Chicago Crime
Beans, Airbags, and Extinguishers … Downtown Chicago Goes Quiet While the CTA Stays Dangerous
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
Read MoreEmpty Streets, Gun Battles and Stopped Trains … How the First Monday in March Complicated Chicago’s “Crime Is Down” Narrative
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…
Read MoreStreet 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…
Read MoreNo Prevention and No Safety: Dirty Rain, Drug Tents, and a City Running on Scanner Traffic
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…
Read MoreWarm, Dangerous and Empty a Night of Calls Across Chicago Presidents Day Feb 16 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…
Read MoreThere Is No Plan. Johnson Has Been Lying All Along: Four Homicides, Multiple Car Thefts, Gangs and a 300‑Person High School Brawl
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…
Read MoreChicago 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…
Read MoreBlack History Month Starts Bloody in Chicago — Four Dead, Seven Wounded, Men, Women, Kids, Even a Baby in the Back Seat
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…
Read More15 Violent Crime Victims in Just Over a Day, Including a 71-Year-Old Woman Shot and a Police Station Parking Lot Shooting
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…
Read MoreSubX.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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