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Cops Nab Armed Suspect Moments After Robbery Attempt
A man who tried to rob three women with a knife in the River North area Thursday night was apprehended by police who spotted him downtown soon after the crimes.
Man Shot By Cops Charged After Refusing To Drop Knife Following Loop Crash
Bond was set at $900,000 for a west suburban man charged with attempted murder after he was shot by police while wielding a knife early Saturday following a car accident in the Loop.
Cop Shoots Knife-Wielding Driver After Loop Crash
Four people were critically injured early Saturday when a police sergeant shot a driver armed with a knife after a car accident in the Loop.
Man Stabs Homeless Woman In Face, Abdomen With Bowie Knife
Police say the suspect attacked the woman with the weapon in the Gold Coast neighborhood after a “verbal altercation” escalated.
Family Furious After Calumet City Police Shoot, Kill Boy With Autism
Police in Calumet City were defending their actions Wednesday after officers shot and killed a 15-year-old boy, who has a form of autism, after he threatened them with a knife.
Man Who Threatened To Cut Off Women’s Toes Faces More Charges
A south suburban man described as a savvy sex offender is in a lot of trouble.
Man Shot Dead By Police After Southeast Side Standoff
A tense standoff with police early Wednesday left one man dead after police opened fire.
Police: 11-Year-Old Boy Holds Up Store With Knife
Authorities say an 11-year-old boy wearing a hooded sweat shirt and brandishing a knife robbed a convenience store.
Teen Will Be Tried As An Adult In Sexual Battery Of Disabled Boy
The eldest of the two girls who held a boy against his will at knifepoint and sexually battered him will be tried as an adult.
Suicidal Man Shot, Killed After Threatening Cops With Knife
Police officers in west suburban Naperville shot and killed a suicidal man who was threatening them with a large knife early Tuesday morning.
Couple Awakens With Ex Standing Over Bed With Knife
A suburban couple awoke to find the wife’s former girlfriend standing over their bed with a kitchen knife and telling someone by cell phone that she’d probably be going to prison for murder, the husband told police.
Man Charged With Attempted Murder For Tilted Kilt Stabbings
A 24-year-old Pingree Grove man was arrested early Saturday morning after he allegedly knifed several people outside the Tilted Kilt pub in northwest suburban Elgin.
Police Shoot Knife-Wielding Man In Uptown
Police shot a suspect who allegedly threatened officers with a knife early Thursday in the Uptown neighborhood.
Police: Man Tried To Kill Girlfriend Twice
An alleged knifeman free on $1 million bail for the alleged attempted murder of his girlfriend last year was arrested again Friday after he tried to kill her a second time, prosecutors say.
5-Year-Old Wields Knife On School Bus
Parents are furious after a 5-year-old student is allowed to take the school bus after he brought a knife and threatened other students on it.
Man Stabbed To Death At Home
A man died after he was found with multiple stab wounds at his home.
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