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Just in: Video shows a Chicago cop witnessing a shooting outside the Howard CTA station yesterday, then rushing in to help the gunshot victim. Suspect in custody. STORY: cwbchicago.com/2026/05/video-…

Tightened that up for ya, guys.

Police recovered two guns after a double shooting left 1 dead and another critically injured in Edgewater on Thursday morning. cwbchicago.com/2026/05/1-dead…

An overnight burglary crew has hit at least 25 businesses in the past three weeks, stealing ATMs and cash registers across neighborhoods from Lakeview and Irving Park to Auburn Gresham and Grand Crossing. cwbchicago.com/2026/05/atm-th…

Cook County's chief judge responds to concerns about electronic monitoring: "How do you predict what another human being is going to do?" He revealed 8% of defendants on EM are AWOL, just like Alphanso Talley was when he allegedly shot 2 cops. wgntv.com/news/wgn-inves…

Cook County's chief judge says releasing a 5-time felon with 4 pending felony cases was not a mistake. "How do you predict what another human being is going to do?" “Start with the obvious — his criminal history,” says @ChiefWeitzel cwbchicago.com/2026/05/releas…

A man was shot during an altercation near the Howard CTA station this afternoon, police say. Cops used surveillance cameras to track the gunman and took him into custody. cwbchicago.com/2026/05/man-sh…

Belmont Harbor, then and now. Left: old postcard found in an antique store in Iowa. Right: photo that I took this morning.

"A 5‑time felon with 4 open cases murders a Chicago police officer while on an ankle monitor—& the chief judge has the audacity to call that “not a mistake.” This isn’t justice. It’s institutional malpractice." @CWBChicago @Awake_IL @MikeTobinFox @FoxNews tinyurl.com/yc6khzhn

1 man is dead and another is critical after a shooting this morning in Edgewater. CPD is determining if one of the men shot the other before turning the gun on himself. cwbchicago.com/2026/05/1-dead…

It was NOT a mistake to release a five-time felon with four pending felony cases, including two violent robberies, on electronic monitoring, Cook County’s Chief Judge told @BenBradleyTV. The felon allegedly escaped the ankle monitor and killed a cop. cwbchicago.com/2026/05/releas…

An ATM burglary crew has targeted at least 25 businesses in the past 3 weeks, CPD says in a new bulletin. cwbchicago.com/2026/05/atm-th…

Prosecutors say a concealed carry license holder pulled a gun on school children outside O'Keeffe Elementary School in South Shore because she thought one of them hit her son. They say she told a security guard she would “shoot this b**** up.” cwbchicago.com/2026/05/mom-pu…

CPD arrested a 14-year-old boy after he allegedly pushed a 75-year-old woman to the ground and carjacked her in a downtown parking lot Tuesday afternoon. cwbchicago.com/2026/05/boy-14…

@BenBradleyTV @WGNNews So his press office *does* know how to reply to media inquiries. Good intel.

*8% of defendants on electronic monitoring are AWOL *Why was a 7-time convicted felon (who is now charged with shooting 2 cops) given pre-trial release? *Are cashless bail and SAFE-T Act making us less safe? 1-on-1 with Cook County Chief Judge Charles Beach. @WGNNews at 9p

A repeat felon got abandoned by his smash-and-grab burglary partners when cops arrived as they broke into a Lincoln Park store. Now he’s going to federal prison for having a gun that night — a gun prosecutors linked to 2 shootings in Chicago. cwbchicago.com/2026/05/left-b…

Anyone in Wrigleyville recognize this individual who threw a brick (with horrible form) through our office window?

A concealed carry holder allegedly pulled a gun on a group of children outside a CPD elementary school and threatened to “shoot this b**** up” because she thought one of the kids had hit her son. cwbchicago.com/2026/05/mom-pu…

A 14-year-old boy violently carjacked a 75-year-old woman in a downtown parking lot yesterday afternoon, police say. The victim was taken to Stroger Hospital. cwbchicago.com/2026/05/boy-14…

A week after being placed on electronic monitoring, he grabbed a random 13-year-old on a Humboldt Park street, saying he “likes little boys and girls,” officials say. This week, a judge sentenced him to six years. cwbchicago.com/2026/05/6-year…