New Special Agent In Charge Of Chicago ATF Knows Devastating Impact Of Violence Firsthand. The federal agency tasked with investigating the illegal trafficking of guns has a new special agent in ...

CHICAGO (CBS) — At least 17 people were killed and 89 others were hurt in shootings during the Fourth of July weekend across Chicago as of Friday. The ages of the victims range from 5 to 74.

CHICAGO (CBS) — At least 19 people were killed and 87 others were hurt in shootings during the Fourth of July weekend across Chicago as of Friday. The ages of the victims range from 5 to 74.

Illinois pays an estimated $18.6 billion a year toward firearm injury and death. Firearm manufacturers share none of these costs.

In Chicago, a year of fewer shootings and murders but little sense of being safer “We have a much longer way to go,” says Susan Lee, the former deputy mayor for public safety who was the ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- In the wake of a series of mass shootings that have rocked Chicago in just the past week, Mayor Lori Lightfoot is addressing an issue that is plaguing cities across the country ...

A new analysis from the University of Chicago’s Crime Lab pinpoints where and when violent crime primarily occurs in the city — down to the hour and 1,000-by-1,000-foot block.

An alarming number of Chicago youth witness gun violence. Schools need support to help them heal. The average age at which Black and Latino Chicagoans witness a shooting is 14, a new study found.

Here's why: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, after a mass shooting at an elementary school in his state, pointed to Chicago as an example of how "real gun laws" fail to protect school children and teachers ...

At a time when the Supreme Court is taking up cases involving gerrymandering and redistricting, UChicago sociologist Robert Vargas warns of the social consequences of redistricting beyond politics..

Homicides are up 10% in Milwaukee this year. Even more depressing — and truly infuriating — is the perception that gun deaths ...