Annie Sweeney

Officers salute outside the Near North District station Feb. 13, 2020, during a memorial for Cmdr. Paul Bauer, who was killed in 2018.

Trial of man accused of killing Cmdr. Paul Bauer won’t include past incidents involving officer

February 21, 2020 at 4:00 p.m.

The man accused of killing Chicago police Cmdr. Paul Bauer in 2018 was barred Friday from telling jurors about allegedly aggressive incidents from Bauer's past — blunting the defense's attempt...

A police officer redirects a commuter at the closed Red Line CTA subway station Feb. 17, 2020.

Man charged in CTA tunnel shooting held without bail

February 21, 2020 at 6:58 p.m.

A 23-year-old Chicago man was ordered held without bail Friday for what prosecutors described as a brazen, calculated shooting in a downtown CTA pedestrian tunnel that left one man dead...

Cassandra Tanner Miller in her Joliet home on Feb. 6, 2020. Her 18-month-old son was fatally shot death by his father with a gun that he was no longer legally allowed to possess.

Can courts do more to force FOID card violators to give up their guns? Cook and DuPage counties considering how following Tribune report.

February 17, 2020 at 6:28 p.m.

Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart is calling for changes in how the judicial system handles defendants with revoked gun licenses following a Tribune investigation into the ballooning backlog of people...

Colton Miller's Batman costume hangs in the laundry room of his mother's house in Joliet. He was shot to death by his father before he had a chance to wear the costume.

A man with a revoked gun license killed his 18-month-old son in Joliet. Here’s how he and thousands of others slipped through the system.

February 14, 2020 at 9:31 a.m.

By the time Christopher Miller showed up at his estranged wife's backdoor in September 2019 with a pistol in his waistband, state authorities already had declared him too dangerous to...

A photo of Chicago police Cmdr. Paul Bauer next to a wreath of white flowers at a short memorial service at the Thompson Center on the one-year anniversary of his death on Feb. 13, 2019.

Family of Chicago police commander killed in the line of duty sues online gun marketplace

February 13, 2020 at 3:21 p.m.

A federal lawsuit has been filed against the online gun dealer Armslist for facilitating the sale of a handgun that was used in the 2018 fatal shooting of on-duty Chicago...

Chicago police Interim Superintendent Charlie Beck, center, and Mayor Lori Lightfoot sit with new members of the department before a graduation ceremony at Navy Pier on Dec. 18.

Chicago police announce major restructuring, moving detectives and specialized cops to patrol districts to take on violence

January 30, 2020 at 7:41 p.m.

Interim Chicago police Superintendent Charlie Beck unveiled a massive restructuring Thursday that will move hundreds of detectives and narcotics and gang officers from specialized units to police districts, shifting resources...

Chicago police process a crime scene after at least five people reportedly were shot at Pulaski Road and Maypole Avenue in Chicago on Jan. 16, 2020.

For years Chicago police rated the risk of tens of thousands being caught up in violence. That controversial effort has quietly been ended.

January 24, 2020 at 8:55 p.m.

Chicago police have quietly ended a controversial data-gathering effort that rated tens of thousands of residents on who was most likely to be caught up in violence — either as...

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