Crime and Public Safety

A suburban man was charged with attempted murder after allegedly shooting into a car that had five people inside earlier this month in Chicago's Austin neighborhood.

An 18-year-old man from Chicago was charged with robbing a woman at gunpoint in the Austin neighborhood earlier this year. 

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A man was hospitalized in critical condition after he was stabbed during a fight in Little Village Monday night. 

A Chicago woman was accused of carjacking a man at gunpoint in Washington Park last week. 

A federal magistrate judge on Monday ordered a man accused of opening fire on a busy street outside Wrigley Field earlier this month to remain in custody without bail.

A man was critically wounded after being shot during a robbery at a gas station Tuesday morning in the Washington Park neighborhood.

A recent knife fight captured on video in Streeterville has raised safety concerns among residents.

Cook County commissioners addressed the crisis of missing and murdered Black women and girls on Monday.

There are increasing calls to ramp up the city's police presence as Memorial Day approaches, especially after a violent weekend. 

The controversial gunshot detection system known as ShotSpotter is facing renewed scrutiny and debate as Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson's plan to phase it out by the end of the year encounters resistance from some city aldermen.

A death investigation is underway on Chicago's Far South Side after a person was found dead in an alley.