Back of the Yards

A 17-year-old boy has been charged with the fatal shooting of a 14-year-old girl June 2, in Back of the Yards on the South Side.

A woman sustained fatal injuries and two others, a 15-year-old boy and an adult male, were injured in a shooting Friday evening in the Back of the Yards neighborhood, Chicago police said.

Chicago police are investigating after a 9-year-old boy suffered a graze wound to his head in a shooting in the city’s Back of the Yards neighborhood Tuesday evening. At approximately 6:52 p.m., the boy was near the front yard of a residence in the 5400 block of South Morgan when he was struck by gunfire, police said. The boy suffered…

Chicago police are investigating after a 9-year-old boy suffered a graze wound to his head in a shooting in the city’s Back of the Yards neighborhood Tuesday evening. NBC 5’s Alex Maragos has the latest breaking details.

A 14-year-old girl who was shot Wednesday by gang members after being chased in Back of the Yards has died. Savanah Quintero was pronounced dead at 12:57 p.m. at Comer Children’s Hospital, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. The shooting happened around 6 p.m. in the 1700 block of West 48th Street, Chicago police said. The teen...

A 14-year-old who was shot in the head Wednesday afternoon in Chicago’s Back of the Yards neighborhood has died, police confirmed Saturday. According to authorities, the girl was walking her dog with her boyfriend in the 1700 block of West 48th Street at approximately 6:09 p.m. when three people walked up to the pair. One of the individuals pulled out…

A vigil was held Thursday evening after a 14-year-old girl was shot and critically wounded while walking her dog in Chicago’s Back of the Yards neighborhood this week. Family has been gathered since Wednesday night at Comer Children’s Hospital, and dozens gathered at 48th and Wood, just steps from where the girl was shot. “The point is that her...

Chicago police are investigating after a 14-year-old girl was shot and critically injured in the city’s Back of the Yards neighborhood on Wednesday afternoon. Lauren Petty reports.

Chicago police are investigating after a 14-year-old girl was shot and critically injured in the city’s Back of the Yards neighborhood on Wednesday afternoon. According to authorities, the girl was walking her dog with her boyfriend in the 1700 block of West 48th Street at approximately 6:09 p.m. when three people walked up to the pair. One of the individuals…

Chicago police are investigating after a 14-year-old girl was shot and critically injured in the city’s Back of the Yards neighborhood on Wednesday afternoon. NBC 5’s Alex Maragos has all the latest details.

Chicago police are searching for a man who allegedly tried to lure a teen girl to a park in the city’s Back of the Yards neighborhood on Saturday evening. According to authorities, a 14-year-old girl was standing with her dog in the 5100 block of South Hoyne Avenue when a man approached her. The man had a white pit bull…

A 15-year-old boy and two men face charges in separate carjackings in the Archer Heights, Back of the Yards, and Brighton Park neighborhoods. Illinois State Police arrested the teenager around 5 a.m. Wednesday morning, hours after he tried to carjack a 46-year-old woman at a gas station in the 4400 block of South Ashland Ave. in Back of the Yards….

A person was fatally struck by a vehicle last week in Back of the Yards on the South Side. About 10:15 p.m. March 24, a 19-year-old woman was westbound in a 2001 Chrysler in the 2200 block of West 47th when a male started crossing the street where there was no crosswalk, Chicago police said. The male had his head…

Free food will be available Saturday morning in Chicago’s Back of the Yards neighborhood during a drive-up giveaway.

Two train cars and semi-trailers were burglarized in August in Back of the Yards on the South Side. In each incident someone broke into train cars or semi-truck trailers and stole property, according to a community alert from Chicago police. The burglaries happened about 4 a.m. Aug. 27 in the 3900 block of South Ashland Avenue and about 5:30 p.m….

A five-year-old boy and a 19-year-old man were both injured in a shooting Thursday afternoon in Chicago’s Back of the Yards neighborhood on the city’s South Side, fire officials confirmed. The adult male and boy were both sitting on a porch in the 700 block of West 50th Place when an unknown male approached from a gangway, produced a...

A woman was critically injured in a fire Tuesday in Back of the Yards on Chicago’s South Side. Firefighters responded to a blaze at a single-story home about 10:20 a.m. in the 5300 block of South Wallace Street, Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Merritt said. A woman, about 60 years old, suffered third degree burns over the majority of her…

Some sidewalks in the Chicago area remained messy Tuesday, days after it snowed—and that’s against the law, as one alderman points out — and neighbors want violators to be held accountable.

A 55-year-old man is dead after a fire inside of a condo in Chicago’s Back of the Yards neighborhood on Saturday morning, according to fire officials. Firefighters were dispatched to the scene in the 1900 block of West 48th Street just after 4 a.m. Saturday. First responders were able to strike out the blaze within half an hour, according to…