South Chicago

A 15-year-old boy was among three people who were wounded in a shooting Friday in South Chicago. They were standing on a sidewalk about 8:52 p.m. in the 8900 block of South Exchange Avenue when shots rang out, Chicago police said. The teen was struck in the arm and taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in good condition,…

A suspect was charged Thursday in the murders of two teenage boys in the South Chicago neighborhood last weekend, according to police. NBC 5’s Natalie Martinez reports

A suspect was charged Thursday in the murders of two teenage boys who were fatally shot when they went to a store to buy snacks in the South Chicago neighborhood last weekend, according to police. Laroy Battle, 19, was arrested around 11:45 a.m. in Schiller Park Thursday after he was identified as the offender who shot and killed the two…

The Chicago Police Department has released surveillance photos of a suspect sought in the fatal shooting of two teenagers in the South Chicago neighborhood. The two teenagers, 16 and 17 years old, were fatally shot in an alley at approximately 5:10 p.m. Saturday evening in the 7900 block of South Luella, police said. The 17-year-old man sustained a gunshot wound…

Five Chicago police officers were injured when two squad cars collided into each other late Thursday night on the city’s Far South Side.

Video shows the scene where five Chicago police officers were injured when two squad cars collided into each other late Thursday night on the city’s Far South Side.

Three children, including one as young as 10, have been charged with speeding in a stolen vehicle Saturday and striking several cars, including a police officer’s, in the South Chicago neighborhood. A 13-year-old boy faces three felony counts of aggravated assaulted with a vehicle, a felony count of possession of a stolen vehicle and a misdemeanor count of resisting an…

Two Chicago police officers were injured when their squad car rolled over in a crash Monday in South Chicago. The marked Chicago police Ford Explorer SUV was southbound on Yates Boulevard at 12:17 a.m. when it was hit by a Buick that was eastbound in the intersection with 85th Street, according to Chicago police. The impact caused the police SUV…

A bomb squad responded to a home in South Chicago Tuesday after someone inside found an explosive device.

A man was taken into custody Thursday night after barricading himself inside a home for hours when police officers responded to a call of shots fired in the South Chicago neighborhood.

A man was taken into custody Thursday night after barricading himself inside a home for hours when police officers responded to a call of shots fired in the South Chicago neighborhood. Trina Orlando reports.

A series of shootings Friday left three people dead and 11 others wounded in Chicago, including a 27-year-old woman who was shot to death as she sat in a vehicle.

A jury has found a second suspect guilty Thursday of first-degree murder in the killing of a 15-year-old high school honor student whose death in 2013 became a symbol of Chicago’s random gun violence.

A jury has found a second suspect guilty Thursday of first-degree murder in the killing of a 15-year-old high school honor student whose death in 2013 became a symbol of Chicago’s random gun violence. Regina Waldroup reports.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson announced Sunday that over 100 new police officers were being deployed across the city.

A 15-year-old girl was shot and killed Tuesday night while sitting on a front porch on Chicago’s South Side, according to police.