According to data from the city and Chicago Police Department, total violent crime is down at least 22% thus far in 2025, while there have been 90 fewer homicides and more than 400 fewer shootings compared to last year.

The victim, a male whose age wasn’t known, was shot about 4 p.m. Friday in the 6200 block of South Rhodes Avenue, police said. He died at a hospital. No one is in custody.

A Chicago Park District lifeguard is accused of killing 15-year-old Marjay Dotson, and shooting 14-year-old Jeremy Herred near the Douglass Park pool on June 26.

Dameonte Watson and Gregory Watson each received lengthy sentences in connection with the murder of 35-year-old Salena Claybourne. Prosecutors say the brothers killed the mother of two amid a carjacking attempt in the 6700 block of S. Jeffery on Monday, March 7.

Jeremy Miller, 35, was fatally shot and another man, 30, was wounded in a shooting about 2 a.m. Thursday in the 3700 block of South Wells Street, officials said. The second man is in good condition. No one is in custody.

Alds. Brendan Reilly and Scott Waguespack said they've been pushing for an ordinance for more than a decade that they believe could have prevented the shooting.

The vigil for Taylor Walker was held the evening after the mass shooting in the city’s River North neighborhood. Walker, 26, was among four killed.

A man named Eric Armstrong was fatally shot in the head in Chicago's Garfield Park and pronounced dead at Mt. Sinai Hospital; the shooter is at large.

Two shootings were reported on Sunday night just minutes apart in Chicago's South Austin neighborhood. Chicago police said around 10:28 p.m., Chicago police said two men were found with gunshot wounds in an alley in the 5200 block of W. Ferdinand Street.

CHICAGO (AP) — The upbeat mood in a busy Chicago neighborhood known for its restaurants and nightlife quickly turned into horror late Wednesday as shots were fired at a crowd from a fast-moving vehicle, killing four people.

The rapper’s father is facing federal gun charges. Prosecutors noted one alleged gun sale happened just days after the mass shooting but clarified there was no evidence linking Melvin Doyle to the attack at his daughter’s party.