Chicago IL

Chicago served as a major drug distribution hub due to its central location and transportation networks, driving gang violence according to FBI officials.

A 17-year-old was shot while sitting at a traffic light in the South Loop, Chicago police said.

The 34-year-old man was in a quarrel with another man in the first block of South State Street when the second man attacked the first man with a sharp object, police said.

Two gunmen unleashed at least 45 shots in an East Garfield Park gas station lot late Sunday night, killing a 21-year-old man in a barrage of gunfire that made their intentions unmistakable. Officers responded to the Shell station at 45 North Western Avenue around 11:30 p.m. and found the victim...

DOWNTOWN — A viral post claiming salt trucks are blocking immigration enforcement actions in Chicago is false, according to city officials. The post went viral on Instagram, showing city salt trucks parking end-to-end along a city street, with the video’s caption saying there was a “wall of trucks, moving slow,...

CHICAGO - A Cook County judge ordered a Chicago man held after sheriff’s police say they found him with a pistol outfitted with a laser sight late last month. On Aug. 29, Cook County Sheriff’s Police Investigators were working near 93rd Street and Cottage Grove Avenue when a witness reported seeing a man brandishing...

Prosecutors have filed felony charges against six men accused of stealing $170,500 worth of Rolex watches during a smash-and-grab burglary at the company’s Mag Mile boutique on Friday afternoon. The caper ended with a cross-town police chase that ended in a crash and foot pursuits. The men, identified as...

Alleged Boss of Violent Sinaloa Cartel Faction Indicted in Chicago on Narcoterrorism, Drug, and Firearm Charges. A federal grand jury in Chicago has indicted an alleged boss of a violent faction of the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico on narcoterrorism, drug, and firearm charges. Oscar Manuel Gasatelum Iribe, also known as...

CHICAGO - A 57-year-old woman is in the hospital after being caught in gunfire during a dispute Sunday evening on Chicago’s Far South Side. Police said it happened around 7:08 p.m. in the 12400 block of South Stewart Avenue in West Pullman. Investigators said there was a verbal argument among people who knew each...

Community activists say at least three people were detained by ICE on the Southwest Side of Chicago Sunday afternoon.