The man is accused of inappropriate communication with the 14-year-old on Snapchat.
An 18-year-old was also shot by the gunman who struck the officer, police said.
The teen and another male were in the man's vehicle, and one of the pair displayed a gun before the man opened fire, the man told police.
Images and video gleaned from a CPD officer's body-cam show a man holding up what appears to be a gun before a 14-year-old boy was shot.
Police said the man was stabbed in the back during a robbery on Thanksgiving.
Resident complaints prompted a probe that resulted in 11 felony charges, authorities said.
The man had violated his required electronic monitoring and lived for years as a fugitive, according to the Cook County Sheriff?s Office.
Melissa, who asked to be identified only by her first name, said her passengers, four men, violently attacked her before stealing her car.
Police said at 11:15 a.m., what they called possible human remains were found in the house at 2835 W. Fitch Ave.
The 40-year-old veteran officer is accused of getting behind the wheel after three drinks and plowing into a pedestrian on the sidewalk.
Antwan Jones was sentenced to 45 years in the murder of Takiya Holmes, and 26 years for the attempted murder of three of her family members.
Prosecutors say the pair disarmed and shot Rittmanic as the 49-year-old sergeant pleaded for her life.
Kwame Raoul and the Winnebago County State's Attorney seek to hold the Rockton company responsible for the damage from last month's blaze.
The Chicago Police Department released gun violence numbers covering the deadly 4th of July holiday weekend from July 2 through July 5.
Keegan Casteel bonded out of Cook County jail Wednesday and faces felony weapons charges. In front of the police station, he proposed.
An Iowa man faces felony firearm charges after hotel staff noticed a rifle in a "very suspicious position" in his room.
Max Lewis, 20, was taken off life support days after being struck by a stray bullet sitting on a CTA Green Line train. He died Sunday.
Police said he was lighting fireworks on 4th of July when he suffered fatal injuries. Another IL man lost an eye in a fireworks accident.
The bullet was a stray bullet and the man was not the intended target, police said.
Late Sunday night, the Fire Department said eight people were struck, one fatally, in a mass shooting at 63rd Street and Artesian Avenue.
Police confirmed there is a person of interest in custody in the fatal stabbing. The same man is suspected of ambushing two other women.
Chicago police say investigation into a mass shooting where 8 people were shot June 15 is moving in the right direction.
In Illinois, Black youths are ten times more likely to be incarcerated than their white peers.
The 31-year-old doctoral student was remembered as brilliant and accomplished. Detectives are scouring homeless camps for her attacker.
The FBI believes the 22-year-old man who killed 7-year-old Jaslyn Adams may be in Florida, according to federal charges.
Only 18 other states have said yes to speed cameras, according to the Governor's Highway Safety Association.
Police said a 2-year-old was taken to a hospital out of an abundance of caution. Officials are waiting for the wounded to give statements.
The shooting happened just after 2 a.m. on South Prairie Avenue. Nine people were injured and one person died.
His videos are racking up views on YouTube; a Chicago driver taking you along for a fast and furious ride.
Chicago Police Officer Karol Chwiesiuk, 29, is charged in a federal complaint with misdemeanor counts in connection to the Jan. 6 breach.
WGN Ch. 9 reporters spotted Maurice Rocquemore, 34, and asked if a photo released by police was him.
Jamyah and two women were sitting in the Toyota at the time. Witnesses said the Toyota was trying to turn into a nearby apartment complex.
Two bullets hit the bus door, but no one was injured.
Brown said the officers involved will face consequences if they did anything wrong.
Witnesses said the man then got out of the truck and knelt to pray.
Savanah Quintero, 14, and Robert Barr, 15, have been identified as the victims by the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office.
The victims were standing on the sidewalk near 89th and Cottage Grove in the Chatham neighborhood, Chicago police said.
TSA officers contacted Chicago Police Department and the the owners of the weapons may face criminal charges related the both incidents.
Though the company says most of its plants have reopened, experts worry the ripple effect could cause nationwide meat shortages.
An analysis of OSHA data by a coalition of four major labor unions finds the rate of workplace injuries at Amazon is nearly twice the norm.