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Gloria Schmidt, an attorney who represents the two persons of interest in the Jussie Smollett investigation, leaves the Chicago Police Department's Wentworth District station on Feb. 14, 2019.

Police say 2 brothers being questioned in reported Jussie Smollett attack are now ‘potential suspects’

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

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

Jeffrey Lichtman, an attorney for Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, arrives at the Brooklyn Federal Courthouse on Jan. 7, 2019.

5 ways Chicago played a role in ‘El Chapo’s’ conviction — including the Empire carpet jingle

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

The historic trial of Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman may have unfolded in a federal courtroom in New York City, but Chicago played a pivotal role in much...

Police shadows are cast near crime scene tape where three people were shot in 2018 in the 7200 block of South Bennett Avenue in Chicago.

Gang violence in Chicago changing, but policymakers slow to catch up, report says

May 23, 2019 at 1:43 a.m.

With the structure of storied supergangs like the Gangster Disciples and the Vice Lords long gone, Chicago’s policymakers need to catch up and refocus efforts to reduce Chicago’s persistent violence...

Deputy Chief of Detectives Brendan Deenihan in his Chicago office on Oct. 24, 2018.

Chicago police detectives face punishing pace of gun violence in neighborhoods where they are often not trusted or respected

May 23, 2019 at 1:36 a.m.

The detective scanned the empty street where just an hour ago a gathering of people had been sprayed with gunfire on an August evening. Not much here. Minor details from...

Kendra Rodriguez, 32, stands inside her new apartment Oct. 31, 2018, in Chicago.

Kendra Rodriguez lost her fiance to a violent weekend: ‘It is something you think about all the time. Have they caught him?’

May 23, 2019 at 1:36 a.m.

The last pile of boxes and rags and empty cleaning bottles had been swept together into the middle of the empty room. Kendra Rodriguez took one hurried pass through the...

Houses are reflected in the 900 block of North Karlov Avenue near the scene of a shooting in August that left four people injured.

Four months after violent shootout, residents of one proud Chicago block still waiting for answers from police

May 23, 2019 at 1:31 a.m.

In seconds, North Karlov turned into a battleground. Four people shot, cars smashed up, shell casings all over the street. Lori Pierson got to the window in time to see...

Mourners line up outside Our Lady of Angels Church for the funeral for three nuns Dec. 4, 1958. Sisters Mary St. Canice Lyng, 44, Mary Seraphica Kelley, 43, and Mary Clare Therese Champagne, 26, died in the fire at Our Lady of the Angels grade school on Dec. 1 in Chicago.

60 years later, family, survivors still ache for those lost in devastating Our Lady of the Angels fire

May 23, 2019 at 1:32 a.m.

Some six decades ago, with the devastation and loss of the Our Lady of the Angels fire still fresh, the Royal Airs marching drum and bugle corps gathered at a...

Rhonda Barrett, at her Chicago home Nov. 30, 2018, has filed a lawsuit against the CHA, accusing the agency of negligence for hiring Mercy Hospital gunman Juan Lopez.

Lawsuit accuses CHA of hiring Mercy Hospital gunman despite past harassment complaints

May 23, 2019 at 1:32 a.m.

Rhonda Barrett says she pulled her car over, stunned, when she heard the news about a gunman killing his ex-fiance, then a Chicago police officer and a pharmacist in a...

Police salute as an ambulance arrives at the medical examiner's office carrying the body of an officer who was killed during a mass shooting at Mercy Hospital that left four people, including the gunman, dead on Nov. 19, 2018, in Chicago.

Este era Samuel Jiménez, el oficial asesinado en el tiroteo del Mercy Hospital:

December 12, 2018 at 12:04 a.m.

El joven oficial del distrito Wentworth, Samuel Jiménez había perseguido recientemente a un sospechoso armado. Lo atrapó y colaboró a sacar armas de la calle. También ayudó a remover un...

Rebecca Martin hangs blue ribbons in the Edison Park neighborhood to honor fallen Chicago police Officer Samuel Jimenez on Nov. 20, 2018. Jimenez was shot and killed at Mercy Hospital.

Mercy Hospital gunman had been kicked out of fire academy: ‘He had issues. He was not getting along well’

August 22, 2019 at 9:52 a.m.

Long before he opened fire at a Near South Side hospital, Juan Lopez had a documented history of abusive behavior that he sometimes backed up with a gun. While a...

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