Chicago Police

Police are warning residents of a string of carjackings recently reported in Little Village on the Southwest Side.

A boy was arrested Saturday night in connection with a carjacking on the Near West Side.

Chicago police say a 38-year-old man was carjacked at gunpoint in the city’s River North neighborhood on Saturday evening. According to authorities, the man was sitting in a car in the 100 block of West Kinzie at approximately 6:37 p.m. when two vehicles pulled up, with one parking behind him and one in front of him. Two men got out…

A Chicago police officer is facing charges after he allegedly choked a man in the back seat of a police SUV after the man used a racial slur, according to charging documents from Cook County prosecutors. According to a proffer, Louis Garcia, who has been with the department since 2003, has been charged with official misconduct in connection to the…

Chicago police are investigating a pair of attempted thefts in which the would-be robbers tried to steal ATM machines from local businesses Saturday. According to authorities, the first theft occurred at a business in the 2300 block of West Taylor Street at approximately 3 a.m. The second attempted theft occurred in the 2700 block of West Division Street, located in…

Police are warning residents of a string of burglaries recently reported in North Side neighborhoods.

While the Civilian Office of Police Accountability determined officers who handcuffed a boy for an extended period of time violated policy, the officers haven’t been disciplined. NBC 5’s Marion Brooks reports.

After carjackings increase across the Chicago area, one group is pushing for heightened security at gas stations. NBC 5’s Vi Nguyen reports.

Chicago police announced Thursday that the department will add more detectives and work with federal prosecutors to combat the city’s recent uptick in carjackings. NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski reports.

A tire fell off a small aircraft shortly before the plane’s arrival at O’Hare International Airport Thursday evening and ended up in a nearby neighborhood, authorities said. NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup reports

Chicago police are speaking out about the starling increase in vehicular hijackings across the city and revealed some of the suspects in the carjackings may be as young as 12-years old. NBC 5’s Trina Orlando reports

A wheel fell off a small aircraft shortly before the plane’s arrival at O’Hare International Airport Thursday evening and ended up in a nearby neighborhood, authorities said.

Chicago police are looking into video showing a 10-year-old boy being handcuffed as officers question the child in what his family believes was a case of mistaken identity.

A fourth person has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a retired Chicago fire lieutenant during an attempted carjacking, police announced Thursday.

Chicago police officers shot a man who they say opened fire as he attempted to run away from a traffic stop on the city’s West Side late Monday, authorities said.

Chicago police officers shot a man who they say opened fire as he attempted to run away from a traffic stop on the city’s West Side late Monday, authorities said. Lisa Chavarria reports.

At least three people were stabbed after an altercation in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood Monday evening, and the suspect remains at large, according to police. Authorities say the incident occurred in the 6800 block of South Paxton at approximately 7:30 p.m. A dispute broke out inside of a residence at the location, and two men and a woman were stabbed,…

A 14-year-old boy was fatally shot Sunday evening in the Belmont Central neighborhood on Chicago’s Northwest Side, police said.

A motorist who stopped to help a stranded driver was struck by another vehicle early Sunday on Lake Shore Drive near North Avenue. He pulled over to help a motorist involved in a crash about 12:45 a.m. and walked up the vehicle, but noticed it was unoccupied, Chicago police said. That’s when a southbound vehicle saw the man in the...

Chicago police are alerting residents in several northwest side neighborhoods of a string of thefts involving rideshare drivers, who are having their vehicles stolen from them at gunpoint. According to the alert, at least seven such incidents have been reported since Dec. 28 in the Wicker Park, Bucktown and Humboldt Park neighborhoods. In each attack, rideshare drivers are being summoned…