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Friends and family members wait outside of Stroger Hospital on Aug. 5, 2018. At least 75 people were shot in one of the most violent weekends of the year in Chicago, spurred by a 7-hour period early Sunday morning when 41 people were shot. Many of those injured were treated at Stroger.

First murder charges nearly two months after 13 people were killed during year’s most violent weekend

May 23, 2019 at 1:18 a.m.

Nearly two months after 13 people were killed during a burst of weekend violence in Chicago, authorities have filed the first murder charges. But it took a deathbed statement, surveillance...

Guillermo Botello was wounded in the arm and grazed in the head on Aug. 5, 2018. He identified an acquaintance, Antonio Macedo, as his attacker.

One more charged from violent August weekend as Chicago police struggle with distrust, fear

May 23, 2019 at 1:15 a.m.

It was a chance encounter between two acquaintances in a Menards parking lot, but enough for a 2-year-old dispute over $700 to boil over into gunfire. Now Antonio Macedo is...

Chicago police investigate the scene where four men were shot at Washington Boulevard and Leclaire Avenue in Chicago on Aug. 5, 2018.

3 weeks after 75 people were shot in Chicago’s most violent weekend in 2018, only one alleged shooter has been charged

May 23, 2019 at 1:12 a.m.

An hour after allegedly opening fire and wounding a man at a bustling West Side intersection earlier this month, a one-time reputed shooter for one of the city’s more dangerous...

Police work the scene where a 12-year-old boy was shot in the head, a 10-year-old girl was shot in the shoulder, an 11-year-old boy was shot in the ankle and a 20-year-old man was shot in the hand July 27, 2018, on the 1100 block of South Troy Street.

Nearly 33,000 juveniles arrested over last two decades labeled as gang members by Chicago police

May 23, 2019 at 1:06 a.m.

Nearly 33,000 juveniles arrested over about the last two decades have been labeled by Chicago police as gang members, according to police data. The records, released as a result of...

Chicago police solve one in every 20 shootings. Here are some reasons why that’s so low.

May 23, 2019 at 1:09 a.m.

After 74 people were shot over one of the city’s most violent weekends in more than two years, Chicago police said they would flood the city’s crime-wracked neighborhoods with hundreds...

Barber slain by Chicago cop last month shot multiple times to head, torso and left thigh, autopsy finds

May 23, 2019 at 1:08 a.m.

A South Side barber fatally shot by police last month suffered multiple gunshot wounds, including to the back of his head, left shoulder, chest and buttocks, according to the Cook...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel speaks with Attorney General Lisa Madigan and Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson during a news conference for the release of the draft consent decree at the James R. Thompson Center, on Friday, July 27, 2018 in Chicago.

The difference with this round of Chicago police reform? A federal judge.

May 15, 2019 at 5:01 p.m.

After various crises over the course of decades, Chicago politicians have stood up and declared plans to reform the Chicago Police Department. In the 1960s, there was the Summerdale scandal...

Attorneys say video shows man did not have a gun when a Chicago cop fatally shot him last month

May 23, 2019 at 1:06 a.m.

Video released Wednesday shows a Chicago police tactical officer fatally shooting a 24-year-old man as he tried to scale a fence last month in the Bronzeville neighborhood. Attorneys for the...

Muchas dudas por tiroteo policial, a pesar que se mostró el video

July 23, 2018 at 1:38 p.m.

Dentro de las 24 horas que transcurrieron después del tiroteo a muerte de Harith Augustus, la Policía de Chicago dio a conocer un video para intentar responder al menos una...

People protest outside the Chicago Police Department's 3rd District station after several people were arrested marching on South Jeffery on July 19, 2018, in Chicago. The fatal shooting of Harith Augustus by a police officer on July 14 had prompted the protests.

Many questions remain about fatal police shooting, despite swift release of video snippet

May 23, 2019 at 1:05 a.m.

Within 24 hours of the fatal shooting of Harith Augustus, Chicago police released video in an attempt to answer at least one key question for the public: Why had officers...

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