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Chicago saw a major rise in violent crime starting in the late 1960s. Murders in the city peaked in 1974, with 970 murders when the city's population was over three million, resulting in a murder rate of around 29 per 100,000, and again in 1992, with 943 murders when the city had fewer than three million people, resulting in a murder rate of 34 murders per 100,000 citizens.
History. The first gangs in Chicago were loosely organized groups of European immigrants in the late 1800s. In 1910, Big Jim Colosimo founded the Chicago Outfit on the South Side. In the early 1950s, immigration to Chicago had picked up considerably, namely to the west side and parts of the south side with many coming from Puerto Rico.
March 15, 1910 – The Chicago Vice Commission was organized by Chicago Mayor Carter Harrison Jr., to be able to bring an end to the Levee District brothels and panel houses. 1911 – A young Filippo Sacco ("Johnny Roselli"), immigrated to Boston, Massachusetts, from Italy, with his mother.
The city of Chicago has seen at least 30 people shot during the first few days of the Democratic National Convention despite the city's ramped up security. ... But crime has continued to plague ...
Fox local. Jenna Carroll. September 16, 2024 at 10:15 PM. CHICAGO - Four people were shot, including a 13-year-old girl, while inside a business in Chicago's Back of the Yards neighborhood on ...
CHICAGO - Nearly a dozen people were robbed at gunpoint in Brighton Park in under half an hour early Monday morning.. According to Chicago police, four incidents happened between 1:09 a.m. and 1: ...
The Chicago Police Department (CPD) is the primary law enforcement agency of the city of Chicago, Illinois, United States, under the jurisdiction of the Chicago City Council. It is the second-largest municipal police department in the United States, behind the New York City Police Department. [3]
CHICAGO - A gunman opened fire on a man standing on the sidewalk in West Englewood Monday afternoon.. At about 3:50 p.m., a 19-year-old man was on the sidewalk in the 5700 block of South Racine ...