Chicago Police

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is on alert after cases of a virus known as monkeypox were reported in several countries, including one confirmed case and four more likely cases in the United States.

Why do Chicago police solve so few hit-and-runs, even in cases where they are given overwhelming amounts of evidence?

Chicago police are hoping that a new partnership with the Chicago Park District will help young people find constructive activities during the summer, and will help quell violence. NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski has the story.

Chicago police are investigating after two teenagers were injured in a shooting Sunday afternoon in the city’s South Shore neighborhood, authorities stated.

A pair of attempted robberies have been reported in recent weeks in Albany Park on the Northwest Side.

Chicago police say one person has been killed and at least 23 others have been hurt in shootings across the city so far this weekend.

One person was injured in an exchange of gunfire with an off-duty Cook County sheriff’s deputy at Millennium Park Friday evening, authorities said, marking the second shooting at the popular downtown site in less than a week. NBC 5’s Lexi Sutter reports.

A Chicago officer who shot and seriously wounded a 13-year-old boy who ran away after being pulled over while driving a stolen vehicle was relieved of his police powers Friday, officials said.

Chicago police give an update on a mass shooting that left nine people shot, two of them fatally, in Chicago’s Gold Coast neighborhood.

An unarmed 13-year-old boy was shot and seriously wounded by Chicago police after officers stopped a car wanted for a carjacking in Oak Park a day earlier, according to police sources. NBC 5’s Natalie Martinez reports.

An unarmed 13-year-old boy was shot and seriously wounded by Chicago police after officers stopped a car wanted for a carjacking in Oak Park a day earlier, according to police sources.

A Chicago police officer is being remembered for his dedication to the city’s 24th district as the city continue to celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage month.

A Chicago police officer is being remembered for his dedication to the city’s 24th district as the city continues to celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage month. NBC 5’s Vi Nguyen reports.

Chicago police are warning that robbers are targeting the city’s construction workers during incidents in April and May.

It was a chaotic afternoon on Chicago’s South Side, as a person was killed in a shooting in Back of the Yards, while a police officer was injured after a carjacker sped away from another scene in West Englewood.

Two people are dead after a shooting at the Warwick-Allerton hotel in the heart of Chicago’s Magnificent Mile, and details are slowly emerging about the violent incident that rattled guests this afternoon.

Prosecutors released new details about the fatal shooting inside Chicago’s Millennium Park that left 16-year-old Seandell Holliday dead on Saturday evening, with body camera and social media footage helping authorities to piece together what led up to the incident.

A Chicago police officer was hospitalized Monday after responding to a reported shooting near a school on the city’s South Side.

Bail was denied Monday for a gunman accused of killing one man and wounding another in Lawndale last week after two cars began cutting each other off and bumped into each other.

Following a string of recent violence in downtown Chicago culminating with the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old near “The Bean” during a large gathering Saturday night, Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Sunday announced a new rule, and a change to current one.