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New Video Shows Moment CPD Officer Hit Woman with SUV, Pinning Her Leg Under Tire
Newly-released video shows what happened when an on-duty Chicago police officer struck a woman with his SUV in 2019, pinning her leg under a tire for several minutes.
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Man Wounded in Chatham Shooting
A 29-year-old man was shot Saturday in Chatham on the South Side. About 3:05 p.m. he was standing on the corner in the 8300 block of South Engleside Avenue, when a silver vehicle pulled up and someone inside opened fire shots at him, striking him in the chest, Chicago police said. He was taken to the University of Chicago Medical…
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Man Body-Slammed by Chicago Police Officer Charged With Felony Battery, Other Crimes
The man who was seen being body-slammed by a Chicago police officer in a widely circulated video on social media was charged with felony aggravated battery and other crimes, police said Saturday.
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Police Investigating Arson As Cause of Fatal East Chatham Fire
Police believe a fire that killed a 60-year-old man in East Chatham Saturday morning may have been started intentionally.
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Mother of Man Body-Slammed by Police Officer Says Chicago Police Need to ‘Do Better'
The mother of a man who was hospitalized after being slammed to the ground by a Chicago police officer on Thursday shared her thoughts with NBC 5 after seeing video of the incident.
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Video Shows Police Body Slam Man Accused of Spitting On Cop: COPA
A man was hospitalized after being slammed to the ground by police Thursday in Chatham when he allegedly spit on an officer while being detained for drinking alcohol in public.
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5 Injured in Chatham Fire Truck Crash
Five people, including four firefighters, were hospitalized Sunday when the brakes failed on a Chicago Fire Department engine, sending it flying into a vehicle at an intersection in Chatham on the South Side.
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Family Files Suit After CPD Squad Car Injures Woman
The family of a 34-year-old woman filed a lawsuit Tuesday claiming that a Chicago police officer recklessly turned his police car and ran the victim over, causing her to suffer a traumatic brain injury.
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Family Files Suit After CPD Squad Car Injures Woman
The family of a 34-year-old woman filed a lawsuit Tuesday claiming that a Chicago police officer recklessly turned his police car and ran the victim over, causing her to suffer a traumatic brain injury. NBC 5’s Patrick Fazio reports.
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Uncle Killed Trying to Stop Sexual Assault of Niece in Burnside Home, Police Find ‘Inconsistencies' in Story
Chicago police investigators have found inconsistencies in the initial story of a man who was shot and killed after rushing to help his teenage niece who was being sexually assaulted in a Burnside home, a police spokesman said.
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Man Shot to Death Trying to Stop Attacker From Sexually Assaulting His Niece in Burnside Home
A man was killed Thursday after rushing to help his teenage niece who was being sexually assaulted in her bedroom in a Burnside home, authorities said.
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Boy, 15, Shot on CTA Bus After Argument in South Chicago
A teen was shot while riding a CTA bus Monday in South Chicago.
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Three People Displaced in Grand Crossing Fire
Three people were left homeless Sunday after a fire ravaged a home in Grand Crossing on the South Side.
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Construction Worker Fell Into Hole, Was Pinned Under Forklift at Museum of Science and Industry: Police
A construction worker fell into a hole and became trapped by a forklift while working at the Museum of Science and Industry late Monday evening.
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Apartment Fire in Park Manor Kills 1, Injures 3: Police
A man was killed and three others injured Wednesday in an apartment fire in Park Manor on the South Side.
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1 Dead, 1 Critically Injured in Lake Shore Drive Motorcycle Crash
A multi-vehicle crash on Lake Shore Drive Friday killed a 25-year-old man and left his passenger in critical condition.
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Mothers Trying to Improve Their Neighborhood Are Gunned Down
Two mothers who had been trying to transform their neighborhood were shot and killed in weekend gun violence in the same area they’d been trying to protect. NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup reports.
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Mothers Trying to Protect Their Neighborhood Gunned Down in Chicago
Two mothers who had been trying to transform their neighborhood were shot and killed in weekend gun violence in the same area they’d been trying to protect.
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CFD Enacts New Protocol After Paramedics Failed to Treat Gunshot Victim for an Hour as He Lay Dying
A Chicago Fire Department investigation is still incomplete over a year after paramedics failed to treat a gunshot victim as he lay in the street dying, although the department says it has new rules to avoid the “tragic error” in the future.