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One of the most violent years in Chicago history ended with a sobering tally: 762 homicides, the most in two decades in the city and more than New York and Los Angeles combined.
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“We know there’s almost never one simple explanation for any set of data points,” said 60 Minutes producer Andrew Bast. “So we were very cautious to not draw grand conclusions, but at the same time we wanted to find out what relationship this data had to the spike in violence.”
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What started as a bank robbery attempt in North Riverside, IL, Tuesday spilled over to a neighboring Burlington Coat Factory where officers confronted and shot the suspect, but not before he tried to use an elderly customer as a shield, police say.
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Chicago Police Officers David Watson and Paul Moreno used an improvised tourniquet to help save the life of a 17-year-old male shot in the left leg, right leg, groin, and buttocks. On Tuesday, the officers received the officer of the month award for their efforts.
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Chicago's most powerful alderman joined forces Wednesday with chairmen of the City Council's Black and Hispanic Caucuses in demanding that candidates with minor drug and criminal offenses be allowed to become Chicago Police officers.
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Police searched several blocks of a neighborhood near Midway Airport with SWAT teams, a helicopter, and dogs Monday morning after a passenger in a car fired several shots at federal and state law enforcement officers.
Read More →The special prosecutor assigned to investigate a possible cover-up by Chicago police in the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald said in court Wednesday that a special grand jury has been impaneled to hear evidence in the case.
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Pro-police and anti-police protesters clashed Sunday afternoon near the site of an officer-involved shooting that killed a 25-year-old man in Chicago's Mount Greenwood neighborhood.
Read More →A man was fatally shot by an off-duty Chicago police officer during a funeral procession Saturday afternoon when what officials are calling a "road rage incident" escalated.
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A 22-year-old Chester, IL, police officer died after crashing his squad car while attempting to stop another vehicle, and authorities are searching Saturday for the man they say was the subject of the pursuit.
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