Kenwood

Authorities are warning residents about a group of carjackers that has been stealing vehicles at gunpoint this month in Kenwood, Grand Boulevard and Oakland on the South Side. In each case, a group of two to four males approached victims sitting in or standing near their vehicles, displayed a handgun and demanded the vehicles, according to a community alert from…

The Chicago Fire Department says it is investigating an alleged incident over the weekend in which someone in a firetruck stopped to remove a Black Lives Matter banner in Kenwood. The alleged incident happened over the weekend here near Kenwood Park and was posted to social media. CFD spokesperson Larry Langford said the investigation into the claims will be followed…

The Chicago Fire Department says it is investigating an alleged incident over the weekend in which someone in a firetruck stopped to remove a Black Lives Matter banner in Kenwood. NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski reports.

In the past few weeks, a Kenwood couple has been bringing music to their community every night – rain or shine – as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. NBC 5’s LeeAnn Trotter has the story.

Police said a man told officers he was shot during an alleyway robbery in Kenwood Saturday morning but Chicago officials later revealed the report was fabricated by the alleged victim.  The man initially told police he was walking through an alley in the 4700 block of S. Ingleside around 1 a.m. Saturday. During this time, he said two other men…

Police are warning residents about a pair of burglaries last week at the same Kenwood apartment on the South Side. In each case, someone took keys from an outdoor lockbox and used them to steal materials and equipment from an apartment undergoing rehabilitation work in the 900 block of East 45th Street, according to a community alert from Chicago police….

Police are looking for three suspects in a strong-arm robbery last week in the Kenwood neighborhood on the South Side.

A 14-year-old boy was shot to death and another boy, 15, was injured in a drive-by shooting Saturday night in Kenwood, Chicago Police said.

Tyjuan Poindexter, 14, was shot to death in the Kenwood neighborhood on Saturday evening after he left his home to play basketball with some friends. NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup reports.

A 7-year-old girl was one of two people injured in a shooting in the South Side Kenwood neighborhood Friday night.

A man was ordered held on a $250,000 bond Friday after police said he left a suspicious backpack a block away from President Barack Obama’s Kenwood neighborhood home.