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Five people sustained gunshot wounds Sunday evening when an unknown offender opened fire inside a home in Chicago’s East Garfield Park neighborhood, police said. The shooting was reported at approximately 5:41 p.m. in the 200 block of North Sacramento. A 25-year-old man sustained a gunshot wound to the left leg and was transported to Stroger Hospital in good condition, police…

A woman was seriously injured Sunday afternoon after being shot while in a vehicle on Lake Shore Drive in downtown Chicago. NBC 5’s Lexi Sutter reports.

The reward for information in the shooting of a 10-year-old Chicago girl has been increased to $25,000, according to community activist Andrew Holmes. La’Mya Sparks was with other children Wednesday night at Russell Square Park in the city’s South Chicago neighborhood when someone approached the group and opened fire, striking Sparks, police said. A $4,000 reward was previously offered, but…

Just days after a 10-year-old girl was shot while at a Chicago park with friends, her heartbroken father on Friday appealed for help to find whoever shot his beloved daughter. La’Mya Sparks was with other children Wednesday night at Russell Square Park in the city’s South Chicago neighborhood when someone approached the group and opened fire, striking Sparks, police...

The father of a 10-year-old girl shot Wednesday in South Chicago is asking for the community’s help to find whoever opened fire in a park, injuring his daughter. NBC 5’s Lexi Sutter reports.

A 9-year-old boy was fatally wounded when he accidentally shot himself Wednesday inside an Austin home on the West Side. The boy was playing with a gun about 1:45 p.m. in the 1500 block of North Lorel Avenue when the gun went off, hitting him in the head, according to Chicago police. Ashton Lipscomb was taken to Stroger Hospital, where…

A promising 18-year-old senior at Urban Prep Academies in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood died in a shooting last week on the city’s South Side, according to a letter addressed to the school community. Rashad Verner was a member of the football team who the school’s founder said was an engaging student who was full of promise and aspired to go...

At least three men were taken to the hospital Sunday afternoon after a shooting in the West Englewood neighborhood on Chicago’s Southwest side, police said. The shooting occurred at approximately 3:05 p.m. in the 5800 block of South Ashland Avenue near West 58th Street. Of the three victims, a 26-year-old man was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center…

A 25-year-old man sustained serious injuries Thursday evening after he was shot on the CTA Red Line platform at 63rd Street in the city’s Englewood neighborhood, police said. At approximately 8:16 p.m., the victim was on the platform when an unknown offender on foot fired shots striking the victim. The victim sustained a gunshot wound to the abdomen and...

A U.S. postal worker was shot while on-duty on Chicago’s South Side Thursday morning, officials said. Authorities at the scene reported a 24-year-old woman was shot four times in the stomach just after 11:30 a.m. in the 9100 block of South Ellis in the Burnside neighborhood, according to Chicago police. The U.S. Postal Inspection Service said inspectors from its...

At least 10 people were killed, including an 8-year-old girl, and at least 47 others wounded in shootings across Chicago over Labor Day weekend. The young child was one of two juveniles shot in what was a deadly three-day weekend across the city. The 8-year-old was killed in a shooting in the city’s Canaryville neighborhood just before 6 p.m. Monday….

An 8-year-old girl was killed and three people were in critical condition Monday night after a shooting in Chicago’s Canaryville neighborhood, officials say. NBC 5’s Alex Maragos reports.

Ten people have died, including an 8-year-old girl, and at least 42 others have been injured in shootings across Chicago so far this Labor Day weekend. In the first deadly shooting of the weekend, a 36-year-old man was shot and killed by a family member at a party Friday night in the 9900 block of South Van Vlissingen in the…

Chicago police detectives said they are considering several motives related to the shooting Sunday outside a pancake house in Chicago and say there is a possibility they will release video from the shooting to help identify suspects. NBC 5’s Christian Farr reports.

One person was fatally shot and four others were injured in a shooting outside a pancake house Sunday on Chicago’s Far South Side. NBC 5’s Christian Farr has the details.

At least one person died and four others were injured while dining outside at a restaurant Sunday afternoon on Chicago’s Far South Side, police and fire officials said. The shooting was reported before 2 p.m. Sunday outside Lumes Pancake House, which is located at 11601 S. Western Ave. in the Morgan Park neighborhood. The man who died was the intended…

A Chicago woman was injured in a shooting Friday afternoon at a barbershop in the city’s Ukrainian Village neighborhood. NBC 5’s Natalie Martinez talked to the victim’s daughter and shares her heartbreak.

A 9-year-old child was among two people shot in Chicago’s South Austin neighborhood Wednesday afternoon. The shooting happened just before 1:30 p.m. in the 300 block of North Central Avenue, according to the authorities. The 9-year-old boy was walking on the sidewalk with a 27-year-old woman when a dark-colored vehicle pulled up and two people exited with guns before firing…

Bristling at Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s comment that Carlton Weekly was someone who “fancies himself as a rapper, but is also a member of a gang,” family and supporters of FBG Duck returned to the place he was shot to death to call for peace. “I am asking that his fans, friends of my son, to please not seek retaliation...

Popular Chicago rapper FBG Duck was shot and killed outside of a retail store in Chicago’s Gold Coast neighborhood Tuesday afternoon, the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed, and it could be gang-related. NBC 5’s Chris Hush reports.