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A young man was killed Friday when he was struck a dozen times by gunfire in the Grand Boulevard neighborhood on the city’s South Side, according to Chicago police. The victim, who police said was 24, was standing in the […]

The family of a girl who was fatally struck inside a vehicle by a Mercedes fleeing Chicago police four years ago was awarded nearly $80 million by a Cook County jury on Wednesday. The 2020 crash killed Da’Karia Spicer and

A Romeoville man was killed early Saturday morning in a two-vehicle crash on the Stevenson Expressway near west suburban Lyons, according to the Illinois State Police. Killed was Amarildo Ponce, 53, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. The

Cook County prosecutors on Friday dropped an involuntary manslaughter charge against a 19-year-old man who briefly appeared before a judge in connection to the shooting death of a 17-year-old girl earlier this week. The 19-year-old Austin man appeared before Judge

A woman died Wednesday evening after falling from the roof of a building at the center of the Magnificent Mile shopping district on North Michigan Avenue, according to Chicago police. The 43-year-old woman fell from the roof of a building

A South Side woman accused of fatally shooting her young son during an apparent mental health emergency in 2021 was acquitted of murder charges by reason of insanity earlier this month, according to court documents. Fallon C. Harris, 40, was

Prosecutors on Saturday said DNA and forensic evidence tied a 20-year-old Auburn Gresham to a two-year-old triple homicide in the Morgan Park neighborhood that authorities believe began as a home invasion. Zavier Jacquel Griffin faces charges for first-degree murder, home

A 13-year-old boy was critically hurt Thursday night in a shooting in the city’s Grand Crossing neighborhood on the South Side, according to Chicago police. The boy was struck by gunfire in both thighs as he walked down the 700