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Gruesome details surrounding the killing and dismemberment of a Chicago man were revealed in court Tuesday as a 56-year-old man confessed to the murder of his longtime acquaintance.

According to officials, the officer was not injured in the incident.

A man is charged with fatally stabbing an alleged drug dealer during a dispute over prices, then dismembering the body and scattering the remains on several blocks in the Austin neighborhood.

A man was charged Tuesday in the fatal stabbing and dismemberment of a person whose remains were found over five days in alleys close to the suspect’s home in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood.

According to police, the incidents took place just two hours apart and a block away from each other.

A Texas doctor said Thursday he is working with state police to determine whether any of the 21 people killed in the Uvalde school shooting could have been saved had medical help arrived sooner.

Police are investigating after human remains were found inside a trash can in South Austin Wednesday morning, NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski reports.

Human remains were recovered in the South Austin neighborhood on Wednesday morning. Detectives are conducting a death investigation.

Wearing a bright red cape with the Wonder Woman emblem on the back, Yvette Hunter walks the halls of The Loretto Hospital in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood with an extra-special superpower. Hunter earned the “Wonder Woman” nickname from a fellow public safety officer. “The fact that I am a woman and that I am not afraid of anything,” Hunter said...

Wearing a bright red cape with the Wonder Woman emblem on the back, Yvette Hunter walks the halls of The Loretto Hospital in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood with an extra-special superpower. NBC 5’s Lauren Petty reports.

A man was charged in a stabbing that left one dead and another wounded last month in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood, police said.

The boy was shot in the ankle and transported to Stroger Hospital, where he was listed in good condition, police said. No other injuries were reported.

The now-fatal explosion and collapse happened Tuesday morning at a residential building at West Washington Boulevard and North Central Avenue.

A man has died days after an explosion and building collapse in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood Tuesday morning that led to a massive emergency response, street closures and numerous evacuations.

New photos reveal the aftermath of an explosion and building collapse that left at least eight people injured Tuesday in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood.

“A big boom. Doors opening, windows shattering, it was crazy man,” Ronald Martin, a resident who has lived in the building for several years, told NBC 5.

At least eight people were hospitalized following an explosion and building collapse in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood Tuesday morning that led to a massive emergency response, street closures and numerous evacuations as officials searched for anyone possibly trapped in the debris.

A building collapsed Tuesday morning on Chicago’s West Side after a nearby explosion, and fire officials requested a mass casualty ambulance bus to assist after multiple injuries were confirmed and a search continued for people who may still be inside the building.

A building collapsed Tuesday morning on Chicago’s West Side after a nearby explosion, and fire officials requested a mass casualty ambulance-bus to assist after multiple injuries were confirmed and a search continued for people who may still be inside the building.

A building has collapsed on Chicago’s West Side, and fire officials are requesting help to search for people who may still be inside.