Chicago Shootings

Two Chicago police officers were injured Sunday after unrest broke out in the hours following an officer-involved shooting in Englewood. NBC 5’s Christian Farr reports.

A man was charged with murder Tuesday in connection with the shooting death of a 9-year-old boy in Chicago’s Cabrini-Green neighborhood, police announced.

Seventeen-year-old Caleb Reed was working with voices of youth in Chicago education, aiming to transform his community and how young black men are seen and treated, but on the last day of July, someone silenced his voice. Reed was among nine people, including another juvenile, shot and killed in weekend gun violence. He was a so-called “freedom fighter” with the…

Seventeen-year-old Caleb Reed was working with voices of youth in Chicago education, aiming to transform his community and how young black men are seen and treated, but on the last day of July, someone silenced his voice. NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup reports.

A suspect was in custody in connection with Friday’s shooting death of a 9-year-old boy in Chicago’s Cabrini-Green neighborhood, police announced Monday.

Gun violence in Chicago left a 9-year-old boy and a 17-year-old activist killed in separate shooting incidents in Chicago. Regina Waldroup reports.

More than three dozen juveniles have been shot and killed in violence in Chicago so far this year, the city’s police superintendent revealed Monday. The heartbreaking total comes after a weekend that saw two additional juveniles killed, including a 9-year-old boy who became the unintended target of a shooting while playing outside with friends and a 17-year-old activist who...

Chicago Police Supt. David Brown addresses another weekend of violence that left multiple juveniles dead.

At least nine people were killed, including a 9-year-old boy, and 27 others wounded in weekend gun violence across Chicago. The first reported fatal shooting of the weekend occurred in the 900 block of North Cambridge at approximately 6:45 p.m. Friday. According to police, a 9-year-old boy was in a parking lot when an unknown attacker walked up and began…

A horrific shooting of a nine-year-old Chicago boy has left his mother with an unbearable loss. NBC 5’s Chris Hush has the heartbreaking story.

A 9-year-old boy was shot and killed Friday evening, and Chicago police have launched an investigation. NBC 5’s Lisa Chavarria has more information.

Chicago police say nine people are dead and at least 23 others have been injured in shootings so far this weekend across the city. Early Sunday morning, two men were killed in the 2300 block of South Kolin Avenue at approximately 6 a.m., police said. Authorities responding to a ShotSpotter notification at the location discovered two men sitting inside of…

A reward is being offered for information in the shooting death of a 9-year-old boy in Chicago’s Cabrini-Green neighborhood Friday. Local anti-violence activists Sean Morrison and Andrew Holmes, along with the Andrew Holmes Foundation, are offering a $4,000 reward for information that helps police find the person who killed 9-year-old Janari Ricks Friday evening. According to authorities, Ricks was standing…

A Chicago mother has been left with an unbearable loss after her only son, a 9-year-old, was fatally shot Friday night, becoming the latest young victim of gun violence in the city. Janari Ricks, an honor roll student at Ruben Salazer Elementary on the city’s Near North Side, was shot and killed at around 6:45 p.m. in the Cabrini-Green...

Chicago police say six people are dead and at least 15 others have been injured in shootings so far this weekend across the city. The first reported fatal shooting of the weekend occurred in the 900 block of North Cambridge at approximately 6:45 p.m. Friday. According to police, a 9-year-old boy was in a parking lot when an unknown attacker…

Chicago lost another child to gun violence Friday when a 9-year-old boy was fatally shot on the city’s Near North Side. NBC 5’s Patrick Fazio reports.

Monday’s shooting of an infant on the Bishop Ford Freeway on Chicago’s South Side was the 65th expressway shooting in the Chicago area this year. That number stands in stark contrast to the 52 that were recorded in all of 2019. Numbers provided by the Illinois State Police show that no expressway in the city is immune to the mayhem….

Twenty-two people were shot, two of them fatally, Monday in Chicago.

One person was fatally shot and four others sustained injuries in a shooting Monday evening on Chicago’s South Side, according to police. The shooting occurred at approximately 6:15 p.m. in the 700 block of East 92nd Place. The victims were on a porch when a white-colored vehicle drove by and someone inside fired shots, striking the victims. The victims were…

Chicago Police Supt. David Brown reacts to a mass shooting at a funeral in Chicago that left 15 people wounded.