An 18-year-old driver was killed after a high-speed crash at Route 12 and Route 173 in Richmond. Authorities say speed appears to have been a factor and the county crash team is investigating.

A man died and a woman was hospitalized after a Tuesday morning shooting at an apartment in Mundelein's Deepwoods Drive. Authorities traced a suspect vehicle to the Illinois‑Indiana line and made arrests.

Zsoch Dunn, 50, was arrested and charged in the Nov. 14, 2025 Auburn Gresham shooting that left 61-year-old Zane E. Rhyne dead.

LaSalle County coroner identified a 15-year-old Mendota girl killed in a July 3 rollover; investigators say the car struck a utility pole and rolled into a farm field.

A man was shot and later died in a Garfield Park alley on the 3400 block of West Polk Street. Area 4 detectives are investigating and no arrests have been announced.

A 40-year-old man was shot and killed early Tuesday on Chicago’s Near North Side; area detectives are investigating the fatal shooting.

A 24-year-old man was hospitalized after an argument in a West Englewood home turned into a stabbing; a 31-year-old woman was detained and detectives are investigating.

Metra's UP-West line was stopped Monday evening after Train 51 struck a person near Lombard, halting inbound and outbound service and triggering major delays.

A sidewalk argument in Humboldt Park turned violent Monday evening, leaving three people wounded on the 3900 block of West Division Street.

A suspect allegedly fired at an occupied car in South Shore, then ran into a nearby building — prompting a SWAT standoff and an Area Two investigation.

Sheriff’s investigators and Berwyn police executed a search at a smoke shop, seizing roughly 36 kilograms of suspected cannabis and alleged psilocybin; two were charged and released.

A 13-year-old boy was shot Monday evening in Portage Park and taken to Advocate Lutheran General Hospital. Police reported no arrests.

A 32-year-old Park Forest man was fatally shot in Chicago Heights; the Cook County medical examiner listed a gunshot wound to the head.