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Metra train strikes car that drove onto crossing, 2 killed

A preliminary investigation shows that the car failed to heed the rail crossing’s warning lights and drove through a gate directly into the path of the westbound train, police said.

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16-year-old shot on Red Line in South Loop

Another teenager was shot on the Red Line early this morning, this time in the South Loop area on the city's Near South Side, authorities said.

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CPD release photos of suspected shooter at Benito Juarez High School

The Chicago Police Department are seeking the public's help in identifying the individual who shot four teenagers as classes let out of Benito Juarez High School on Friday afternoon. Two of the teens died from their injuries.

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Father of suspect in Highland Park parade shooting charged with felony reckless conduct

The Father of Robert Crimo III, the suspect in the Highland Park, IL, July 4 parade shooting that killed 7 and wounded 30, has been charged with felony reckless conduct.

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4 teens shot, 2 killed after classes let out at Benito Juarez High School in Pilsen

Four teenagers have been shot, one of whom has been killed, after classes let out of Benito Juarez High School in the Pilsen neighborhood on Friday afternoon, according to emergency officials.

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Man gets 2.5 years for buying gun used to kill Ella French

The man was sentenced in a federal courtroom full of Chicago police officers and the mother of Officer Ella French, who was slain in August 2021 during a traffic stop.

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Man on parole charged in triple slaying outside Portage Park bar

According to records, Parsons-Salas was charged with first-degree murder in a 2009 Albany Park home invasion but the case against him was separated and a lesser sentence received after his codefendant confessed. He was paroled in October 2022.

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18-year-old Edgewater man charged with Austin double murder, attempted murder

Police charged Edwin Lagunas, 18, of the Edgewater neighborhood, in the shooting death of a 15-year-old girl and a 44-year-old man in November in the Austin neighborhood on the city's west side. A 38-year-old man was also seriously injured in the November 20 shooting.

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CPD officer stabbed in the head while saving woman, offender shot and in critical condition

A Chicago Police Officer is in serious but stable condition recovering this morning after he was stabbed in the head while confronting a man threatening a woman in Roseland. Officers shot the man and he is in critical condition.

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Four shot, three killed during bar fight in Portage Park

An argument that started in a bar and lounge in the Portage Park neighborhood spilled out onto the street and someone opened fire, killing three and leaving a fourth in critical condition.

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Officer, suspect hurt by gunfire after Lombard-area robbery

The incident began around 4 p.m. when two suspects robbed a smoke shop in a Lombard strip mall. Workers in the shop called 911 while the robbery was occurring before the suspects left and walked into a nearby residential area, the village of Lombard and police said.

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15-year-old shot and killed in the Austin neighborhood

The teen was shot around 3:15 p.m. on the city's west side near Michele Clark Prep High School.