Fifth City

A day after a partial building collapse claimed one life and seriously hurt two others, questions are growing over the condition of the building at 3418 W. Jackson.

Dozens of firefighters were seen frantically digging through the rubble of a partial building collapse on Chicago’s West Side Tuesday afternoon, with emergency workers saying that three people were injured in the collapse.

Dozens of firefighters were seen frantically digging through the rubble of a partial building collapse on Chicago’s West Side Tuesday afternoon, with emergency workers pulling at least one victim from a basement apartment.

A 20-year-old woman was shot in the head while driving in Chicago’s Fifth City neighborhood Friday night, according to authorities.

Three people, including a 61-year-old man, were wounded in a shooting Sunday in Fifth City on the West Side. He and two women, 30 and 56, were on the sidewalk about 9:17 p.m. in the 3300 block of West Van Buren Street when someone in a dark-colored sedan fired shots, Chicago police said. The 30-year-old woman was grazed in the…

A woman was killed and four others were injured after a car hit two other vehicles while fleeing a traffic stop Saturday in Fifth City on Chicago’s West Side, officials said. NBC 5’s Lisa Chavarria reports.

A woman was killed and four others were injured after a car hit two other vehicles while fleeing a traffic stop Saturday in Fifth City on Chicago’s West Side, officials said.

Five people were injured when a car hit two other vehicles while fleeing a traffic stop Saturday in Fifth City on the West Side. Officers tried to pull over a silver Toyota Avalon for an alleged traffic violation at 9:47 p.m. in the eastbound lanes of the 3200 block of West Jackson Boulevard, according to Chicago police. The Avalon drove…

A 21-year-old man was walking on the sidewalk along the first block of S. Homan Ave. when a suspect fired gunshots from a silver sedan.  The incident occurred at around 12:30 a.m. Saturday in Fifth City on the West Side. Police said the man was shot in the abdomen, and eventually driven to Stroger Hospital by a family member. The…

A standoff between Chicago police and a man with a gun Friday ended peacefully in Fifth City on the West Side.

A three-car crash on Chicago’s West Side sent six people to the hospital Tuesday—including two children—after police attempted to perform a traffic stop, authorities said.

Police are warning residents about a rash of recent commercial robberies on the city’s West and Near West sides.