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Three Chicago Police officers lost to suicide since beginning of July
Members of the Chicago Police department, family, and friends are mourning the loss of three officers dead by suicide since the start of this month.
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Opinion & Comment
Comment: Police pursuit of Garfield Park murder suspects abruptly terminated
A 56-year-old man was shot and killed Saturday afternoon near the intersection of California and Flournoy in the Garfield Park neighborhood and the police pursuit of the suspected murderers was abruptly terminated as officers closed in. Craig has some brief thoughts.
Music
Billy Corgan to play charity show for July 4 parade victims
Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins, a 20-year resident of Highland Park, will perform a charity livestream show on July 27 to benefit the victims of the Fourth of July parade shooting in suburban Chicago that killed seven people and wounded more than 30.
Crime
Wheeling man gets 57 years for shooting a state trooper
Prosecutors said Dragan shot a trooper in the arm, causing a non-life-threatening wound, in August 2019 as officers were serving an arrest and search warrant for Dragan at his home in Wheeling.
Crime
Group of four, aged 14 and 15, charged with aggravated vehicular hijacking with firearms
Police said a group of three 15-year-olds and one 14-year-old were arrested a mile away from where they allegedly committed an armed carjacking on a 32-year-old male victim in Roseland.
Chicago Journal
Man shot and killed in Evanston park while playing with 6-year-old daughter
Family members said Hamros was at the park playing Pokémon Go with his 6-year-old daughter. Police said there was a confrontation with "an unknown number of people," when Hamros was shot and killed.
Chicago Journal
Englewood man charged with murder of transgender partner
An Englewood man is charged with murder in the Monday stabbing death of the person he was allegedly in a relationship with, according to prosecutors. The man's attorney said it was a fight and the man acted in self defense.
Chicago Journal
4 shot in Garfield Park drive-by
A drive-by shooting on the city's west side yesterday afternoon wounded 4 people, including a 15-year-old girl, authorities said.
Chicago Journal
Feds sue Cubs, allege changes to Wrigley not ADA-compliant
According to the lawsuit, the renovations removed the best wheelchair seating in the stadium, failed to include it in new premium clubs, and stuck it in the last row of the bleachers, where it is blocked by drink rails or fans standing up to cheer.
Chicago Journal
Suburban Chicago man pleads not guilty in kids' drownings
A suburban Chicago man accused in the drowning deaths of his three young children pleaded not guilty Thursday to three counts of first-degree murder.
Chicago Journal
Chicago cop accused of striking woman at protest resigns
A Chicago police officer who had been facing possible dismissal after being accused of striking a woman and knocking out one of her teeth during a protest has resigned from the department.
Crime
Elmhurst man charged with spray-painting swastikas
Joel Jexie, 25, of Elmhurst has been charged with three counts of hate crime and one count of criminal damage to property.