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Man accused of fleeing cops at 145 mph and crashing into 2 homes — yet causing no serious injuries. ‘I don’t know how that happened’

March 2, 2020 at 7:29 p.m.

The Cook County judge seemed astonished. Before him stood Casey Rodriguez, 27, who prosecutors said drove up to 145 mph on Interstate 57 before crashing into two Far South Side...

People move away from a crime scene near the CTA Red Line Grand station on Feb. 28, 2020, in Chicago.

Prosecutors drop charges against man wounded by Chicago police during struggle at Red Line station

March 2, 2020 at 8:09 a.m.

Cook County prosecutors on Sunday dropped criminal charges against the man wounded by Chicago police during a struggle with two officers at a CTA Red Line station on Friday. Video...

$150K bond for driver in crash that sent flaming car off Interstate 57 onto railroad tracks

March 2, 2020 at 3:15 p.m.

A Dekalb man out for drinks to celebrate his 25th birthday crashed his speeding car into another motorist, sending her flaming car over a concrete median on Interstate 57 and...

Chief of Patrol Fred Waller talks with members of the press at the scene where a 19-year-old man was shot by police after firing at two officers near West 21st Street and South California Avenue on March 1, 2020, in Chicago.

Man, 19, shot after firing at police, authorities say

March 1, 2020 at 8:26 p.m.

Chicago police say they shot and wounded a man Sunday afternoon after a brief exchange of gunfire near a busy stretch of the Little Village neighborhood on the city's West...

A bullet hole in the front door of the convenience store on East 79th Street in Chicago where nursing student Jaya Beemon was fatally wounded by gunfire.

Mourning and anger: Mother arrested at hospital after daughter slain in shooting that wounded 4 others

February 27, 2020 at 12:42 p.m.

It was a day of mourning and a day of anger for the family of Jaya Beemon, a promising 18-year-old nursing student gunned down as she was picking up snacks...

Detectives enter a convenience store near the scene where five people were shot, at least one fatally, in the 7900 block of South Avalon Avenue in the Avalon Park neighborhood on Feb. 25, 2020, in Chicago.

Woman killed, 4 other people wounded when attackers fire nearly 20 shots into South Side convenience store

February 26, 2020 at 7:37 p.m.

Police continued their search Wednesday for two men and a woman who fired nearly 20 shots into a convenience store on the South Side, killing an 18-year-old woman and wounding...

Woman sentenced to 15 years for forcing boyfriend to drink bleach will be out in 4 years

February 25, 2020 at 5:22 p.m.

A West Englewood woman recently sentenced to 15 years in prison for poisoning her boyfriend with bleach will serve less than half that after state prison officials deducted the time...

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

Prosecutors: Gunmen smiled at each other before shooting into barbershop, injuring 5, including 2 children

February 25, 2020 at 6:52 a.m.

The two men who entered the Gotcha Faded barbershop that chilly January evening walked around the shop crowded with children with their hands concealed in their jacket pockets. After spotting...

Prosecutors: Man locked girl, 3, in bathroom stall, where he sexually assaulted her at River North McDonald’s

February 20, 2020 at 2:49 p.m.

A child sexual assault suspect locked a 3-year-old girl into a stall in the men's washroom at a McDonald's, where her father was nearby with her brother, prosecutors said Thursday...

Parkway Gardens resident Maudessie Jointer voices her feelings about the recent and historical violence at Parkway Gardens apartments during a community meeting on Feb. 18, 2020.

Among the teens wounded at a Valentine’s Day slumber party was the sister of 9-year-girl killed a decade ago. ‘I can’t take no more.’

February 20, 2020 at 2:26 p.m.

While Parkway Gardens residents met with police this week about deteriorating conditions at their violence-scarred complex, where a gunman wounded six young people at a slumber party, Lakeisha Edwards stayed...

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