A police standoff blocked a roadway outside Oakbrook Center mall Wednesday afternoon. A suspect who had fled police could be seen being taken into custody after police said they refused to leave their vehicle following a crash.
Two Jewish students at DePaul, Max Long and Michael Kaminsky, and their attorney are now blaming the university for a violent attack and demanding new policies that they say should better protect all students.
An off-duty Chicago police officer was shot, while attempting to intervene when a woman was being stabbed on the Northwest Side Tuesday afternoon, CPD said.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson's office said he plans to attend the funeral for fallen Chicago Police Officer Enrique Martinez on Monday. A friend of the officer's family made a plea Friday night asking the mayor not to attend.
The 95th-bound Red Line trains were briefly delayed Wednesday afternoon at the Chicago Avenue stop after a 58-year-old man was attacked and his head was cut, according to police and CTA officials.