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Chicago Police Department Chicago police have released images of a man wanted for a shooting in the Loop over the weekend. The man was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where his condition was stabilized, police said. The gunman was described as 45 to 50 years old with white and gray hair. He was wearing khaki pants, brown shoes and a green lanyard or scarf. Anyone with information can call Area 3 detectives at 312-744-8263. Next Up In Crime

At least 101 people were shot, 16 fatally, across Chicago over the Fourth of July holiday weekend, marking the most violent weekend of the year so far in the city. "Its a violent crime wave in this country that has been going on, carried over from 2020," Brown said, adding that homicide rates in New York, Los Angeles and Houston were also up year over year. He emphasized the removal of 244 illegal guns from city streets over the weekend, more than 80 arrests for possession of such guns and at...

Chicagoans celebrating their first relatively normal Fourth of July in two years were met with the usual markers of a long holiday weekend in the summer: scorching heat, fireworks, crowds of people downtown and along the lakefront, and bouts of mayhem, including at least 108 people shot. Among those shot over the long weekend were two police officers, a 6-year-old girl and her mother, and a group of six people. First responders in the city and suburbs were busy with fires and injuries resulting...

In a separate incident involving a large gathering, two Chicago police officers were dispersing a crowd on the citys West Side early Monday when someone in a group of people fired shots, striking both officers, police stated. The shooting was reported at around 1:30 a.m. in the 100 block of North Long Avenue. A police commander was struck in the foot, and a sergeant was grazed in the leg, authorities said. Large gatherings, particularly among teenagers, have been reported within recent months...

Robber shoots himself in botched stick-up in Chicago’s South Loop Brian Niemietz A 26-year-old gunman was shot with his own weapon during a robbery in Chicago’s South Loop Sunday morning, WGN reports. The unidentified victim, who cops say was also the assailant, shot himself in his leg around 1:30 a.m. A physical altercation with the intended robbery victim reportedly preceded the shooting. © Provided by New York Daily News A 26-year-old gunman was shot with his own weapo...