NBC 5 Investigates

A year ago, looters roamed Chicago and the suburbs, smashing windows, stealing merchandise and wreaking havoc. A year later, an analysis of court records by NBC 5 Investigates indicates only a few dozen cases have made it through the courts. Phil Rogers has more details.

Data from the U.S. Marshal’s Service shows an alarming spike in threats against judges and other protectees, from less than 1,000 in 2015 to over 4,000 in each of the last three years. And there have been other horrifying examples of individuals acting on their anger.

Heightened threats have become more clear, based on data, against Chicago judges and federal buildings in the city in the last several years. NBC 5 Investigates’ Phil Rogers reports.

Security threats are becoming more common for judges across the US, and authorities are working to address those concerns. NBC 5 Investigates’ Phil Rogers has more.

Never-before-heard tapes reveal conversations between the killer John Wayne Gacy and his lawyers following his 1978 arrest.

Secret John Wayne Gacy tapes reveal never-before-heard conversations between the serial killer and his lawyers. NBC 5’s Phil Rogers reports.

Just when it may have seemed nothing new could be uncovered about Chicago’s ghastly serial killer, John Wayne Gacy, new information has surfaced. NBC 5’s Phil Rogers reports.

New documents obtained by NBC 5 Investigates reveal that the weapon Chicago police say Adam Toledo was carrying right before he was shot and killed was empty. Phil Rogers has the story.

A Chicago police inventory of items recovered from the scene where 13-year-old Adam Toledo was shot by police indicates the weapon Toledo was holding was empty.

NBC 5 Investigates’ Phil Rogers takes a deeper look into how use of force conduct policies from the Chicago Police Department impact police-involved shootings.

On a day when President Joe Biden proposed a set of reforms to existing U.S. gun laws, Chicago passed a grim milestone. An incident on I-57 marked the city’s 59th expressway shooting this year—nearly 3 times the number at this same time in 2020. In the latest incident, the Illinois State Police responded to a shooting in the northbound...

In NBC 5 Investigates, a troubling episode on a school bus involving a child with autism was caught on tape. Phil Rogers reports.

Warning: Details in this story may be disturbing to some. Reader discretion is advised. A troubling episode on a suburban Chicago school bus involving a 9-year-old child with autism is now the subject of a lawsuit filed in Cook County Circuit Court. During that incident, captured on the school bus security camera, the child, Aiden Sanchez, appears to first be…

Contrary to other published reports, three different sources have told NBC 5 Investigates that no assembled explosive devices were found in the Streeterville apartment of a 30-year-old man who was found dead Tuesday night. Phil Rogers has more details.

A woman who says she attempted to stow away on an American Airlines flight, to see rapper Jay Z in Los Angeles evaded TSA security at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport twice in two days. NBC 5 Investigates Phil Rogers reports

Authorities at Cook County Jail are searching for coronavirus clues in the unlikeliest of places: the sewers. NBC 5 Investigates’ Phil Rogers has the story.

The board that oversees ERCOT held an urgent meeting Wednesday morning to discuss the winter storm that crippled most of Texas last week. They offered apologies for the devastation the power outages have caused and pledged to gather the facts to help lawmakers determine how to prevent it from ever happening again.

More than two dozen expressway shootings have been reported in Chicago so far this year, and now IDOT is providing funds for the city to fight back. NBC 5 Investigates’ Phil Rogers has the story.