the South Loop Green Line stop, the third violent attack there in recent years.

Ogden Avenue shut down between Wenonah and Wisconsin as investigators worked the fatal scene. Police say the semi's role in the crash remains unclear.

A Kane County jury convicted Quinton Hawkins after a 7-year-old testified he threatened to kill her if she told anyone.

Three of five crash victims were rushed to South Side hospitals in serious-to-critical shape after the early Wednesday wreck near 75th and Cottage Grove.

A passenger fired from a passing sedan on South Central Avenue, leaving a 16-year-old and an 18-year-old fighting for their lives.

The boy was hit in the leg on South Emerald Avenue, a block with a violent recent history.