Chicago Crime

Violence Skyrockets First Summer Weekend in Chicago … Surges Past Last Year … Shooting Victims Up 107.7%, Homicides Up 33.3%

June 8, 2026

SubX.News® Crime Report | June 8, 2026 Chicago’s first full weekend of June delivered another reminder that crime statistics only tell part of the story. Using the official HeyJackAss weekend methodology, Chicago recorded 4 killed and 23 wounded between Friday…

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Downtown Loop Stabbing: Sexual Assault Becomes “Unwanted Contact” as Story Changes Three Times

June 6, 2026

SubX.News® Crime Report | June 6, 2026 Friday afternoon began with reports of a sexual assault and two stabbing victims at State and Lake. By the end of the night, detectives were telling a different story. Initial police reports described…

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Turning the Corner Into the Alley of Death

June 2, 2026

SubX.News®Street Report | June 1, 2026 CTA Fires, Empty Streets, Locked Exits, West Side Shootings, Fentanyl Zombies, and South Shore Takeover Chaos During Another “Recovery” Day in Chicago Monday in Chicago started with smoke rising from beneath a CTA Orange…

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May Day CPD Missing in Action

May 2, 2026

SubX.News® Street Report – May 1, 2026 While cops were staged downtown for protests, kids on the Westside were coming home from school through open-air drug deals in a public park, and former migrant shelters sat abandoned. Friday’s regular ride…

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Chicago Crime Holds at Elevated Levels — Week 17

April 30, 2026

SubX.News® Crime Report – April 30, 2026 Chicago’s crime trend is no longer climbing — it’s holding at higher levels. After weeks of increases, the latest data shows violence remaining above last year across key categories, even as short-term activity…

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Career Criminal on Parole Kills Cop and Critically Injures Another on Electronic Monitoring, Was Wanted for Absconding Parole — Previously Released from CPD Custody Despite Violent Charges

April 26, 2026

SubxNews Crime Report April 26 2026 Alphanso Talley, the 25-year-old suspect accused of shooting two Chicago police officers inside Swedish Hospital — killing one — had been a fugitive for weeks, escaped electronic monitoring, and was listed as an absconder…

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From Drop to Surge: Chicago Crime Increase Expands in Week 16

April 23, 2026

SubX.News® Crime Report – April 23, 2026 Chicago crime is no longer just rising — it is accelerating. What began as an early-year drop has now fully reversed, with violence pushing further above last year’s levels. The latest data shows…

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Chicago Violence Returns to “Normal” — 4 Dead, 14 Wounded in 3 Days

April 20, 2026

SubX.News® Crime Report Apr 20 2026 Chicago didn’t spike this weekend — it settled. Over three days, 4 people were killed and 14 wounded in shootings across the city, alongside fatal crashes and a body pulled from the water. Officials…

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Pattern of Death and Improvisation: Fog, Blood, and Streetlight Crime

April 17, 2026

SubX.News® Street Report – April 16, 2026 First break in the illusion came just after lunch in the Loop, when someone jumped from a building at 235 West Van Buren, between Wells and Franklin. Police and fire trucks crowded the…

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They Don’t Care: Violence, Failed Priorities and Broken Policies

April 16, 2026

SubX.News® Street Report – April 15, 2026 Student gunned down at bus stop after school. Eric “EK” Billups (16) a Hyde Park Academy student was executed at a bus stop on 63rd & Stony on April 15, 2026, just minutes…

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