Cops: Body found in burned trash bin that of woman or teenage girl

Police say a body found burned and strangled in a Northwest Side trash bin Sunday evening was that of a girl or woman...

Shootings on West, South sides leave 5 hurt, 1 critically

A 20-year-old man was critically injured in the South Side's Lake Meadows neighborhood in one of three shootings that...

Man, 27, killed in Austin: 'You can't go back to sleep'

Lula Parker sat on her front porch in a heavy pink robe. A 27-year-old man lay on her parkway, shot in the head, part of...

3 shot in Lawndale: 'Who would shoot up a family?'

When the shooting stopped in Lawndale late Friday night, three people lay on the ground with gunshot wounds outside a...

11 shot, 3 fatally, in city overnight

A teenage boy and two men were killed in three separate shootings Friday night and Saturday morning in Chicago,...

Officials: Boy, 15, shot dead in Gresham

A 15-year-old boy was shot dead Thursday night in the Gresham neighborhood on the South Side, officials said.

2 dead, 11 wounded in shootings across Chicago

Two men were killed and at least 11 people were wounded -- one of them by police -- in shootings from Tuesday...

South Side shootings leave 2 dead

A 19-year-old man in a restaurant and a 27-year-old man walking down the sidewalk were killed late Monday in separate...

Teen dies day after being shot

An 18-year-old man who was on life support after being shot Sunday afternoon has died from his injuries, officials said.

Man killed in Englewood neighborhood related to longtime activist

The great-nephew of a prominent Englewood community activist was fatally shot as he was driving from his great-...

2 shot, 1 dead overnight in South Side shootings

One man was killed and another wounded in South Side shootings overnight, authorities said.

Emanuel gets split verdict on crime

Chicago voters are split on how Mayor Rahm Emanuel has handled the crime problem that was a high-profile focus of his...

'Oh, Ricky': Man shot dead while riding bicycle

Ricky Robertson's body still lay on the street as his family gathered in a circle on a front lawn nearby and prayed.

Mom of slain teen: 'You can do all the right things and still come up with the same outcome'

Just before Ebony Ambrose went to bed about 10 p.m. Tuesday, her son Kevin Ambrose asked her if she had made the spinach...

Rookie cops walking South Side streets

Flashlights in hand, the five rookie Chicago cops were walking along a darkened stretch of the gang-infested South...

Mom of boy, 16, killed by cops: 'He was bipolar, depressed'

Relatives say a 16-year-old boy who was shot and killed by police after he allegedly fired at people on the street and...

Chicago hits 100 homicides

Chicago on Thursday logged its 100th homicide of the year, a RedEye analysis of preliminary police data found.

After son's murder, mother works to help other victims' families

When Joy McCormack's son was murdered after a Halloween party in 2009, she was lost: not only in trying to rationalize...

Chicago might not reach 100 homicides by May 1

Man dies after run down by car during dispute

A 26-year-old man has died four days after someone ran him down with a car in the Princeton Park neighborhood on the...

Man crashes into home after shot in West Pullman

A man crashed through a chain-link fence and into a home after he was shot while driving through the West Pullman...

Mom finds son, 15, slain: 'I'm questioning my faith'

Timika Rutledge-German finally accepted there was only so much she could do to protect her 15-year-old son from Chicago'...

Man slain in Back of the Yards identified

A man who was fatally shot early this morning in the Back of the Yards neighborhood has been identified, authorities...

Police question man in Wrigleyville shooting

Authorities are questioning a parolee in connection with a shooting in the Wrigleyville neighborhood over the weekend,...

Where do we stand?

Chicago last year recorded the most homicides of any U.S. city—515 killings—but it did not have the...

Wrigleyville shooting was 7th over last day

Three people were shot overnight and another four wounded Saturday afternoon, according to police.

Far South Side man charged with 2012 homicide

A 19-year-old Chicago man was denied bail Sunday on a first-degree murder charge he faces in a fatal shooting last year.

8 wounded in shootings across Chicago

Eight people were shot Thursday afternoon and Friday morning from the Old Irving Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side...

Young father shot to death day before daughter's birthday party

Miguel Cancel planned to celebrate his daughter’s second birthday at Chuck E. Cheese’s on Sunday. The...

Man charged in police-involved shooting on South Side

Police investigating the smell of marijuana smoke ended up shooting a man they chased down a South Side alley after he...

2 shot, 1 fatally, on Far South Side

Two men were shot, one fatally, in the West Pullman neighborhood this evening, authorities said.

Prosecutors: Teen who killed boy, 14, wanted revenge for father's slaying

A reputed gang member was out to avenge the murder of his father when he opened fire at a group of teenagers walking...

Man shot, killed on South Side

A man was shot and fatally wounded in the Grand Crossing neighborhood this morning, police said.

Emanuel: 'Policing, prevention, penalties and parenting' needed to stop gun violence

Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Sunday told more than 1,000 people that good parenting and aggressive policing are key to...

3 questioned about fatal shooting of boy, 14

Three people are being questioned about the fatal shooting of a 14-year-old boy as he walked out of a store with two...

Chicago homicide by the numbers - March 2013

8 shot, 1 fatally, in under an hour

Shootings within an hour of each other left a 19-year-old man dead and seven men injured early this morning, authorities...

1 killed, 11 wounded by gunfire since Friday

A shooting in the Logan Square neighborhood left one man dead and another wounded Friday night as at least a dozen...

Man shot dead on South Side

A man was fatally wounded this afternoon in a shooting on the South Side in the city's Gresham neighborhood, officials...

4 wounded in shootings in Chicago overnight

At least four people were wounded by gunfire in Chicago overnight, including a man shot as he tried to flee two...

Man, 19, fatally shot in Elgin identified

A 19-year-old man was found shot to death in the parking lot of an Elgin apartment building on Tuesday evening, police...

Chicago police put more feet on street

Rookie Chicago police officers have started to patrol on foot on some of the city's most dangerous blocks in a move that...

Artists Against Gun Violence in Daley Center Plaza

Artists Against Gun Violence perform in a flash mob in Daley Center Plaza to call attention to destruction caused by...

Prosecutors: Son stabbed father to death for nagging about cleaning

A security officer for the Aviation Department was stabbed to death by his son after the two got into an argument over...

Lupe, Jonylah and Chicago violence's real toll

Cabbie dies after armed robbery: 'He was very effervescent'

Cab driver Edwin Obazuaye was in good spirits after he was shot twice by robbers while driving the South Side for...

Roommate in custody after fatal Albany Park stabbing

A 26-year-old man was stabbed to death Monday evening during an apparent dispute between roommates, police said.

16-year-old killed in Gage Park, 3 others wounded Saturday across city

A South Side high school student planning to move to Iowa was shot and killed in the Gage Park neighborhood on...

Baby's shooting death leaves city stricken

Little more than a month after the slaying of 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton drew international attention to Chicago's gun...

At least 3 others wounded Friday afternoon, Saturday morning

A 24-year-old man was fatally wounded Friday afternoon in a shooting on the South Side in the city's South Shore...

Man dies after car rammed off road onto I-57

A 31-year-old man was killed when an SUV pulled alongside the car in which he was riding and rammed it off the road...

Homicide by the numbers - Feb. 2013

Killing at a corner hangout in Humboldt Park

The corner of Hirsch Street and St. Louis Avenue was Ramon Colon's slice of Humboldt Park.

Mom hugs detective after told of arrest in son's killing

Chicago Police Sgt. Tom Mitchell stood outside the home of Maria Pike Davis on Tuesday night and called to see if she...

Southwest Side man killed in Friday shooting

A 20-year-old Chicago man died Friday night after being shot early Friday morning about a block from his Southwest...

How's L.A. see our violence? A Chicago native living there tells us

Police, family: 72-year-old killed in gangway was heading to dialysis

A Far South Side man was in a gangway just steps from his home early Saturday when he was shot to death in an apparent...

February sees 14 homicides

February ended Thursday with 14 homicides, down from 29 homicides in February 2012, a RedEye analysis of preliminary...

Track every Chicago homicide on RedEye's homicide map

Who cleans up Chicago crime scenes?

Dan Reynolds’ day job is a profession that most people don’t even know exists: crime scene cleanup.

Prosecutors: Man shot friend for not getting into car

After several hours at a strip club with a fellow member of the Speed Rascals motorcycle club, Ricardo Rivera refused to...

Homicide rates of large U.S. cities

Chicago officials have taken a lot of heat this summer over the rising homicide numbers compared to this time in 2011....

1 dead, 3 wounded in 90 minutes Friday night

Chicago police were flagged down by a man on the street as they responded to the sound of gunfire Friday night and found...

Shootings kill man, 24, wound 2 others

A 24-year-old man died Monday evening after he was shot several times, authorities said.

3 teens shot, 1 fatally, Saturday evening

Shootings on the West and South sides left a 17-year-old boy dead and two other teenagers wounded Saturday evening,...

Man shot dead on South Side

An afternoon shooting in the Bronzeville neighborhood has left one man dead, authorities said.

Man found fatally stabbed in Austin alley identified

Police are investigating the death of a 22-year-old man who was stabbed several times on the West Side during a...

Man shot to death on Southwest Side

A 19-year-old man who was fatally shot in the Gage Park neighborhood Thursday evening has been identified, authorities...

Man killed outside lounge in Englewood

A man died after he was shot in the abdomen at a "30 & over" lounge at the corner of 69th and Morgan streets in...

Man wounded in Little Village dies day after shooting

A 31-year-old man died this afternoon after being shot in the head by an attacker who jumped out of a minivan and opened...

Woman shot to death on Lake Shore Drive ramp

A woman was shot to death while driving a van when someone pulled alongside her on the ramp from Lake Shore Drive to the...

Shootings leave 1 dead, 3 hurt

Three shootings in the city since Friday night have left a 21-year-old man dead and three people hurt, Chicago police...

Park Manor shooting: Mom loses second son to gun violence

All through the afternoon Tuesday, Kimberly Common stood crying near the body of her oldest son Devin, the second son to...

Girl who performed at Obama inaugural events slain on South Side

After taking their exams Tuesday, Hadiya Pendleton and a group of others decided to hang out at a park on Tuesday just...

Man, 20, found fatally shot in East Side neighborhood

A 20-year-old man was found dead this morning with an apparent gunshot wound to his head in the East Side neighborhood,...

Family friend: Man is 4th sibling killed by gunfire

A man slain on the West Side early this morning had two brothers and a sister who also were fatally gunned down in the...

A violent Saturday leaves 7 dead

Four shootings -- two of them double homicides -- and a stabbing left 7 people dead Saturday, authorities said.

Police: 1 held in Englewood domestic slaying

One person is in custody following a domestic-related shooting that left a 50-year-old man dead this afternoon in the...

Man dead, 2 others wounded in West Side shootings

A man was killed and two others wounded in a pair of West Side shootings on Wednesday night, police said.

Autopsy: Girl, 2, was beaten to death

A 2-year-old girl from Chicago’s South Side was remembered by neighbors as happy, energetic and healthy Sunday...

Teen in critical condition among 9 others wounded across city

Two young men were shot to death during another night of gun violence in Chicago Friday: One inside a well-lit...

Teen shot after high school game: 'His mom thought he was safe'

Pamela Wright had dropped off her son at Chicago State University for a high school basketball...

Man shot to death on Northwest Side

A teenager was shot and killed in the Cragin neighborhood this evening, police said.

Woman dies following Northwest Side fire

A basement fire that killed a 35-year-old woman and injured her daughter is being investigated as a possible arson,...

Man dies after drug deal on West Side goes bad

A 51-year-old man died this afternoon after being shot earlier in the North Lawndale neighborhood in a "narcotics-...

Teen dies after being beaten on New Year's Day

A 17-year-old boy was pronounced dead today, after he was dragged out of a car on New Year's Day by two suspected gang...

Man, 30, dies after being shot New Year's Day

A 30-year-old southwest suburban man has died after being shot New Year’s Day while sitting in his vehicle on...

Police: Woman, 55, fatally stabbed in domestic dispute

A 55-year-old woman died Saturday night after being stabbed multiple times in an apparent domestic dispute on the...

At least 10 people shot Saturday, 2 fatally

An afternoon shooting in the Englewood neighborhood has left a man dead Saturday, a day in which at least 10 people were...

Humboldt Park shooting leaves man, 25, dead

A 25-year-old man shot in the chest in the Humboldt Park neighborhood died before he could make it to a hospital this...

Auto repair shop owner killed, two others wounded in separate shootings

The owner of a Gage Park muffler shop was killed in an armed robbery Wednesday night, according to police.

Man shot to death while driving on Far South Side

A man was shot and killed as he drove in the West Pullman neighborhood this afternoon, authorities said.

2 teens on West Side among 15 shot, 3 fatally, on New Year's Day

Two teenagers were shot and seriously wounded this afternoon in the Humboldt Park neighborhood, among at least 15 people...

Officials: West Side man is city's first 2013 homicide victim

A 20-year-old West Side man was the first Chicago homicide victim of 2013, one of 11 people across the city shot since...