South Chicago

When 10-year-old La’Mya Sparks was shot in the back last fall, her 13-year-old friend Swaysee Rankin took off his shirt and applied pressure to her wound, staying with her until paramedics arrived. Six months later, tragedy struck the friends again.

Two teenage boys were critically hurt in a shooting Monday night in the South Chicago neighborhood, according to police.

Two teenage boys, ages 13 and 14, were critically hurt in a shooting Monday night in the South Chicago neighborhood, according to police. Lisa Chavarria reports.

Police are warning residents of several incidents of arson in the South Chicago neighborhood. According to police, an unknown offender used materials to set city garbage cans and garages on fire last week. Four separate incidents have been reported to police over the span of three days. Those incidents took place as follows: – 13300 Block of South Avenue N…

Two firefighters sustained non-life threatening injuries while battling a house fire Monday night in the South Chicago neighborhood, according to a tweet by the Chicago Fire Department.

Two people who were shot while sitting in a South Chicago living room just after midnight on New Year’s Day marked the first shooting of 2021 in the city, according to authorities.

Two people who were shot while sitting in a South Chicago living room just after midnight on New Year’s Day marked the first shooting of 2021 in the city, according to authorities. Sandra Torres reports.

An attempted carjacking in South Shore Saturday led to a chase on the South Side which culminated in a shooting in South Chicago. About 1:25 p.m., a 32-year-old man was in his vehicle when a maroon-colored Kia Optima pulled alongside, Chicago police said. A person got out of the KIA and tried to take the man’s vehicle but was...

A woman was hurt and seven people were displaced in a house fire Sunday morning in South Chicago. The blaze was reported at 6:08 a.m. at a home in the 8300 block of South Colfax Avenue, according to the Chicago Fire Department. One woman was taken to South Shore Hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation, fire officials said. Seven…

Chicago police are investigating after a 10-year-old girl was shot in the back while playing with a group of friends on Wednesday evening. According to authorities, the girl was in a park in the 8300 block of South South Shore at approximately 8:14 p.m. when an individual walked up to the group and fired shots. Police say the girl was…

Chicago police are investigating after a 10-year-old girl was shot in the back while playing with a group of friends on Wednesday evening. NBC 5’s Lexi Sutter has the late breaking details.

Charges have been filed against a man who was wounded in an exchange of gunfire while allegedly trying to carjack an off-duty law enforcement officer Thursday in South Chicago. David Hall, 19, is charged with one felony count each of attempted first degree murder, attempted vehicular hijacking and unlawful use of a weapon by a felon, according to a statement…

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…