CHICAGO, IL – A carjacking in West Garfield Park, Chicago erupted in gunfire during the early morning hours of Dec. 27, according to the Chicago Sun Times, when the would-be victim started shooting at the carjackers and they returned fire. The incident occurred just before 5 a.m. when the victims were stopped near a silver SUV. The carjackers exited the…
CHICAGO, IL – In the early hours of Saturday morning, a confrontation unfolded in Chicago’s Humboldt Park area that ended in gunfire. Around 1:17 A.M., Chicago police were called to the 1600 block of North Hamlin Avenue. There, they discovered three individuals suffering from gunshot wounds. Among them was a 31-year-old man, a licensed concealed carry holder, who used his…
CHICAGO, IL – A permit holder in Chicago drew her pistol and shot a man she was fighting with recently in the West Garfield Park neighborhood of the Second City. The man was deceased, and police are investigating. According to Fox32 Chicago, a woman who has a license to carry a pistol has been taken into custody after a shooting incident…
A Chicago man is facing child endangerment charges after his 2-year-old daughter found his handgun and discharged it, wounding herself in the hand. Luckily, she only suffered a flesh wound. According to the Chicago Sun Times, a man is facing child endangerment charges after his two-year-old daughter found his gun and discharged it on Oct. 23, shooting herself in the hand. …
Chicago Police arrested a concealed carry holder last week after a group attacked him at a pro-Palestine rally north of Chicago. There was a rally in Skokie, Illinois, where about 200 protesters showed up to support the Palestinians in the Middle East. There were multiple disturbances, and the police were there in an attempt to keep things under control. During…
CHICAGO, IL – When a couple got caught in a street takeover Friday night, they didn’t have many options except to hit the accelerator and plow their way through multiple cars attempting to escape. Chicago has a street named Wacker Drive with both an upper and lower level. The lower level is below ground, and there are few places to…
CHICAGO, IL – On a regular Tuesday afternoon in Chicago’s Archer Heights neighborhood, a sudden shooting incident erupted involving a Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) bus supervisor. The situation escalated following a traffic accident near West 47th Street and South Archer Avenue. Around 2 p.m., a collision involving a CTA bus and several vehicles happened. The scene quickly attracted a crowd,…
CHICAGO, IL – A permit holder in Chicago shot an assailant in the hand during an altercation recently after the assailant had been asked to leave the place of business where the fracas took place. Assailant Shot In The Hand During Altercation According to a press release from the Chicago Police Department, a 25-year-old man was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital…
CHICAGO, IL – Just before 1 p.m. on Sunday, September 3, gunshots rang out in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood on Chicago’s Northwest Side, which is not typically a hotspot of violence or crime. A man tried to force his way into a home and was repelled by the homeowner or resident (details are few at this time), who opened fire…
CHICAGO, IL – A local news crew was robbed at gunpoint while filming a segment on recent armed robberies in the area. Univision Chicago sent a news crew to West Town, a neighborhood in Chicago, IL, early Monday morning. The segment they were filming covered recent armed robberies in the area, including a carjacking a few days earlier on the…