NBC 5 Investigates

For nearly eight years, the city of New Orleans has possessed 700-pound, steel anti-vehicle barriers. But they weren’t deployed ahead of the New Year’s Day attack that killed 14 people and injured dozens of others. NBC Chicago’s Bennett Haeberle reports.

For nearly eight years, the city of New Orleans has possessed 700-pound, steel anti-vehicle barriers, but they weren’t deployed ahead of the New Year’s Day attack that killed 14 people and injured dozens of others.

Information from Chicago on the true cost of the migrant crisis has largely been kept secret, hidden from public view, until NBC 5 Investigates found it. Bennett Haeberle reports.

The FBI said the attacker responsible for killing 14 and injuring 35 during a ramming incident and subsequent shooting in New Orleans had posted videos online proclaiming his support for the terrorist group ISIS in the days prior to the New Year’s Day attack.

Details on the man suspected of ramming a vehicle through a New Year’s celebration in New Orleans continue to emerge as the FBI now believes he acted alone. NBC Chicago’s Bennett Haeberle reports.

In wake of the New Years Day attack in New Orleans that left 15 people dead – including the attacker – and injured 35, questions remain what could have been done – if anything – to prevent this tragedy.

In wake of the New Years Day attack in New Orleans that left 15 people dead – including the attacker – and injured 35, questions remain what could have been done – if anything – to prevent this tragedy. NBC Chicago’s Bennett Haeberle reports.

The deadly shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin Monday left three people dead, including the suspected shooter.

A day after a student opened fire at a Madison Christian school, killing a teacher and another student, investigators work to determine a motive. NBC Chicago’s Bennett Haeberle reports.

Chicago – Authorities in Madison, Wisconsin late Monday identified the suspected shooter as a 15-year old female student who attended the Abundant Life Christian School – where a shooting earlier in the day killed another student and a teacher.  The suspect shooter was found dead once authorities arrived.  While questions remain about a motive if and what – if any…

NBC 5 Investigates’ Bennett Haeberle digs into Monday’s shooting at a Madison school that left two people dead.

A federal judge in Massachusetts has approved a settlement agreement between the Federal Trade Commission and the weapons detection company Evolv Technology over allegedly unsupported claims. NBC 5 Investigates’ Bennett Haeberle has the latest updates.

NBC 5 Investigates found Evolv weapons detectors being used at major Chicago sports stadiums and in Illinois school districts.

A startling update to an NBC 5 Investigates story as the Federal Trade Commission is taking action against weapons detection company Evolv Technologies, claiming the Massachusetts-based company engaged in “deceptive acts.

The Federal Trade Commission is taking action against weapons detection company Evolv Technologies, claiming the Massachusetts-based company engaged in “deceptive acts” by making false claims and misrepresenting what its detectors could do.

Ronnie Reese, the former communications director and one-time press secretary for Mayor Brandon Johnson, was fired late last month for failing to meet professional standards. NBC 5 Investigates Bennett Haeberle has the story.

One New York lawyer has filed so many lawsuits here that he’s caused some Chicago judges to say they’ve had enough. 

Evolv Technologies, the Massachusetts-based company whose weapons detectors had been the focus of a recent NBC 5 investigation, announced Thursday that its chief financial officer had stepped down and that four other employees were either “terminated or resigned” following an internal investigation into alleged misconduct. NBC Chicago’s Bennett Haeberle reports.

Evolv Technologies, the Massachusetts-based company whose weapons detectors had been the focus of a recent NBC 5 investigation, announced Thursday that its chief financial officer had stepped down and that four other employees were either “terminated or resigned” following an internal investigation into alleged misconduct, the company reported in a SEC filing.

The Labor Day weekend murders of four passengers aboard a CTA blue line train marked another instance of gun violence in Chicago. It also renewed attention on the relatively new weapons detection software being used by the company ZeroEyes