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CHICAGO — A teen boy is recovering in the hospital on Wednesday morning after he was shot by a group of gunmen on the city’s West Side overnight. Chicago police say the shooting unfolded just after 8:30 p.m. in the 4300 block of West Maypole Avenue, in Garfield Park. According to police, the victim, a […]

Immigration officials in Chicago are on high alert. A Latin Kings faction has reportedly ordered them to be shot on sight.

Chicago rapper Adamn Killa has made headlines after a recent incident with police turned into a viral moment. The rapper, best known for his “Arrest me, daddy” videos on social media, was briefly detained in downtown Chicago after interrupting a police traffic stop. The incident, which was caught on camera, quickly...

A teenage boy was wounded in an overnight shooting on Chicago’s South Side, according to a brief local TV alert. Details were sparse and fleeting. The Chicago Police Department maintains a News & Media hub for press releases and incident notifications, but as of publication, there was no matching release tied to the...

A man who was already on electronic monitoring for a pending gun case is now accused of firing 32 rounds at a car after being shot outside his home. Talen McChriston, 23, was shot while standing on the porch of his house in the 5200 block of South Bishop around 5 p.m. on May 1. According to prosecutors, instead of...

CHICAGO — A viral TikTok video showing a grocery store cashier expressing frustration over a $1,013 EBT transaction has sparked widespread debate online about how SNAP benefits are used — and whether large purchases like this are legitimate. The short clip, which shows a receipt stretching across the...

A Venezuelan migrant working at a Chicago construction site has been detained on attempted murder charges after allegedly attacking a coworker with a running concrete saw, according to prosecutors. Prosecutors said 26-year-old Augustin Gomes Granadillo got into an argument with a 30-year-old coworker at a job site in...

Three people were shot in a Bronzeville Jewel Osco Tuesday morning, Chicago police said.

CHICAGO — Every Friday, 35-year-old Jackie Birov camps out with dozens of other protesters next to the police barricades outside the ICE facility in suburban Broadview. Wearing her signature Lady Liberty costume with an American flag cape fluttering behind her, Birov chants and sings along with the group, only...

Chopper 7 captured the moment Chicago firefighters rushed to extinguish the fire on Wednesday.