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Chicago police said fire crews recovered the victim from the water around 3 a.m. Saturday morning.

Police learned multiple men drove past in two vehicles, and several of the men opened fire at people standing outside.

At 1:39 a.m., the men — ages 41, 43, and 46 — were standing outside in the 1900 block of West 17th Street when someone came up and shot them all.

A deadly shooting investigation is underway in East Garfield Park on Saturday, Chicago police said.

Early Friday morning, chaos unfolded on Chicago's streets and a major thoroughfare, leaving police officers injured, suspects in custody, and an interstate blocked by spilled produce. In a dramatic sequence of events, a man accused of hitting a police officer with a car in an escape attempt is now facing an attempted...

Residents and business owners in the Austin and Belmont Cragin neighborhoods are on high alert after a series of strong-arm robberies. According to a business alert issued by the Chicago Police Department, an unknown individual has targeted local businesses, feigning interest in making purchases before assaulting...

Armed police officer | iStock - Motortion A criminal drove directly at police officers, targeting them with his SUV under a hail of bullets. The post Chicago police officers fire multiple shots as deputy gets hit by SUV appeared first on MotorBiscuit .

A 19-year-old Chicago man who carjacked and robbed two people at gunpoint while already on electronic monitoring for pending robbery cases has been given a seven-year sentence. Prosecutors said Keshawn Stephenson was still a juvenile when he joined another man in confronting a couple outside their home in the 2400...

A first-of-its-kind study looked at children, across Florida, Maryland, New York and Wisconsin, who live in disadvantaged zip codes, and calculated their odds of being hospitalized for a gunshot wound.