Chicago Crime

Beans, Airbags, and Extinguishers … Downtown Chicago Goes Quiet While the CTA Stays Dangerous

March 4, 2026

Roosevelt CTA Station (Red/Green/Orange Line) Chicago Police arrive after reports of a man swinging a fire extinguisher during rush hour. The extinguisher is visible on the ground as commuters pass through the entrance; the suspect walks away before any arrest is made … 5:18 p.m. | Street Report — March 3, 2026 Screengrab from SubX.News® video https://x.com/SubxNews/status/2028975560597078152/video/1

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Empty Streets, Gun Battles and Stopped Trains … How the First Monday in March Complicated Chicago’s “Crime Is Down” Narrative

March 3, 2026

SubX.News® Street Report | March 2, 2026 Six U.S. service members were confirmed dead amid retaliatory strikes tied to the Iran conflict — a stark reminder of the real cost of war and the sacrifices made by American forces. Our…

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Mass Shootings, Empty Projects, and a Murdered Uber Driver: Chicago’s Reality

February 26, 2026

Street Report | Feb 25, 2026 On paper, Chicago’s political leadership says crime is down and the economy is strong. On the street, February 25, 2026 told a different story. Smiling accused murderer arrested in connection with the killing of…

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No Prevention and No Safety: Dirty Rain, Drug Tents, and a City Running on Scanner Traffic

February 19, 2026

Chicago SubX.News® Street Report | Feb 18, 2026 The afternoon started with something small but strange. After the overnight rain, windshields across the South Side were coated in grime, raising questions about what had fallen out of the sky. Dust…

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Warm, Dangerous and Empty a Night of Calls Across Chicago Presidents Day Feb 16 2026

February 17, 2026

SubX.News® Street Report Hot air moved through Chicago on Presidents Day, the kind of February warmth that brings people out but doesn’t change what the city is underneath, and the day unfolded like most do — movement, noise, and the…

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There Is No Plan. Johnson Has Been Lying All Along: Four Homicides, Multiple Car Thefts, Gangs and a 300‑Person High School Brawl

February 12, 2026

SubX.News® Street Report Chicago bled before sunrise on February 11, 2026. Carjacking turned deadly in Boystown with second body found near hijacked vehicle on miles away on the South Side. Just before 4 a.m. in Lake View—700 block of West…

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Murder Before Work, Stabbing After Work, and City Hall Writing Tickets in Between

February 10, 2026

Chicago SubX.News® Street Report Monday never really got started before the West Side was already taped off. Just after 8:30 in the morning, scanner traffic sent squads from the 15th and 11th Districts toward 4815 West Lake. A man had…

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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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