Michael Cronin was an expert on West Side street gangs for the Chicago Public Department. He cultivated informants who helped ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago police are searching for suspects in two shootings. On the city's West Side, a teenager was shot and killed in the Austin neighborhood. And on the South Side, a woman is shot ...

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Federal and state prosecutors now say a single gang faction on Chicago’s South Side committed 14 murders and shot at least 18 ...

Six alleged Chicago gang members have been federally indicted for racketeering conspiracy, 13 murders, armed robbery and drug trafficking, with some of the defendants facing the death penalty if ...