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Police Fire At Man Who Points Gun In Roseland
CHICAGO (CBS) — Police fired shots at a man when he pointed a weapon at them in the Roseland neighborhood Monday evening. No one was struck, and the man was arrested. Officers responded to a call of a...
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Duo Nabbed For Robbing Off-Duty Cop, Carjacking Second Victim
CHICAGO (STMW) – Two men have been charged with robbing an off-duty Chicago Police officer of his badge and wallet early Wednesday on the Far South Side, then carjacking another man shortly afterwards....
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Two Men Found Dead In Calumet City
CALUMET CITY (CBS) – Two men were found dead inside a car in south suburban Calumet City on Wednesday. Police said it appeared the two men had been shot. The men were found in a vehicle about 6 p.m. in...
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2 Women Hurt When Car Hits Snow Plow
CHICAGO (CBS) — Two women were critically injured early Tuesday when their car hit a snow plow in the West Chatham neighborhood. The crash happened just after 1 a.m. at 79th Street and Wentworth...
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Three Shot In Morgan Park; 7 Hurt When Responding CFD Vehicle Crashes
Updated 02/27/12 – 7:42 a.m. CHICAGO (CBS) – One person is dead and two were wounded in a shooting Sunday in the Morgan Park neighborhood, and seven more were hurt when a fire chief car crashed on its...
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Man Arrested After Firing Shot In Bridgeport, 16-Mile Police Chase
CHICAGO (STMW) – A man who was alleged to have fired a gun on a Bridgeport neighborhood street late Saturday was apprehended by police not long afterward, but not before he led police on a pursuit that...
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3 Killed, 7 Injured In Post-Holiday Shootings
UPDATED 07/06/12 10:38 a.m. CHICAGO (CBS) — Three people were killed, and seven others were injured, in shootings during the day Thursday as the high climbed to 102 degrees, and during the steamy night...
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1 Dead, 12 Wounded In Overnight Shootings
UPDATED 07/24/12 6:58 a.m. CHICAGO (CBS) — One teenage boy was killed and 12 others were injured in Chicago just between 9 p.m. Monday and 5 a.m. Tuesday. As CBS 2’s Susanna Song reports, four of the...
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2 Dead, 17 Wounded In Weekend Shootings
CHICAGO (STMW) – Two men were killed and at least 17 others were wounded in shootings across Chicago late Friday into early Saturday. The weekend’s first fatal shooting killed a 22-year-old Aurora man...
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6 Killed, 36 Wounded In Weekend Shootings
CHICAGO (CBS) – At least six people were killed and 36 others were wounded in separate shootings across Chicago late Friday into Sunday morning, authorities said. The most recent fatal shooting...
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Man Struck By Train, Critically Injured In Roseland
CHICAGO (STMW) – A man was hit by a train in the South Side Roseland neighborhood Tuesday night. Paramedics found him just after 8 p.m. near 114th Street and South Wentworth Avenue, Fire Media Affairs...
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PACE Van Driver Causes Crash On South Side
UPDATED: 6/24/2013 2:30 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) – Chicago police say the driver of a PACE van carrying as many as nine developmentally disabled adults was at fault in a crash in Roseland on Monday morning....
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Girl, 16, Shot While Riding In Car
CHICAGO (STMW) – A 16-year-old girl was shot in the South Side Fuller Park neighborhood while she rode in the backseat of a car Wednesday evening. The driver of the car pulled into a gas station in the...
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Five People Shot In City Overnight
CHICAGO (STMW) – At least five people — including a 16-year-old girl — were wounded in shootings throughout the city Wednesday night through early Thursday morning. The girl was shot while she rode in...
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2 Dead, 9 Wounded In Shootings Since Friday Night
Updated 08/10/13 – 2:32 p.m. CHICAGO (STMW) – Two men were killed and at least nine other people wounded in gun violence across the city since Friday night. The most recent fatal shooting happened...
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2 Dead, 11 Wounded In Shootings Since Monday Evening
CHICAGO (STMW) – Two people were killed and another 11 wounded in shootings across the city Monday evening to early Tuesday. In the Little Village neighborhood, a man killed his wife and 5-year-old...
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4 Hurt In Crash After Driver Tried To Flee Police
CHICAGO (STMW) – Four people were injured early Thursday in Englewood when the driver of a Jeep tried to flee from a police traffic stop, but ended up crashing the vehicle into a pole across the...
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Woman Who Shot Self While Hiding Gun In Police Cruiser Charged
CHICAGO (STMW) – An Avalon Park woman who accidentally shot herself in the back of a Chicago Police cruiser Saturday evening while trying to conceal a handgun from officers has been charged with two...
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Northbound I-57 Reopens After Fiery Truck Crash
CHICAGO (STMW) – The northbound lanes of Interstate 57 were closed on the South Side early Wednesday as crews worked to remove the wreckage of a semi-truck that crashed and burst into flames. The...
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Sinkhole Opens On West Pullman Street
CHICAGO (CBS) – A massive sinkhole opened up overnight in the West Pullman neighborhood, swallowing part of a street and adjoining parkway. CBS 2’s Susanna Song reports the 20-by-80-foot hole came...
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Two Shot In Greater Grand Crossing
CHICAGO (STMW) – Two men were shot Thursday afternoon in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood on the South Side. They were shot about 4 p.m. in the 7100 block of South Wentworth Avenue, police said....
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At Least 10 Shot Across Chicago On Tuesday
CHICAGO (STMW) – At least 10 men were wounded in nine separate shootings across Chicago Tuesday. Most recently, a man in his 20s was shot in the Roseland neighborhood on the South Side. The man was in...
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4-Year-Old Among Two Shot In Greater Grand Crossing
Updated 06/11/14 – 6:08 a.m. CHICAGO (CBS) — A young man was killed and a 4-year-old boy was wounded in a shooting Tuesday afternoon in Greater Grand Crossing. The shooting happened at 72nd and...
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Catalytic Converter Thieves Lead Police On Chase On South Side
CHICAGO (CBS) – At least two people were in custody Friday morning, after leading police on a chase when officers responded to reports of someone stealing the catalytic converter from a car in the...
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Hundreds Of Gallons Of Acid Leaked From Truck Near U.S. Cellular Field
CHICAGO (CBS) – An acid spill near U.S. Cellular Field has prompted officials to close nearby streets, exits from the Dan Ryan Expressway Wednesday afternoon. Fire Department crews were sent to 35th...
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Woman Killed In Crash On I-80/94 Near State Line
Updated 08/12/14 – 1:47 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) – A fatal crash on eastbound Interstate 80/94 closed all but one lane of the expressway for more than an hour-and-a-half early Tuesday near the...
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Man Wounded In Roseland Shooting
CHICAGO (STMW) — A man was shot early Tuesday in the Roseland neighborhood on the Far South Side. At 12:15 a.m., the 33-year-old man was outside in the 10300 block of South Wentworth Avenue when he...
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Man Wounded In Princeton Park Shooting
CHICAGO (STMW) — A man was shot early Tuesday in the Princeton Park neighborhood on the South Side. The 20-year-old was walking on the sidewalk in the 9100 block of South Wentworth Avenue about 1:15...
View ArticlePolice: Driver Dead, 2 Other Teens Hospitalized When SUV Flees Police, Plows...
CHICAGO (CBS) — A teenage driver is dead, and two other teens were injured, after a sport-utility vehicle fleeing police crashed plowed into a house in the Far South Side’s Fernwood neighborhood...
View ArticleHome Destroyed After Car Slams Into It At 100 MPH; ‘It Was Like An Earthquake’
CHICAGO (CBS) – The images are shocking—an entire wall and floor gone—after a car crashed into a home. The teen driver died. Three generations of a Chicago family who live there spoke with Chris Tye...
View ArticleOwner Of Stolen Jeep Won’t Press Charges Against Survivors Of Deadly Fernwood...
CHICAGO (CBS) — Clarence Ray’s sport-utility vehicle was stolen and was involved in a police pursuit, before it crashed into a house on Wentworth Avenue in Fernwood last week. The teenage driver died....
View Article2 Teens Shot In Wentworth Gardens Development
CHICAGO (CBS) — Two teens were shot Tuesday evening in the Wentworth Gardens public housing development. The shooting happened at 8:18 p.m. in the 200 block of West 38th Place, near Wentworth Avenue. A...
View ArticleMan Hit, Killed By Vehicle In Calumet City
CALUMET CITY, Ill. (CBS) — A man was struck and killed by a vehicle in Calumet City Monday afternoon. Calumet City police officers and paramedics were called to Wentworth Avenue and Detroit Street at...
View ArticleFoot Locker, Other Stores Looted, Picked Clean At 54th And Wentworth
CHICAGO (CBS) — A Foot Locker and other stores were looted Sunday night at 54th Street and Wentworth Avenue. Windows at the store were smashed and the store appeared to be picked clean. A dollar store...
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2 Months After Looting And Unrest, Many Chicago Businesses Still Need Help...
CHICAGO (CBS) — Chicago businesses reported $66 million worth of damaged or stolen property to police during the looting and unrest after George Floyd’s death, according to public records obtained by...
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Community Furious After 5-Year-Old Boy Is Hit In Head By Stray Bullet On Far...
CHICAGO (CBS) — A 5-year-old boy was struck in the head by a stray bullet while playing in his house on the city’s Far South Side this week. On Tuesday night, CBS 2’s Tara Molina was asking police what...
View ArticleNeighbors At 115th And Wentworth Are Sick Of Heaps Of Trash And Debris In...
CHICAGO (CBS) — From piles of trash to an abandoned car and construction debris, neighbors near 115th Street and Wentworth Avenue say they are sick of junk being dumped in their alley – and they blame...
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Mother Pleads With Driver To Surrender After Land Surveyor Was Killed On The...
CHICAGO (CBS) — A mother issued a desperate plea Monday for the driver who hit and killed her son to come forward. As CBS 2’s Jermont Terry reported, the victim was just doing his job at the time. The...
View Article71-Year-Old Man Shot Multiple Times, Killed While Heading To Store To Buy...
By Suzanne Le Mignot and Jackie Kostek CHICAGO (CBS) — A 71-year-old man was shot and killed on a Chinatown sidewalk in broad daylight Tuesday. As CBS 2’s Suzanne Le Mignot reported, police said the...
View ArticleNew Lights Installed For Security In Chinatown In Wake Of Murder Of...
CHICAGO (CBS) — A community group is beefing up security in Chinatown following the murder of an innocent grandfather recently. The Chinatown Security Foundation installed new lighting near Wentworth...
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