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The Chicago Public Safety DataHub will track the most recent data on violent crime in Chicago and allow users to compare it ...
CHICAGO (CBS) — At least 19 people were killed and 87 others were hurt in shootings during the Fourth of July weekend across Chicago as of Friday. The ages of the victims range from 5 to 74.
He noted how these factors, their impact on violence still to be determined, were also debated as possible contributors to the extreme rise in violence in Chicago in 2016 following the city’s ...
In Chicago, if you were to be shot today - you’d be more likely to die from your injuries than you would have been 13 years ago. That’s the finding of a new report from nonprofit news outlet ...
The annual event that's aimed at preventing violence has more than 30 businesses and organizations participating, offering ...
Chicago ends year with fewer shootings, but more robbers use guns as overall crime remains high The city has followed a national trend of lowered gun violence, but it has stood nearly alone in ...
Over one recent weekend in Chicago, two children under the age of 10 became victims of the city's rampant gun violence. Mateo Zastro, 3, was shot and killed while in the car with his mother and ...
According to Chicago Police Department data, shooting incidents were down — from 582 as of March 31, 2021, to 508 this year. There had been 10 fewer homicides, with a ...
Chicago shootings over the 4th of July weekend left 109 people shot, 19 fatally, ... Many people Friday evening grappled with the lasting impact gun violence can have on a community.
CHICAGO (WLS) -- It's been a violent holiday weekend so far in Chicago. At least 41 people have been shot, nine fatally, since Friday evening. One of those shootings left a 5-year-old girl dead ...
Threats of violence have sparked chaos at dozens of schools in Chicago and its surrounding suburbs since the beginning of the school year, leading to lockdowns, security screenings and days of remo… ...
In 1966, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. came to Chicago's West Side to protest against discriminatory housing practices. The neighborhood went into an uproar following his assassination ...