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Chicago police Officer Brian Warner, shown on April 25, 2018.

After killing an armed suspect, a Chicago cop — and his department — struggle with PTSD

May 23, 2019 at 1:46 a.m.

Chicago police Officer Brian Warner took a seat in the center of the hushed room and waited, the only sound the wail of sirens 16 floors below in the Loop....

Emergency vehicles are staged near a commercial building where an active shooter was reported in the 600 block of Archer Avenue in Aurora on Feb. 15, 2019.

Aurora shooter announced, ‘We’re done here’ before opening fire on co-workers, says lawyer of man shot 3 times

May 23, 2019 at 1:50 a.m.

Upon learning he was being fired from his job at an Aurora warehouse, Gary Martin announced, “We’re done here” and began shooting the participants in his termination hearing, a lawyer...

In wake of Aurora mass shooting, Illinois State Police taking ‘first steps’ to make it harder to keep guns after licenses revoked

May 23, 2019 at 1:50 a.m.

Nearly three weeks after a mass shooting at an Aurora factory, the Illinois State Police announced a sweeping list of reforms aimed at making it harder for people to keep...

A revamped ordinance that would create a community commission to oversee CPD eliminates a proposal giving the commission the authority to fire the police superintendent. Support from Mayor Rahm Emanuel, shown here with Superintendent Eddie Johnson, remains uncertain.

Revamped ordinance for community oversight of Chicago Police Department faces likely uphill battle

May 23, 2019 at 1:49 a.m.

A revamped ordinance that would create a community commission to oversee the Chicago Police Department was introduced Tuesday at the City Council’s Public Safety Committee, setting the stage for a...

A church bulletin near the Gabel-Dunn Funeral Home memorializes Trevor Wehner on Feb. 20, 2019, in Sheridan. Wehner, 21, was one of five men fatally shot by a co-worker at the Henry Pratt Co. in Aurora on Feb. 15.

Members of Congress to FBI: Fix gaps in background check system that allowed Aurora shooter to buy gun

May 23, 2019 at 1:49 a.m.

Several lawmakers are asking the FBI to address the flawed national databases that allowed the Aurora shooter to purchase the gun he used to kill five co-workers and wound several...

Aurora mass shooter lost his gun license but kept his gun — as have thousands of other Illinoisans. Here’s a look at what went wrong.

May 31, 2019 at 3:11 a.m.

A series of systemic failures allowed convicted felon Gary Martin to purchase the gun he used to fatally shoot five co-workers and wound several police officers during this month’s warehouse...

New study identifies ‘gaps’ in state gun law that allowed Aurora shooter to illegally keep his weapon

May 23, 2019 at 1:47 a.m.

The ink on a new report on Illinois gun laws was barely dry when news broke of a mass shooting in Aurora by a felon who should not have been...

Aurora mass shooter in his own words: ‘I acted out of rage and fear’ in beating of ex-girlfriend with baseball bat

May 23, 2019 at 1:47 a.m.

A day after Illinois State Police inquired about Gary Martin’s criminal history in 2014, two court clerks in Mississippi discussed whether to send authorities a chilling psychiatric evaluation in which...

Actor Jussie Smollett reported being attacked near his Streeterville apartment. He co-stars in the TV series "Empire," which films in Chicago.

Chicago police investigating whether ‘Empire’ actor Jussie Smollett paid brothers to stage attack

August 18, 2019 at 2:53 p.m.

Chicago police are investigating whether "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett paid two brothers to stage an attack on the actor in the Streeterville neighborhood late last month, according to a law...

Jussie Smollett, shown in 2015, says he was attacked while returning to his Streeterville apartment around 2 a.m. Jan. 29.

Brothers released in reported attack on ‘Empire’ actor Jussie Smollett — 12 hours after police called them ‘possible suspects’

May 23, 2019 at 1:47 a.m.

Chicago police late Friday released two brothers they had been questioning about a reported attack on “Empire” star Jussie Smollett, saying they no longer were considered suspects. “Due to new...

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