Doctor, Chicago police officer, pharmacist killed in Mercy Hospital shooting
CHICAGO — An emergency room doctor, pharmacist, and a Chicago police officer lost their lives after an active shooter incident at a South Side hospital.Chicago police responded to the scene at Mercy Hospital and Medical Center at 2525 S.
Chicago police officer shot, wounded following traffic stop on south side
CHICAGO — A Chicago police officer was shot following a traffic stop on the city’s south side, WGN reports.The shooting happened just before 11 a.m. Tuesday near 87th and Paulina in the Gresham neighborhood.According to Chicago police spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi, a 6th District officer was shot and hit in the vest by an offender following a traffic stop.
Attorneys rest cases in Chicago officer's murder trial
CHICAGO — Testimony in the murder trial of a Chicago police officer in the 2014 shooting of Laquan McDonald concluded Wednesday morning, a quiet ending to a trial just a day after the officer himself provided sometimes emotional and sometimes defiant testimony that what he saw did not unfold the way it did on dashcam video.Defense attorneys did not call any witnesses on Wednesday , but rolled out and put into evidence the squad car tire that McDonald stabbed with a knife before Jason Van Dyke arrived and shot him 16 times.Prosecutors called one rebuttal witness who testified briefly and read into the record what Van Dyke told Chicago police Detective David March shortly after the shooting — including a statement that Van Dyke made that McDonald had raised a knife at him and kept pointing at him even after he was shot and fell to the ground.
Grad student killed 3 hours after arriving in Chicago; surveillance images show possible suspects
CHICAGO – Police have released surveillance images in hopes of finding the people responsible for killing a Northwestern graduate student who had just arrived in Chicago to start a doctoral program.The images capture three people running through the Bank of America parking lot on Clark Street, south of Howard on Sunday night.Police said 25-year-old Shane Columbo was an innocent victim caught in the crossfire around 8:30 p.m. Sunday when two men started shooting.
600 officers will patrol areas hit hard by violence in Chicago by the weekend
CHICAGO — Chicago police say hundreds of extra officers are being deployed to city neighborhoods where a burst of gun violence over the weekend left at least 11 people dead and around 70 wounded.Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson said at a Tuesday news conference that 400 additional officers are already patrolling areas on the West and South Sides where most of the shootings occurred.
'Everybody should be tired of it:' Police say 66 shot in 1 weekend in Chicago, including 12 who died
CHICAGO — Chicago police announced at a Monday morning news conference that 66 people were shot, 12 of them fatally, between Friday at 6 p.m. and Sunday at 11:59 p.m.Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie T.
Sailor's body recovered in Lake Michigan, 1 week after race
CHICAGO — The body of a missing Chicago sailor has been recovered in Lake Michigan one week after falling off a yacht during a race.Chicago police and the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office confirmed 53-year-old Jon Santarelli's body was spotted mid-day Saturday, about six miles from Chicago's Belmont Harbor.Santarelli went missing July 21 approximately five miles east of Navy Pier.
Man, reportedly a father of 43, found beaten to death in his Chicago home
CHICAGO -- A Chicago man, reportedly a father of 43 children, was found beaten to death inside his home.Police found the body of John Hearring, 63, known as Nicholas, on Sunday afternoon, July 15.Multiple family members say Hearring was a long-time resident of the neighborhood who was reportedly well known and a father of 43.
Crowd gathers after man fatally shot by Chicago police
CHICAGO — A crowd gathered and a few protesters briefly scuffled with police Saturday evening after a Chicago police officer fatally shot a man on the city's South Side.Chicago Police Department spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said officers on foot in the South Shore neighborhood tried to question a man "exhibiting characteristics of an armed person" when the confrontation developed.Larry Merritt, a fire department spokesman, said the man was taken to Jackson Park Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.No police officers were injured, Guglielmi said.
SUV fleeing Chicago police hits taxi, killing passenger from Wisconsin
CHICAGO — Police say a taxi passenger from Wisconsin was killed when a stolen SUV crashed into it while fleeing from officers in downtown Chicago.The crash happened late Wednesday in the River North district.
Teen shot in the head was covered with a sheet – but he wasn't dead
CHICAGO — A Chicago teenager who had been shot in the head multiple times was presumed dead and covered with a sheet by paramedics before onlookers noticed he was still moving, police and fire officials said Tuesday.Erin, a 17-year-old who had just graduated from high school, was shot in the head on Chicago’s West Side early Monday and responding paramedics apparently believed he had suffered fatal head wounds, police officials said.
Lawsuit: Chicago police falsely ID thousands as gang members
CHICAGO — Civil rights group filed a lawsuit Tuesday alleging that the Chicago Police Department relies on an error-plagued database that names up to 195,000 people as gang members, including many who have never been in a gang.Many people were erroneously listed in the database simply because of a tattoo, social media post or address, according to the federal lawsuit from Northwestern University's MacArthur Justice Center and other groups.
Illinois’ richest man donates $10M to fight Chicago violence
CHICAGO, Ill. -- Illinois' wealthiest man is stepping up to help Chicago's crime fighting efforts.
Man wearing body armor with loaded gun arrested in Chicago
CHICAGO — A man with a loaded handgun, wearing a bullet proof vest and carrying a bag of SWAT equipment authorities believe was stolen from New York City police has been arrested at Chicago's busiest train station.Chicago police say 21-year-old Isaiah Malailua was arrested Friday morning at a Union Station ticket counter and charged with unlawful use of a weapon for wearing body armor.Cook County Judge John Fitzgerald Lyke set bail at $100,000 and ordered Malailua, from Redding, California, to remain in the Chicago area.Lyke says: This is troubling, to say the least, in light of what's happening in our country."Malailua was arrested after police dogs sniffed explosive residue in an unattended bag, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.
Chicago police officer accused of sexually assaulting hospitalized suspect
CHICAGO — A Chicago police officer has been charged with sexually assaulting a suspect in police custody, the Chicago Tribune reported Tuesday.Officer Carlyle Calhoun, 46, was arrested Monday following an internal investigation, police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi told the Tribune.Calhoun was on duty Feb. 3 when he sexually assaulted a man in his custody at an area hospital, authorities alleged.
Slain Chicago officer remembered as 'model cop'
CHICAGO — The Latest on the funeral for a Chicago Police commander killed in the line of duty (all times local):12:20 p.m.A Chicago Police commander who was gunned down by a suspect this week is being remembered as a "model cop" who wasn't interested in self-promotion, even as he moved up the department's ranks.Speakers at Commander Paul Bauer's funeral Saturday said he was most proud of his titles as husband to his wife, Erin, and father to his daughter, Grace.Former First Deputy Superintendent John Escalante, who grew up with Bauer, says "Erin and Grace were everything" to the 53-year-old.Bauer died Tuesday after he responded to a call for help from fellow officers and was shot six times as he pursued a suspect.
'Some people don't deserve to walk the streets:' Suspect charged with murder in death of CPD commander
CHICAGO — A man with a long criminal history that includes a conviction for armed robbery has been charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a Chicago police commander, authorities announced Wednesday afternoon.Shomari Legghette, 44, was also charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm, armed violence and possession of narcotics after police discovered he was carrying heroin, crack cocaine and marijuana.At an emotional news conference Wednesday, Police Supt.
Woman shot during altercation captured on Facebook Live
CHICAGO – A 27-year-old woman was recording on Facebook Live when she was shot in the arm during an argument Tuesday afternoon.Police said the victim was walking in Chicago's Washington Park neighborhood around 3 p.m. when she exchanged heated words with a woman who is believed to be an acquaintance, according to WGN.The suspect was sitting with at least two others inside a car parked in the 6400 block of South Calumet when the two women traded insults and shots were fired.