Chicago Violence

• 8-year-old girl killed, 2 adults hurt in shooting on Chicago’s South Side

  Chicago fire officials said the adult man and woman were taken to hospital in critical condition, with each suffering a gunshot wound to the back.

  World

  Sep 8, 2020
  
• Chicago highway closed by anti-violence protest

  Thousands of anti-violence protesters marched along a Chicago interstate on Saturday.

  World

  Jul 7, 2018
  
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• More than 100 people shot in Chicago over July 4th weekend

  According to the Chicago Tribune, 15 people were killed and 86 others were wounded between late Friday afternoon and early Wednesday. 

  World

  Jul 6, 2017
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• Pregnant woman among 5 killed in separate Chicago shootings

  A pair of brothers aged 19 and 20 were also among the dead.

  Crime

  Mar 30, 2017
• Toddler shot and killed in Chicago days after 2 young girls were shot in the head

  A Chicago toddler was shot and killed on Tuesday in what police suspect was a "gang hit" on a man in a vehicle with her, just a few days after two young girls were shot in the head.

  Crime

  Feb 14, 2017
• Chicago police allowed racial bias, abuse for years: report

  Chicago police have violated the constitutional rights of residents for years, permitting racial bias against blacks, using excessive force and shooting people who did not pose immediate threats, the Justice Department announced Friday after a yearlong investigation.

  World

  Jan 13, 2017
• More than 40 people shot over holiday weekend: Chicago police

  Chicago police say more than 40 people were shot over the holiday weekend and more than three dozen guns were seized.

  Crime

  Dec 26, 2016
• How a Chicago teen faces life after a bullet in a city with more than 3,000 shootings in 2016

  By the fall of 2016 the number of homicide victims in Chicago approached 600, while total shootings exceeded 3,000.

  World

  Oct 24, 2016