Charged, acquitted and sued, former CPD Officer Pierre Tyler now seeks expungement in murder case chicagotribune.com/2026/02/26/c...

NEW: The Chicago police officers involved in the March 2024 shooting of Dexter Reed were largely cleared of wrongdoing by investigators with the Civilian Office of Police Accountability, city records show. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/11/o...

A federal judge has dismissed a whistleblower lawsuit brought by a veteran police misconduct investigator against the city and the former chief administrator of the Civilian Office of Police Accountability who resigned last year. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/04/j...

Records reviewed by the Tribune show the April 2, 2019, murder of Jiaerra Harris was the first of at least 5 intertwined shootings that involved gang conflict, a deadly attempted carjacking downtown, a mass shooting at a subsequent memorial and the murders of two witnesses.

The Chicago Police Department's homicide clearance rate reached 71% last year, its highest mark in more than a decade. This story is about how one of CPD's most effective investigators cleared a 2019 cold case tied to at least 4 other shootings. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/30/o...

Records reviewed by the Tribune show the April 2, 2019, murder of Jiaerra Harris was the first of at least 5 intertwined shootings that involved gang conflict, a deadly attempted carjacking downtown, a mass shooting at a subsequent memorial and the murders of two witnesses.

The Chicago Police Department's homicide clearance rate reached 71% last year, its highest mark in more than a decade. This story is about how one of CPD's most effective investigators cleared a 2019 cold case tied to at least 4 other shootings. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/30/o...

BREAKING: Jury acquits Chicago man accused of soliciting murder of Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino

Seven people were shot and killed across the city in less than 18 hours on Sunday. City violence data shows it was just the fourth January day to see at least seven murders since 1991.

Despite cold, Chicago matches rare January mark with seven homicides in a single day www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/20/c...

Sorry, the explainer is dead www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/sorr...

This week, the city’s Office of Inspector General published an interactive data portal that allows anyone to see which CPD officers are most often accused of misconduct and identifies which other officers faced accusations related to the same incident. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/15/c...

Chicago Police officials this week said more civilian investigators will join the department’s Bureau of Internal Affairs as the office works to finish investigations more quickly and decrease its backlog of pending cases. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/14/c...

Chicago and Cook County saw another steep decline in fatal opioid overdoses last year, records show, four years after a recent peak in such cases during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/07/o...

Federal and state prosecutors now say a single gang faction on Chicago’s South Side committed 14 murders and shot at least 18 other people in just two years as part of a brazen crime spree meant to tighten the group’s grip on the West Chatham neighborhood. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/03/p...

Chicago violence continued to plummet in 2025 despite high-profile crimes www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/29/2...

“Privately made firearms” are now the sixth most common make of gun recovered by CPD, topped only by familiar brands such as Glock, Taurus, Smith & Wesson, Sturm & Ruger and Springfield.

Chicago Police, once again, recovered about 1,000 guns each month in 2025. Among them: hundreds of untraceable 'privately made firearms' — ghost guns www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/22/c...

Four Corner Hustlers boss Labar Spann convicted — again — of racketeering and murder www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/15/g...

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Number of unresolved CPD discipline cases crawls toward 500 during court fight www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/15/n...

The Chicago Police Department on Friday released 13 heavily redacted body camera videos depicting the initial response to a crash and shooting in Brighton Park involving federal immigration agents that ended in tear gas. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/14/c...

Two Chicago police officers who started a drunken daytime brawl at a Wrigleyville pizza restaurant in 2019 reached settlement agreements with the city that allowed them to keep their jobs after each served a one-year suspension. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/12/2...

Two Chicago police officers who started a drunken daytime brawl at a Wrigleyville pizza restaurant in 2019 reached settlement agreements with the city that allowed them to keep their jobs after each served a one-year suspension. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/12/2...

A CPD sergeant has filed a federal lawsuit against the city — seeking class status to represent scores of CPD officers — alleging CPD’s internal affairs improperly pauses investigations when the same allegations are raised in litigation www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/07/c...

‘The use of force shocks the conscience’: Judge issues sweeping injunction on Chicago tactics of immigration agents www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/06/o...

Chicago police Superintendent Larry Snelling on Wednesday said the use of tear gas by federal immigration agents has lessened after he spoke with leaders from U.S. Customs and Border Protection. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/05/t...

911 calls in Chicago are down sharply over the last two months since the start of "Operation Midway Blitz" The decline is largest in Little Village www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/9...

Nanci Koschman, long-grieving mother, dies 21 years after her son was killed by Mayor Daley's nephew chicago.suntimes.com/koschman/202...

‘Not how any of us want to live’: Judge orders Border Control Cmdr. Gregory Bovino to appear in court every day to report any immigration enforcement incidents www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/28/j...

Eight years after he was acquitted of a murder charge, a South Side drill rapper with close ties to Chicago musician Lil Durk was shot to death in Little Village over the weekend. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/27/t...

Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino accused of violating judge’s order by throwing tear gas at crowd in Little Village Thursday www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/23/f...

NEW: Chicago police release redacted video of peripheral role in controversial South Shore immigration raid www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/17/s...

Community leaders from the city’s East Side neighborhood gathered Wednesday morning to denounce the actions of federal agents who deployed tear gas canisters on a residential street after a pursuit and vehicle crash. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/15/l...

Federal agents deploy tear gas following East Side traffic crash www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/14/i...

Former Mayor Richard M. Daley’s deposition in Burge case stays under wraps www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/08/d...

"The resignations, which they said would take effect on Oct. 13, were accepted immediately and left two of the newspapers with one reporter each, and a third without any journalists on staff" Journalists at 3 Newspapers Quit Over Edits to a Charlie Kirk Story www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/u...

With national eye on Chicago violence, mayor’s neighborhood among those still waiting for progress www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/26/c...

Chicago defends slow pace of notification letters for toxic lead water pipes www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/22/c...

County judge rules city’s lawsuit against Glock can proceed www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/18/c...

President Donald Trump reiterates vow that ‘we’re going in’ to Chicago but won’t say when www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/02/p...

CPD Superintendent Larry Snelling rebuked a Northwest Side alderman who expressed skepticism about the city's year-over-year declines in crime and violence. "The most ridiculous thing I've ever heard" and "a slap in the face," Snelling told the Tribune. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/29/r...

The bullet that took the life of Chicago police Officer Krystal Rivera struck her from behind through an opening in her bulletproof vest, newly released autopsy records confirm. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/20/b...

A high-ranking Chicago police supervisor faced withering public criticism last week for his involvement in a wrongful 2001 murder conviction that was reversed last year by the Illinois Appellate Court. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/03/n...

A high-ranking Chicago police supervisor faced withering public criticism last week for his involvement in a wrongful 2001 murder conviction that was reversed last year by the Illinois Appellate Court. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/03/n...

Lawyers for Chicago Housing Authority used ChatGPT to cite nonexistent court case www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/17/c...

CPD officers reporting use of force more often, as video becomes important training tool www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/15/c...

"Obviously, there’s a motive there" Stubborn feud between gangs surfaces again in River North mass shooting www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/09/s...

In the first half of 2025, murders in Chicago fell to levels not seen in more than a decade www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/28/c...

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