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A 19-year-old in Illinois is facing a murder charge for gunning down a 16-year-old after a relative complained about "older boys" taking Orbeez gel weapons from him and "shooting them," cops say. The post ‘In daylight, near a park’: 16-year-old shot 25 times by older teen after dispute over Orbeez toy guns being used...

Chicago police have arrested a Venezuelan migrant for the sixth time in the past 13 months after he allegedly robbed a woman at gunpoint in the sanctuary city.

Chicago's landscape of violence sketched another grim outline when Natalie Hernandez, 22, of the 4300 block of W. 25th Pl., was charged with a felony for aggravated battery after allegedly discharging a firearm and wounding a 39-year-old woman, The incident, which occurred just minutes before Hernandez's arrest, took...

The Chicago Police Department is requesting the public's help in locating Ahmeeka Smith, a 54-year-old woman who has been missing since the first of April this year. Smith, who was last seen in the vicinity of the 6500 block of South Lowe, is described as a female standing five feet and six inches tall, weighing 210...

CHICAGO - A 70-year-old man died Wednesday after becoming unresponsive on a plane at O’Hare International Airport, according to Chicago police. Police said the man became unresponsive while on board a flight at O’Hare. He was later pronounced dead. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the man...

A woman has been charged with killing a 61-year-old cancer patient in his South Shore home, officials said. The victim was found October 14, 2024 stabbed to death in the 7100 block of South East End Avenue, Chicago police said. ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watch Kim Landers told ABC7 she found...

CHICAGO - Democratic state Sen. Emil Jones III told a federal jury in his bribery trial Thursday that the FBI asked him to wire up on the CEO of Roseland Community Hospital as part of a cooperation bid that could keep Jones from being charged. Jones, who is on the...

Source: Administrative Office of the United States Courts, District of Illinois. A Winfield man finds himself front and center in a federal case after being charged with preparing more than 50 phony tax returns. Hailing from the suburbs of Chicago, Cedrick Taylor, 40, is accused of concocting a scheme that involved...

CHICAGO — Investigators have been trying to determine if the man shot and killed in Lincoln Park on Wednesday evening was murdered during a confrontation with package thieves. That’s the early word from a resident who spoke with Chicago cops and a law enforcement source. The 28-year-old victim...

LONG GROVE, Ill. - Authorities say four Chicago-area men were arrested this week after a residential break-in in the northwest suburbs, part of what investigators believe is a broader burglary operation targeting homes in the Asian community. What we know:. Around 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, a team of investigators with...