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A federal court this week sided with the owner of a long-ago planned gun store whose business permit was rejected by Chicago officials over a technicality.

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A federal jury found a Chicago police officer guilty Monday of civil rights violations for shooting into a car full of teenagers in the south side Roseland neighborhood in 2013.

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Chicago Police have seized nearly 6,000 illegally possessed guns so far in 2017, up by 250 from this time last year.

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Chicago police recruits will be the first to undergo training on the new use-of-force policies introduced in May to emphasize sanctity of life, de-escalation, and accountability.

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Chicago saw more violence this holiday weekend, with six people killed and 44 wounded in shootings throughout the city.

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Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson urged lawmakers Thursday to pass a bill that would lengthen prison sentences for repeat gun offenders in Illinois.

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In a policy announced Wednesday, officials placed an emphasis moving forward on the sanctity of life, de-escalation, and accountability.

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Two Chicago police officers were wounded Tuesday night when gunmen in two vehicles pulled alongside their unmarked van and opened fire.

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions is putting police reform agreements in cities nationwide under the microscope, calling for a review of such efforts in a memo released Monday.

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Prosecutors on Thursday added 16 additional counts to a Chicago cop’s murder charges, one for each bullet he fired at a black teenager in 2014.

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AR- and AK-style rifles have been used in 33 shootings in the last nine months, the Chicago Tribune reported. At least 46 people were shot in those attacks, 13 of them fatally.

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Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson announced Tuesday the launched expansion of ShotSpotter technology, tools that record the sounds of gunshots and alert police to their location.

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