Police investigating shooting in downtown Chicago today
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Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling said he still had no information Friday afternoon about a promised sweeping federal immigration crackdown that could potentially bring the National
Officers were responding to a call of people breaking into a vehicle in the 5500 block of West Thomas Avenue around 3:45 a.m. An officer fired his gun, striking one person. The individual was taken to Stroger Hospital and pronounced dead.
A man was in custody after a lengthy police chase through the suburbs and Northwest Side of Chicago on Tuesday afternoon ended in a crash on the West Side.
After weeks of threats, the Trump administration launched “Operation Midway Blitz” on Monday, in which federal agents will intensify immigration control measures in Chicago, Illinois. The city, considered a “sanctuary” due to its policies on the treatment of undocumented immigrants,
Rivera, 36, was shot and killed by her partner on June 5 during a foot chase into a Chatham apartment. Her name became the 607th to be inscribed onto the Chicago Police Officers Memorial, which honors the officers who have died in the line of duty.
Rivera will have her name added to the memorial wall and read along with hundreds of other fallen officers on Wednesday.
As President Donald Trump signals plans to order federal intervention in Chicago, experts say the likely escalation of immigration enforcement operations is setting the stage for a contentious dynamic between local police and federal authorities.
Retired Chicago Police Superintendent Jody Weis analyzes why the city's leadership is 'tolerant' of crime on 'The Will Cain Show.'