More than two years after a Chicago Police Department SUV mysteriously crashed in a ditch on the South Side, city officials continue to fight the release of all records relating to the crash.

Chicago police are searching for a person who tried to lure a 9-year-old girl Tuesday as she walked to school in East Garfield Park. The person approached the girl about 9:15 a.m. as she got off the No. 52 Kedzie bus in the 3100 block of West Carroll Avenue, Chicago police said. The suspect tried to start a conversation with…

Chicago police arrested a woman after she hit an officer while trying to flee a traffic stop in Garfield Park Saturday night. It happened around 8:10 p.m. in the 100 block of S. Pulaski Road when officers in an unmarked car pulled over a Jeep Grand Cherokee, authorities said. As one of the officers approached the SUV, police said the…

Dramatic video released Sunday shows the moment that first responders pulled a man from the frigid waters of Lake Michigan.

Dramatic video released Sunday shows the moment that first responders pulled a man from the frigid waters of Lake Michigan. The footage, released by the Chicago Police Department, shows the moment a pair of CPD SWAT officers rescued a man who had fallen into Lake Michigan near the 600 block of North Lake Shore Drive. The man was pulled from…

At least seven people were injured in a Bronzeville apartment fire Saturday night on the South Side. Among them were three Chicago police officers, a 4-year-old boy and three other residents, authorities said. The fire started around 10 p.m. on the 4800 block of S. King Drive. Chicago Fire officials said it began in the basement and spread to other…

A 16-year-old boy was shot in a drive-by on Sunday morning in Bridgeport. The shooting happened just before 3:15 a.m. in the 900 block of W. 31st St., according to Chicago police. Police said the teen was walking when an “unknown occupant inside of a passing black sedan fired shots.” The victim was struck in the leg and taken to…

Eleven people have been shot across Chicago so far this weekend, including three children hurt in a pair of accidental shootings less than three hours apart. About 10:20 p.m. Friday, a boy playing with a gun accidentally shot an 8-year-old boy and 12-year-old girl in Bronzeville on the South Side. The child, whose age was not specified, found the gun…

A dozen men, who have alleged former CPD Sergeant Ronald Watts framed them in drug cases, are expected to attend a court hearing on Tuesday, according to their attorney.

Chicago police say there were nine homicides in what has been the deadliest weekend of the year in a city where fatal shootings had been in decline. So far this year there have been 50 homicides compared to 33 during the same period in 2019. The early totals have heightened concerns about a new spike in violence. Homicides and shootings…

One person was arrested after two men were shot to death during a robbery Sunday in Chinatown on the South Side. NBC 5’s Lexi Sutter reports.

Police said a man told officers he was shot during an alleyway robbery in Kenwood Saturday morning but Chicago officials later revealed the report was fabricated by the alleged victim.  The man initially told police he was walking through an alley in the 4700 block of S. Ingleside around 1 a.m. Saturday. During this time, he said two other men…

A man was killed and a woman was injured in a shooting Sunday in Little Village on the Southwest Side. They were riding in the back seat of a southbound vehicle at 2:56 a.m. in the 3100 block of South California Avenue when a dark SUV pulled alongside them at a red light, according to Chicago police. Someone in the…

Police arrested five people and seized multiple weapons Saturday after being called to a party in Wicker Park. Officers responded shortly after 2 a.m. to the “large party” in the 1200 block of North Milwaukee Avenue, according to Chicago police. Five people were taken into custody at the scene and an unspecified number of weapons were seized, police said. It…

Two men were wounded, one of them critically, in a shooting Saturday in East Garfield Park on the West Side. They were standing on the sidewalk at 2:53 a.m. in the 200 block of North Pulaski Road when a male walked up and fired shots, according to Chicago police. A 39-year-old man was shot in the groin and taken to…

A man is facing multiple felony charges including murder after a shooting incident that left one person dead and a Chicago police officer injured on the city’s West Side on Wednesday.

Eight people were wounded Thursday in shootings across Chicago, including five who were shot in the span of about 90 minutes. The day’s latest shooting left two men injured as they drove through Little Village on the Southwest Side. The men, both 21 years old, were southbound about 8:05 p.m. when someone standing in the 2100 block of South Trumbull Avenue...

In a city filled with surveillance cameras, Chicago police are using controversial new tools to better understand what they are seeing. NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski explains why that strategy is generating controversy.

Chicago police Interim Supt. Charlie Beck announced major structural changes to the police department on Thursday, including moving some detectives from their regional offices to the city’s 22 police districts.

Chicago police Interim Supt. Charlie Beck announced major structural changes to the police department on Thursday, including moving some detectives from their regional offices to the city’s 22 police districts. NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski has the story.