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At least four people were hurt in a shooting Sunday in South Shore. The shooting happened just after 7 p.m. near 77th Street and Kingston Avenue, Chicago fire officials said. Three people were taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, while one was taken to South Shore Hospital, police said. All four were in fair-to-serious condition. Chicago police did…

A young child was hurt after a stolen vehicle crashed on Chicago’s South Side Tuesday evening, according to police. Authorities say the incident started at approximately 8:40 p.m. in the 6900 block of South Shore Drive when a woman got out of her vehicle and walked into a restaurant. Police say the woman left her keys in the car, and…

A young child was hurt after a stolen vehicle crashed on Chicago’s South Side Tuesday evening, according to police.

Police are looking for two people in connection with a shooting that wounded a 3-year-old girl last month in South Shore. The July 22 shooting wounded a 3-year-old girl when two gunmen fired shots in the direction of her family’s car in the 2400 block of East 74th Street, Chicago police said. Surveillance photos released by police Tuesday show two people...

Bail was denied for a 27-year-old man accused of luring a woman and fatally shooting her in the face earlier this month in South Shore.

Police are conducting a death investigation after a decomposing body was found Thursday in South Shore. The female body was found inside a second floor apartment about 11 p.m., Chicago police said. Additional details weren’t immediately available. Area One detectives are investigating.

A 3-year-old girl was in serious condition after she was shot in her head early Wednesday while riding in her family’s car in South Shore. They were driving in the 2400 block of East 74th Street about 12:45 a.m. when two gunmen standing on a corner fired shots in their direction, Chicago police said. The girl was shot in the…

A South Shore grocery store is back to business as usual thanks to the community’s effort to keep looters away. NBC 5’s Christian Farr reports

A teenage boy was critically wounded in a shooting Saturday in South Shore on the South Side. The 15-year-old got into an argument at 12:49 a.m. with the driver of a blue SUV, according to Chicago police. The driver then got out and shot the teen in the face, chest and abdomen. The boy was taken to Comer Children’s...

Officials say 111 of the 158 residents at a South Shore assisted-living facility have tested positive for coronavirus. The Symphony Care Network, who operates the facility, announced the test results in collaboration with University of Chicago Medicine on Tuesday evening. According to the company, preliminary results indicate that 111 patients at the facility tested positive for the virus. The company’s…

Will County and the city of Joliet officials are calling on Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Public Health to investigate the Symphony of Joliet nursing home, where 23 people died after contracting coronavirus. NBC 5’s Katie Kim reports.

Police are warning South Side residents of a series of vehicle thefts in South Shore and Grand Crossing. In February and March, owners discovered their parked cars missing, Chicago police said in a community alert. The thefts happened: overnight Feb. 24 in the 7100 block of South East End Avenue; about 10:30 a.m. Feb. 25 in the 7100 block of South Blackstone Avenue;...

The family of a woman shot and killed in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood last month is offering a reward for information that will help solve the slaying. Latonia Williams, 50, was sitting inside her vehicle in the 7300 block of South Bennett just before 3 p.m. on Feb. 23 when a person approached the vehicle and shot her in the…

A woman was shot and killed in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood Saturday, and her neighbors are expressing their shock after the violent incident.   The victim has been identified by police as 50-year-old Latonia Williams. She was sitting insider her vehicle in the 7300 block of South Bennett just before 3 p.m. Saturday when a person approached the vehicle and…

At least three people have been injured in shootings across the city of Chicago so far this weekend, police said. Here are the shootings that have happened as of Saturday afternoon: Saturday In the 600 block of South Cicero at approximately 2:20 a.m., a 23-year-old man was shot in the chest and left arm, police said. The victim was initially…

Video taken from Storm Chaser 5 shows massive waves crashing up over the barrier at the Lake Michigan shoreline in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood early Wednesday.

A woman was shot and killed in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood Saturday, and her neighbors are expressing their shock after the violent incident. NBC 5’s Kate Chappell has the story.

A woman was shot and killed Saturday afternoon in the South Shore neighborhood, according to Chicago police. CPD said the 51-year-old woman was in a vehicle around 3 p.m. Saturday near the 7300 block of South Bennett, when an unknown offender approached and shot her in the head. The victim, later identified as Latonia Williams, was taken to the University…

Sky 5 flew over the scene an apartment fire on Chicago’s South Side in which one person was seriously injured Friday afternoon.

One person was seriously injured in apartment fire Friday afternoon in the South Shore neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side, fire officials said. Flames broke out before 4:15 p.m. at a large apartment building in the 6700 block of South Cornell Drive. A woman suffered burns and was taken to the hospital in serious-to-critical condition. First responders were evaluating a second…