Crime in Chicago 2017

A  beating on the West Side early today left a man critically hurt. At 12:03 a.m. someone punched the man and he fell and struck his head o...

Police are seeking a man who was behind the wheel of a vehicle that rammed three pedestrians including a child while “chasing” someone else...

Chicago police discovered a woman who may have been beaten lying on the street in the city's North Austin neighborhood. Officers foun...

Three male teens have been charged in the beating death of a 41-year-old man at a bus stop earlier this week. Darnell Chambers was waiting...

Chicago Police found a man beaten and bloody 10 miles from his far Northwest Side home that had been burglarized earlier in the day. The m...

A 19-year-old man died this afternoon, apparently after being beaten on a Little Village street. The man was declared dead at 3:19 p.m. at...

As 14-year-old Brian DeLeon lay crumpled on the ground in the Logan Square neighborhood one week ago, three Maniac Latin Disciples gang mem...

A 14-year-old boy was bludgeoned in the head Tuesday night while walking home from studying with his girlfriend in the Humboldt Park neighbo...

A man who appeared to have been beaten to death was discovered inside a Northwest Side home. The man, 57, The man -- identified by the Coo...

A woman was arrested early Monday for allegedly hitting her boyfriend in the head with a brick during an argument, critically injuring the 6...

An man student riding a bicycle on the lakefront path was knocked off his bike by a mob of  seven kids who hit him with a wooden toy rifle, ...

An Elmhurst man accused of spitting in the face of a Metra employee while trying to dodge paying a $2.50 fare has been charged with three co...

The death of a man found in an Uptown park Thursday was ruled a homicide today by the Cook County medical examiner’s office. The man, descr...

A 15-year-old boy was arrested Saturday night on the Magnificent Mile  and charged with felony mob action after a police officer saw him and...

The body of a man who may have been beaten was found on the South Side this morning. The unidentified man is in his 30s and was found at ab...

Two men were charged today in a stabbing in Lakeview early Saturday, police said. Demetrius Moore, 26, has been charged with felony aggrav...

A man free on bail and awaiting trial in the 2008 slaying of a 10-year-old girl was arrested today on charges he and eight other people beat...

A homeless man who was beaten on the street by three men died early this morning from his injuries, officials said. Scott Butvilas, 32, who ...

At 4:16 a.m. in the Brighton Park neighborhood, two men were wounded during a fight in the 4600 block of South Fairfield Avenue, according t...

Paternalistic journalism The truth? You can’t handle the truth, the editor of the Chicago Tribune tells readers. Flash mobs of black youths...