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Gun used in daylong shooting rampage that left 5 dead from Chicago’s South Side to Evanston likely was used in other shootings going back to 2009, records show

May 16, 2021 at 8:27 a.m.

The gun that a 32-year-old man used in a daylong spate of fatal shootings that stretched from Chicago's South Side into Evanston in January was used in as many as...

CPD announces new policy on search warrants after uproar over Anjanette Young raid

May 14, 2021 at 7:58 p.m.

After drawing stinging criticism for an improper raid in 2019 in which Chicago police officers executed a search warrant at the wrong address and forced a woman to stand handcuffed...

Veronica Álvarez se sienta junto a fotografías de su hijo, Anthony Álvarez, durante una entrevista en el centro de Chicago el 8 de mayo de 2021.

La familia de Anthony Álvarez lucha con su muerte pública

May 13, 2021 at 11:27 a.m.

Era poco después de la medianoche del 31 de marzo cuando el hermano de Anthony Álvarez se puso en contacto con él para ver si estaba bien. Álvarez, de 22...

Veronica Alvarez, mother of Anthony Alvarez, talks about her son during an interview in downtown Chicago on May 8, 2021. Anthony Alvarez was fatally shot by a Chicago police officer on March 31.

Family of Anthony Alvarez struggles with his public death, asks that ‘policing failures’ be addressed after his fatal shooting by an officer

May 10, 2021 at 8:48 a.m.

It was just after midnight on March 31 when Anthony Alvarez's brother reached out to him to see if he was OK. Alvarez, 22, left his brother's Northwest Side home...

2nd analysis of Chicago police search warrants by inspector general finds reporting gaps, major racial disparities

May 7, 2021 at 3:07 p.m.

A second analysis by the city inspector general on Chicago Police Department search warrants has flagged concerns about reporting gaps in the details recorded about them, as well as a...

Elizabeth Arguelles arranges flowers at a makeshift memorial near the site where Adam Toledo was shot by police in the Little Village neighborhood on April 15, 2021.

Latino leaders call for halt on police foot pursuits unless serious threat is present

May 4, 2021 at 6:59 p.m.

In the wake of two recent fatal shootings by Chicago police during foot chases, leaders in the city's Latino community are calling for a halt to such pursuits when no...

Veronica Alvarez, center, the mother of 22-year-old Anthony Alvarez, is comforted by supporters on April 27, 2021, after watching video of her son's fatal shooting.

Document shows Chicago police development of new foot-chase policy in wake of high-profile fatal police shootings

April 30, 2021 at 8:24 p.m.

A Chicago Police Department document being circulated among police leaders and obtained by the Tribune contains ideas for new rules for foot chases in the wake of a pair of...

Video of fatal shooting of Anthony Alvarez by Chicago police is released; department leaders promise new foot-chase policy (warning: graphic content)

April 28, 2021 at 7:36 p.m.

As he ran from Chicago police, Anthony Alvarez stumbled, what appeared to be a gun in one hand and a cellphone in the other. By the time the 22-year-old got...

Sandra Brown shows her inmate identification card, something she referred to as "identicide" because it lists inmate first and her name second.

Report calls for reducing number of incarcerated women in Illinois and more support for those bettering themselves

April 28, 2021 at 4:42 p.m.

For more than a decade, Sandra Brown worked one class at a time, handwriting or typing her papers and assignments to earn both a bachelor's and a master's degree, all...

Protesters rally outside the 3rd Precinct on April 19, 2021, in Minneapolis as the murder trial against former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin in the killing of George Floyd advances to jury deliberations.

Chicago activists and politicians praise guilty verdict in George Floyd murder but differ on what comes next

April 20, 2021 at 9:41 p.m.

As people celebrated in the streets of Minneapolis following Derek Chauvin's murder conviction Tuesday, Chicago activists and politicians praised the verdict as an important step toward achieving justice for people...

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