Demonstrators marched down Michigan Avenue Thursday afternoon to bring attention to the number of annual homicides in the city as 2020 drew to a close. Carrying Chicago flags with bullet holes, dozens ...

So far in 2021, homicides have risen by nearly 3% to 316, up from 308 at the same point in 2020, preliminary Chicago police statistics through June 23 show. Shootings — incidents where at least one ...

CHICAGO — Homicides and shootings have surged in Chicago during the first seven months of the year. From Jan. 1 through the end of July, there were 440 homicides in Chicago and 2,240 people shot, ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago recorded its deadliest month in two decades in August, part of a sharp rise in gun violence in the nation's third-largest city this year. Chicago police said Thursday that 90 ...

Violent crime is spiking in Chicago. During the first seven months of 2020, Windy City homicides and shootings have risen sharply. From Jan. 1 through July 31, there were 440 homicides in the city ...