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Newsby Staff WriterJune 7, 2014

2 Chicago Officers Hurt in South Side Shootout

Two Chicago police officers were shot while exchanging gunfire with a man on the Far South Side at about 11:30 p.m. Friday, according to police.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 29, 2014

Chicago Mayor Wants to Video Gun Sales

In addition, the proposal would require a 72-hour waiting period for purchasing handguns and 24 hours for rifles and shotguns. A dealer would be able to sell only one handgun per month per buyer, and the store records would be subject to quarterly audits to discourage trafficking.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 20, 2014

Chicago Cop Killers Get Century Sentences

Valadez, 27, was killed while investigating a report of shots fired in Englewood, a violent district he’d transferred to in hopes of making a difference.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 17, 2014

Video: Chicago Standoff Ends, Murder Suspect in Custody

Chicago's Lake Shore Drive reopened early Monday morning, hours after police said they took a murder suspect into custody following an intense standoff that lasted more than eight hours

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 14, 2014

Crash Kills Off-Duty Chicago Officer

Chicago Police Officer David Harris, 42, was headed home after finishing a late shift on a special team tasked with patrolling violent areas when a white van, speeding away from police in Calumet Park, slammed into his black Lexus and pushed it against a light pole.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 11, 2014

Video: Retired Chicago Police Sergeant Shot in Home Invasion

A retired Chicago police sergeant was shot and critically wounded after two robbers broke into his home in the East Side neighborhood and asked where he kept his safe, police said.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 10, 2014

Chicago Tactical Officer Struck in Head by Bullet Fragment

A Chicago police officer was released from the hospital this morning, hours after a bullet fragment struck him in the head as officers served a search warrant in the South Chicago neighborhood, authorities said.

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Articlesby Dean ScovilleMarch 4, 2014

Reserve Officers: For Love of the Job

At minimum, an LASD reserve officer's service will include logging 20 hours a month regardless of obligations posed by the reserve's regular job and family responsibilities. He may find himself working his own patrol car, standing guard in the cold along a parade route, or handling that "change of shift" report nobody else wanted.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 18, 2014

Video: 3 Found Shot After Wild Chicago Chase

Three men in their 20s were seriously wounded this morning after they were involved in a shootout on the West Side of Chicago, then led police on a chase that ended at Wentworth Avenue off the Dan Ryan Expressway, where police fired at their car, officials said.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 11, 2014

Video: Off-Duty Ill. Sgt. Shoots, Kills Would-Be Robber

Authorities say a surveillance tape shows that as the sergeant began pumping fuel into his vehicle, three males surrounded him and demanded money.

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