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Police: Murders Down In Zones With Foot Patrol Saturations
Chicago Police are expanding their so-called Operation Impact. That’s the saturation of high crime areas with foot patrols made up of new recruits.
FBI Checking Gacy Travel Records For Links To Unsolved Murders
The search for more possible victims of serial killer John Wayne Gacy is now in the hands of the FBI.
City Touts Lower Homicide Stats, But Context Reveals Return To Normal
City officials on Monday suggested Chicago’s safer than it’s been in 50 years. In reality, the first quarter of the year is simply a return to normal after a huge spike in murders early last year.
Vigil Protests Hundreds Of Chicago Children Lost To Violence
(CBS) — Several hundred people turned out for an evening rally and march Friday from Saint James Episcopal Cathedral, just off the Magnificent Mile, to Stroger Hospital. The protesters in the second annual “CrossWalk” attempted […]
Number Of Chicago Homicides Plummets In February
After the bloodiest January in the city in a decade — coming on the heels of a particularly violent 2012 — the killings slowed to a relative trickle in February.
Reynolds Urges FBI To Help Chicago Police Fight Gun Violence
Second Congressional District candidate Mel Reynolds on Wednesday urged federal authorities to focus on gun violence in Chicago, instead of alleged financial misdealings by former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife.
McCarthy ‘Very, Very Frustrated’ With January’s Rise In Violent Crime
The first batch of Chicago cops being pulled off desk duty are slated to hit the streets this weekend. That can’t come soon enough for Police Supt. Garry McCarthy, who said in an interview on the CBS 2 Morning News that it’s “very, very frustrating” that improvements in violent crime in Chicago are frequently followed by backsliding.
Chicago Murder Number Triple New York City In January
Chicago, which has about a third of the population of New York City, recorded three times more homicides than the Big Apple in the month of January.
Did Gacy’s Spree Go Beyond 33 Victims?
For the first time, a sample of John Wayne Gacy’s blood has been entered into a nationwide system to see whether Gacy committed more than the 33 murders that authorities know about.
Report Details All 506 Chicago Murders From 2012
A new report aims to put faces and names to the number of murders that Chicago saw last year.
Will County’s Top Prosecutor To Handle Double Murder Case
Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow said Monday he will personally prosecute the murder case against four young men and women accused of strangling two friends in Joliet, then attempting to dismember their bodies.
Six Killed, 12 Hurt In Weekend Violence
From Uptown to Englewood, Irving Park to Brighton Park, Humboldt Park to the Back of the Yards, gunshots were heard throughout the city this weekend.
No Murders In Aurora In 2012
Good news on the crime front in Illinois’ second largest city. There were zero murders in Aurora in 2012. That hasn’t happened since 1946.
Naperville Woman Charged In Kids’ Murders Due In Court
A court appearance is scheduled today for the Naperville woman, accused of murdering her son and the child she was babysitting last week.
Woman Charged With Killing Kids Made Them Pray Before Stabbings
Before killing her own 7-year-old son and the 5-year-old girl she was babysitting, Elzbieta Plackowska allegedly told them to get on their knees and pray.
Chicago Murder Rate Down In September; McCarthy: ‘Something’s Working’
With Chicago’s murder rate capturing national headlines, Police Supt Garry McCarthy is on the defense, touting recent progress his department has made in the fight against crime.
Walter’s Perspective: Reduce Tourist Fears With More Cops
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is feeling the heat from an anxious tourism industry over recent killings, CBS 2′s Walter Jacobson says.
Walter’s Perspective: What Is City Hall Doing To Stop The Murders?
It seems to be generally agreed that the holiday weekend was a nice one, except for the murders in Chicago.
High Court Justice Weighs In On Tweeting Ban At Hudson Murder Trial
The chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court is weighing in on the restrictions the trial judge has placed on tweeting from the courtroom in the trial of William Balfour.
Emanuel: Long-Term Strategies Needed To Lower Spiking Crime
Facing a setback in efforts to reduce gun violence and make Chicago a safer place to live, Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Thursday that police are focusing on long-term strategies to target street gangs.
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