The Chicago Spectator

This is the 2025 16th & 17th District Gun Crime Map. We track shootings (w/ people shot & no one shot), robberies, carjackings, sexual assaults (at gunpoint), agg assaults w/ guns, robberies. Updated periodically. 2025 will also track home invasions. google.com/maps/d/u/0/edi…

My G*d, Chicago media sucks. Leave it to @samjcharles to write up a story on a Chicago firefighter who died battling a blaze and include completely irrelevant details from his family, all of which took place decades ago. Where is Commissioner Annette Nance-Holt to denounce this? Any elected officials want to weigh in and rebuke this trash story?

Firefighter Mike Altman has tragically passed away in the Line of Duty We are selling these sweatshirts/shirts where 100% of the net proceeds will go toward Mike’s family Buy here - store.barstoolsports.com/products/chica…

Last month, Cook County Sheriff’s Police Sgt. Kevin Johnson was driving on southbound Interstate 90 near 16th Street when he noticed an overturned vehicle and stopped to help. When he approached the scene, Sgt. Johnson saw a man lying on the ground who was not breathing and had no pulse. Without hesitation, he began performing CPR. After a second round of chest compressions, the man began breathing again and regained a pulse. Sgt. Johnson remained by the man’s side until paramedics and Illinois State Police arrived. We are grateful Sgt. Johnson was in the right place at the right time. His quick thinking and lifesaving actions exemplify what it truly means to protect and serve. #CookCountySheriff #PublicSafety #LawEnforcement #ServeAndProtect #CCSPD

Toni Preckwinkle’s incompetence has cost suburban school districts across Cook County over $122 million in interest costs that will likely get passed on to residents in the form of new property tax increases. Toni refuses to acknowledge the financial crisis she helped create, claiming she “can’t speak to that” when she is asked directly by media. I’ll work to fix it on Day One. Vote for CHANGE March 17.

"One of the greatest threats to public education in Chicago is the union itself and its wrongheaded insistence that CPS focus on political activism over academics. Regular working people have to show up as a condition of employment — so should the CTU." "Reading, writing and math skills are what we’re guessing most parents would prefer their kids’ teachers to emphasize." As any reasonable CPS parent would, I expect my child to be in school on May 1st, learning reading, writing, and math skills.

We see no reason why they would feel so inclined to pursue such a case.

Police involved shooting from earlier tonight.

Great news here. Officer Gregory Saint Louis, who was shot by Dexter Reed, is countersuing Reed's estate. Saint Louis is seeking "compensatory damages for all past and future economic losses and general damages for all past and future physical pain, mental suffering and anguish, emotional distress, and loss of normal life." From here on out, every CPD shot on duty should sue the shooter and demand enormous sums of money for any physical or emotional injury. We hope Ofc. Saint Louis prevails in his lawsuit.

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Keep it going, State’s Attorney O’Neill Burke!!

Chicago police officers were targeted in an ambush while handling a prostitution complaint in Englewood early yesterday. The officers escaped unharmed and held their fire… but the gunman didn’t get away. cwbchicago.com/2026/03/gunman…

It's really getting out of hand on the CTA. Here, a woman pulls a gun out to stop a man from smoking on a train. Brought you by @ChicagosMayor, who is always reminding us crime is down in Chicago and the CTA is safe.

Reminder Chicago: this is who the mayor hangs with.

Well said, Mayor @JustinMBibb. ShotSpotter is successfully utilized to rapidly direct police to shooting scenes — helping members of law enforcement provide life-saving aid quickly, collect evidence, and keep communities safe. #ShotSpotterSavesLives @heyFATabbot @WindyCityWxMan @PLATINUMVOICEPR @GayDispatcher @Chicago_Scanner @SubxNews @SPOTNEWSonIG @CWBChicago @DunningWatch @ChiSpectator @MiamiPDScanner @sltionsnresrces @ViralNewsNYC @Crime_In_NYC

Welcome to Chicago, @Waymo

Our new ads are running. Get rid of the Sanctuary laws. Repeal the SAFE-T Act. Safe cities. A safe Illinois. Vote @TedForIllinois on March 17th. #twill @ILGOP @GovPritzker

Heartbreaking, truly.

“He was my youngest son and now I have to bury him because someone decided to take his life.” A heartbroken Carlos Figueroa says his son Daniel, 28, was the man killed this AM while delivering for Uber Eats. After exiting Loretto Hospital, sources say he was dragged by suspects who stole his mini van. Daniel’s dad says it was his last delivery before he was heading home. 💔 @WGNNews

This is very sad. @BronaghTumulty has always been awesome on WGN. Hope to see her stay local.

This is incredibly odd and strange behavior by an elected official. To pull out your phone and start recording a potential voter/constituent because she told you to leave and subsequently dox her to score sympathy votes is incredibly weird and unbecoming of an elected official.