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A former emergency room nurse at Stroger Hospital in Chicago was high on marijuana during at least one shift and took equipment and IV solution from the hospital, according to an investigative report.

An armed man who attempted to rob a cell phone store Saturday night was fatally shot by an employee of the Humboldt Park business, police said. At approximately 6:50 p.m., the unknown male offender walked into Metro PCS, 3239 W. Chicago Ave., presented a handgun and demanded property, according to law enforcement. An employee, a 29-year-old man who holds a…

A total of four people were shot, one fatally, Saturday evening in Chicago’s West Garfield Park neighborhood, according to Chicago police. At approximately 6:51 p.m., four people were inside a vehicle in the 100 block of South Keeler when they were struck by gunfire. The victims then traveled to the 500 block of South Pulaski where their vehicle struck a…

Ten people have died, including an 8-year-old girl, and at least 42 others have been injured in shootings across Chicago so far this Labor Day weekend. In the first deadly shooting of the weekend, a 36-year-old man was shot and killed by a family member at a party Friday night in the 9900 block of South Van Vlissingen in the…

For the latest updates on this story, click here. Two Chicago police officers as well as the suspected shooter were shot early Sunday morning in Homan Square on the West Side, according to CPD spokesman Tom Ahern. The shooting happened at about 2:33 a.m. in the 3300 block of West Polk St., according to police. Officers were responding to a…

A Chicago woman was injured in a shooting Friday afternoon at a barbershop in the city’s Ukrainian Village neighborhood. NBC 5’s Natalie Martinez talked to the victim’s daughter and shares her heartbreak.

A grandmother became the unintended victim of gun violence Friday afternoon when two men opened fire at a Ukrainian Village barbershop, striking her and two others, according to family members. At approximately 2:30 p.m., the unidentified men walked up to the MVP Cuts barbershop, located at 1107 N. Western Ave., opened the door and started shooting into the business, Chicago…

Three people were injured Friday afternoon when two gunmen opened fire into a barbershop in Chicago’s Ukrainian Village neighborhood, according to police. At approximately 2:30 p.m., the unidentified men walked up to the MVP Cuts barbershop, located at 1107 N. Western Ave., opened the door and started shooting into the business, Chicago police officials stated. Three people inside the barbershop,…

Three people were injured Friday afternoon when two gunmen opened fire into a barbershop in Chicago’s Ukranian Village neighborhood, according to police.

A man was charged Wednesday in connection with a fatal shooting that left a 10-year-old girl dead in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood in late June. Christopher Lara, 19, of Streamwood, was charged with first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder in the shooting. Police said Lara was the driver of a vehicle that a gunman opened fire from on June 27….

A teenage boy was shot Saturday in Belmont Central on the Northwest Side. The 17-year-old was pumping gas at a gas station about 2:35 a.m. in the 5500 block of West Diversey Avenue when someone fired shots from a black SUV, according to Chicago police. The boy was shot in the back and taken to Community First Medical Center, police…

Two Chicago police officers were injured in a crash early Saturday morning in Humboldt Park on the West Side, Chicago police said. The officers were driving west through an intersection at the 4000 block of W. Chicago Ave. at around 2:45 a.m. when they swerved to avoid another vehicle, according to police. The officers lost control of the vehicle and…

A 10-year-old girl was killed by a stray bullet Saturday inside a Logan Square home. The girl was inside an apartment about 9:40 p.m. in the 3500 block of West Dickens Avenue when the bullet came through a window and struck her in the head, Chicago police said. She was taken to Stroger Hospital, where she was pronounced dead, police…

A teenage boy was killed and another was wounded in a shooting Monday in Austin on the West Side. They were walking in an alley at 12:18 a.m. in the 4700 block of West Superior Street when someone fired at them, possibly from a gray sedan, according to Chicago police. A 15-year-old was shot in his leg, chest and abdomen,…

One person was killed and seven others were injured in back to back vehicle crashes Sunday on the Dan Ryan Expressway on the South Side, according to preliminary information from Illinois State police. About 12:30 a.m. a vehicle occupied by four passengers crashed and rolled over on I-94 near 47th Street, according to Illinois State police. Three people stopped on…

An emergency room nurse at John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County is warning residents as she shares the challenges she and other medical professionals in the area are facing with the number of coronavirus cases still going up in Illinois. NBC 5’s Sandra Torres has the story.

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…

Dr. Steven Aks, an ER Physician from Stroger Hospital, answers your most asked questions about the flu.