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Five teenagers were wounded in three separate shooting incidents across Chicago Tuesday night, according to police.

Fourteen people were shot, two of them fatally, Tuesday in Chicago, according to police. The day’s most recent fatal shooting killed a man in Little Village on the Southwest Side. Officers responding to a call of shots fired found the man, who is thought to be in his 40s, unresponsive about 10:10 p.m. in the 3400 block of West 25th…

Thirteen new arrests have been made in the second phase of “Operation Dirty Ice,” a drug trafficking investigation on Chicago’s West Side. Clifton “Big Homie” Coleman, 45, allegedly led a trafficking organization operating out of Austin, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois. Coleman, of Westchester, was charged with conspiracy to possess a controlled...

A teenage boy was grazed by a stray bullet Tuesday near Grant Park in the South Loop. The 15-year-old was walking alone about 10:30 p.m. when he came across two groups of males who were arguing in the 1100 block of South Michigan Avenue, Chicago police said. Someone pulled out a gun and fired shots, grazing the boy on the…

A 46-year-old man was killed when he crashed his motorcycle into a minivan Tuesday in East Garfield Park on the West Side. About 10:40 p.m., the driver of a Pontiac Trans Sport minivan was turning south onto Kedzie Avenue from a gas station when the northbound motorcycle struck his van, Chicago police said. The 46-year-old driver of the motorcycle was…

A 16-year-old boy was wounded when he was shot Tuesday in Trumbull Park on the South Side. He was inside a home about 9:45 p.m. in the 10600 block of South Yates Avenue when he heard gunfire and felt pain, Chicago police said. The teen was struck in the leg and foot, police said. He was taken to the University…

Chicago Police and the ATF/NRT Arson Task Force have released surveillance images of four suspects wanted in connection with an arson incident that occurred in downtown Chicago during civil unrests and looting that took place in late May. The incident took place in the 400 block of North Lower Michigan Avenue at approximately 6:50 p.m. on May 30, according to…

Chicago Police First Deputy Supt. Anthony Riccio was originally going to announce his retirement earlier this year, but after the civil unrest spawned by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis and the ongoing impact of the coronavirus pandemic, he had decided to stick around longer. Now, as he prepares to step away from the force, he is reflecting back…

One of Chicago’s highest ranking officers, First Deputy Supt. Anthony Riccio, is set to retire in August. He sat down with NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski to talk about his time with the force and the event that caused him to delay his goodbye.

Several city schools announced they will postpone voting until Wednesday night on whether to remove Chicago Police resource officers from their campuses. School boards at Wells Community Academy, Lindblom Math and Science Academy, George Washington High School, along with several others, said they needed more input from the community before making a proposal. The Chicago Board of Education voted in…

Police are searching for a driver suspected of pointing a handgun at someone on the Near North Side.

Chicago Police Supt. David Brown on Monday shared his view on what it will take to slow the city’s gun violence after another deadly weekend saw more than 60 people shot, including several teenagers.

A man was killed and two teenage boys were injured in a shooting Sunday in West Englewood on the South Side. They were in a vehicle at a gas station at 11:28 p.m. in the 7000 block of South Damen Avenue when a silver SUV pulled up and someone inside started shooting, Chicago police said. The driver, a 20-year-old man,…

A man and a teenage girl were injured in a shooting Sunday in West Garfield Park on the West Side. They were standing on the sidewalk just before midnight in the 4200 block of West Monroe Street when they heard gunshots and realized they were hit, according to Chicago police. The 15-year-old girl was shot in the left knee, calf…

A carjacking Sunday in north suburban Skokie led to a SWAT standoff in Cragin on the Northwest Side. About 6:37 p.m., officers responded to reports of the carjacking in the parking garage at Westfield Old Orchard mall, Skokie police said. A man told police two male suspects had stolen his gray Infiniti sedan at gunpoint and sped off on the…

Chicago police are asking for help in the search of a missing child. 1-year old Alanna Harris was last seen in the vicinity of 6900 South Ada Street around 8:00 p.m. on Friday, according to a police report. Harris, who is African American, two-feet tall and 18 pounds with black hair and brown eyes, was last seen wearing a pink…

Chicago police have released images of a vehicle they believe was involved in the shooting death of a 13-year-old girl. The images, released late Saturday, show a silver vehicle, believed to be an Infiniti G35 or G37: Police believe that the vehicle was used as a getaway car after an individual shot and killed Amaria Jones inside of a home…

Chicago police have released images of a vehicle they believe was involved in the shooting death of a 13-year-old girl. NBC 5’s Lisa Chavarria has more details.

A teenage boy was injured by gunfire Sunday in Marquette Park on the Southwest Side. The 14-year-old was standing in an alley about 2:55 a.m. in the 6500 block of South Francisco Avenue when someone fired shots, according to Chicago police. He was hit in the abdomen and taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in fair condition, police…

Police are asking for the public’s help identifying the person who robbed a 7-Eleven store at knifepoint last week in Lincoln Park on the North Side. He entered a store at 1:52 a.m. July 3 in the 2600 block of North Clark Street and demanded money while armed with a knife, police said. The 7-Eleven is located at 2619 N….