Sunday, March 15, 2026

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crime
  • by david hall
8 killed, 18 wounded in weekend violence across Chicago

Sunday saw 14 people shot — including two shootings less than two hours apart on the same Little Village block, which left one dead and three injured.

crime
  • by david hall
Man beaten to death in Austin after argument

The man was fighting with a woman when two other men intervened and began battering him, police said.

city-hall
  • by david hall
Johnson announces $10 million expansion of fund for victims of gun violence and their grieving families

Former Mayor Lori Lightfoot established the Emergency Supplemental Victims Fund as a pilot in five communities. Her successor, Mayor Brandon Johnson, is using federal stimulus funds to expand the program into 10 additional neighborhoods.

crime
  • by david hall
7-year-old shooting victim mourned: 'There will be justice'

“Justice for Jai’Mani” and “justice for number seven” were among the rallying cries for the boy who was shot and killed Tuesday outside his home on the Near West Side. No one has been arrested.