Parking Lot Prayer on 87th
One pastor's Monday night ritual that began amid the mayhem following George Floyd’s death continues as a salve for violence.
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Reputed gang leader shot to death in Humboldt Park neighborhood
A reputed high-ranking gang member was shot to death Thursday night in the Humboldt Park neighborhood, according to Chicago police. Anthony Sipp, 39, was inside a car in the 3600...
Man shot by Chicago police fleeing earlier attack in Little Village dies
An armed man Chicago police said they shot and wounded as he ran from a car suspected of being involved in a shooting in Little Village minutes earlier has died....
Chicago police reverse order on neighborhood tactical teams, sources say
The Chicago Police Department has canceled a directive that limited time each day for when certain officers assigned to the city's 22 patrol districts can work the streets, a reversal...
1 shot in Southwest Side attack during funeral, child hurt by flying glass
One person was wounded in a shooting Wednesday and at least one child injured by flying glass on the Southwest Side as the people injured were involved in a funeral...
Chicago police moving district patrol officers downtown, limiting time on street for neighborhood tactical cops, memos say
The Chicago Police Department is stripping patrol districts of officers and limiting the use of some district officers during daytime shifts in favor of a "highly visible" presence downtown, according...
Relatives gather for Dajore Wilson funeral: ‘She brought joy and happiness to everyone she encountered’
Relatives gathered Friday morning to mourn DaJore Wilson at Abundant Living Christian Center in Dolton. She was shot to death in Canaryville on Labor Day. She would have turned 9...
Rapper made ‘derogatory’ video about rival gang members before he was killed. Now Chicago police are bracing for the retaliation.
Chicago police were bracing for retaliation shootings on the South Side after a rapper was killed in a brazen Gold Coast attack, possibly because he had recently made a video...
Attorney for woman slain in Wicker Park Walgreens questions state’s attorney’s handling of suspect’s gun burglary case
An attorney for the family of a woman stabbed to death in a Wicker Park neighborhood Walgreens slammed prosecutors for their handling of a prior burglary case against the man...
Dajore Wilson’s killing brings Canaryville neighborhood together: ‘We’re not living in our parents’ or grandparents’ Chicago’
The three men who organized the vigil for 8-year-old Dajore Wilson, shot to death on the Canaryville neighborhood's southern border on Labor Day, looked out to see a racially diverse...