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Suspect charged in killing of Chicago police officer faces additional charges
The suspect charged with the first-degree murder of Chicago Police Officer Luis Huesca faces additional charges of aggravated vehicular hijacking and possession of a stolen firearm, Chicago police announced Thursday afternoon.
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Police recover Officer Luis Huesca's firearm, continue search for suspect
As fellow officers, family and community members gathered Monday at the funeral for slain Chicago Police Officer Luis Huesca, Superintendent Larry Snelling confirmed that officers had recovered Huesca’s service weapon and promised to “get justice” his family. “Our Detective Division, our officers are working, they have not stopped working since this happened,” he told reporters Monday afternoon. And there...
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Report: Slain Chicago police officer sustained gunshot wound to face; SUV stolen and recovered
When Chicago police officers discovered fellow off-duty Officer Luis Huesca shot early Sunday morning, the officer’s glasses and cell phone were found next to him – but his grey Toyota SUV wasn’t.
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Officer Luis Huesca was 8th officer to die by gunfire in Illinois since 2020
Chicago Police Officer Luis Huesca’s death Sunday marked at least the eighth time a police officer in Illinois has died by gunfire since 2020, according to the Officer Down Memorial Page, a national non-profit that keeps data on law enforcement deaths.
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Left for Dead: NBC 5 sues Chicago police, OEMC for records on unsolved fatal hit-and-run
NBC 5 has filed two lawsuits to obtain records on an unsolved hit-and-run crash after the victim’s daughter says Chicago police have not updated her on the investigation in the 11 months since her father was killed.
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Chicago Public Schools staff member removed after students' mouths duct taped in classroom
A Chicago Public Schools employee has been removed from the classroom after students – including one as young as five years old – had their mouths duct taped during a classroom incident, NBC 5 Investigates has learned. The March 18 incident happened at Carter G. Woodson South Elementary School in Bronzeville. An internal investigation is underway within Chicago Public Schools,…
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Nearby police surveillance camera wasn't working at time of deadly shooting of Dexter Reed
NBC 5 Investigates has learned a Chicago Police Department surveillance camera, located just feet from where police fatally shot 26-year old Dexter Reed following an exchange of gunfire last month, wasn’t working at the time of the deadly encounter.
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Chicago's migrant website obscures details on where $300 million was spent
Despite a City of Chicago website dedicated to tracking how nearly $300 million was spent on the migrant crisis, many aspects of the migrant crisis remain shrouded in secrecy – most notably how migrant shelter sites are selected and how much building owners are profiting off the migrant crisis.
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NBC 5 Investigates files lawsuit against Johnson administration seeking public records related to migrants
NBC 5 Investigates filed a lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court Friday against Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration, alleging the City of Chicago’s Office of Emergency Management and Communications has withheld certain public records related to the migrant crisis.
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Lurie Children's Hospital investigating claims that stolen data was sold online
Lurie Children’s Hospital says it is investigating claims that information reportedly stolen during a recent cyberattack against the hospital was sold online, NBC 5 Investigates has learned.
