Chicago Crime

Black History Month Starts Bloody in Chicago — Four Dead, Seven Wounded, Men, Women, Kids, Even a Baby in the Back Seat

February 4, 2026

The day began on the South Side in the early morning hours with two teenagers shot. Police responded at 2:45 a.m. to a call of a person shot in the 2200 block of East 67th Street. Officers found a 16-year-old…

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15 Violent Crime Victims in Just Over a Day, Including a 71-Year-Old Woman Shot and a Police Station Parking Lot Shooting

January 30, 2026

SubX.News® Jan 29, 2026 Street Report Chicago moved through another compressed stretch of violence from approximately 7:36 p.m. Wednesday to 1:00 a.m. Friday. In just over a day, at least 15 people were victims of violent crime across multiple police…

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Cold Blood … Chicago Economy, Crime, and Migrant Update 4pm January 26, 2026

January 27, 2026

SubX.News® Street Report The city locked up early under a hard freeze. Eight degrees at four in the afternoon, sun out but useless, wind cutting through coats and bones. Chicago didn’t shut down. It narrowed. Streets emptied just enough to…

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Quiet Streets, Open Wounds: Chicago Bleeds as Storefronts Go Dark and Gunfire Carries On

January 22, 2026

SubX.News® Street Report Jan 21, 2026 Chicago is killing more than one person a day, and the month ain’t done yet. Twenty-five homicides were already on the books, with 83 people shot citywide, according to HeyJackass.com data. Figures reflect the…

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City Under the Ice: Crime, Homelessness, and Accountability on Chicago’s MLK Day While Blacks Are Left Outside in the Cold

January 20, 2026

SubX.News® Street Report On January 19, 2026, as a brutal Arctic blast tightened its grip on the Midwest, Chicago became the stage for a stark collision of ceremony, crisis, and civic failure. Reporting firsthand throughout the day, the divide between…

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Spraying the Air Instead of Enforcing the Law

January 15, 2026

Chicago didn’t suddenly discover smoke on the ‘L’. It discovered it could no longer pretend it wasn’t there. After years of rider complaints and visible disorder, the Chicago Transit Authority put the problem in writing. In a January 14, 2026…

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Anything Goes in Chicago While Police Watch

January 15, 2026

Overdose on the Green Line, Blow Job on 5th, Cicero Traffic Breakdown — Then a Triple Shooting Steps From a Police Station SubX.News® Street Report Jan 14, 2026 Across multiple neighborhoods on January 14, unrelated incidents unfolded within hours of…

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Chicago Garfield Green Line Shooting: How CPD Shifted the Address to Hide CTA Violence

January 14, 2026

SubX.News® Street Report Jan 13, 2026 A man was shot on the Garfield Green Line platform during the evening rush. Chicago police radio traffic tied the shooting directly to the Garfield Green Line station within minutes of the first call.…

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Why Hide If Crime Is Down?

January 13, 2026

Chicago Economy, Crime, and Migrant Update 4pmhttp://SubX.News® Street Report — Jan 12, 2026 Downtown Chicago is empty for a Monday afternoon. Rush Street has police standing on corners with nothing to watch. Michigan Avenue foot traffic is thin. State Street…

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When Politicians Lie, People Die: Downtown Chicago Empties as Violence, Arson, and Neglect Collide

January 10, 2026

SubX.News® Street Report Chicago Economy, Crime & Migrant UpdateThursday, January 9, 2026 — 4:00 p.m. Downtown empties ahead of a playoff weekend as arson against the homeless goes unanswered, CTA violence turns fatal, and basic city responsibilities collapse. Late Friday…

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