Homicides declined in many south suburbs last year, records show
Homicides in the south suburbs were generally on the decline last year, according to data compiled by the Daily Southtown and Cook County medical examiner’s office. Countywide, overall homicides fell ...
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Charges filed in April double homicide of local rape victim advocate and his wife
Derrick Pouncey, 35, was charged in what a detective referred to as a "rampage-like event" that killed Kyle Matthews, 31, and ...
Chicago: Despite mayor’s call for fewer than 500 homicides this year, 2025 opens with familiar violence
Six shooting deaths on the South and West sides, a fatal stabbing in Little Village and a vehicular homicide in Chicago Lawn. About a week into the new year, violence in Chicago ticked up slightly, ...
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Cook County Saw A Sharp Decline In Overdose Deaths In 2024 Amid Outreach Efforts
The medical examiner’s office reported a 43 percent drop in opioid overdose deaths last year, the lowest level in nearly a ...
Chicago homicides in 2025: 8 people slain. Here’s how that compares with previous years.
Information about homicides is released daily by the city of Chicago. The release of homicide victims’ names is delayed by ...
New Haven homicides, several other categories of violent crime, down in 2024, officials say
New Haven officials said robberies, rapes and motor vehicle thefts also decreased, but assaults with firearms, aggravated ...
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Cook County opioid overdose deaths, homicides down in 2024, data show
Cook County recorded 1,026 confirmed opioid overdose deaths in 2024, a preliminary number as the Medical Examiner’s Office ...
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A warning about Chicago crime pops up in an unlikely place
Ironically, the investor warning comes as serious crimes — such as homicides, shootings and robberies — in Chicago dropped to ...
Homicides, shootings down in '24 in Pittsburgh, reflecting nationwide trends, data shows
Like many U.S. cities, Pittsburgh saw homicide and nonfatal shooting rates drop in 2024 to pre-pandemic levels. That trend ...
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Shootings, Homicides in Chicago Fall to Lowest Levels Since 2019: Police
For the year, there were 573 homicides recorded throughout Chicago last year, down from 620 in 2023 and 714 in 2022.
Jackson’s homicides drop for third straight year, but rate of killings remains highest in the U.S.
Jackson closed out 2024 with 111 homicides, a six percent drop from last year’s 118 killings. Of those 111 cases, the Jackson Police Department worked 104, and Capitol Police handled seven.