Overview
- A pickup that police tried to stop on Sunday morning fled, left the roadway in the 6900 block of South Cicero Avenue, and struck a freight train box car, killing two men and one woman and critically injuring a fourth occupant.
- Chicago police say officers briefly pursued the vehicle before ending the chase and Illinois State Police later located and briefly stopped the same vehicle before the driver fled again.
- Early Saturday in Little Italy a black SUV pulled alongside a large group on the 1000 block of West 14th Street and opened fire, leaving a 5‑year‑old boy with a critical abdominal wound and a 39‑year‑old man with nonlife‑threatening injuries.
- Multiple other overnight shootings across the South Side left at least three additional people dead and several wounded, and hospitals including Stroger and Advocate Christ received victims from the incidents.
- Investigations are active with the CPD Investigative Response Team leading the crash probe, authorities have not identified the crash victims, and few arrests have been reported so far which leaves questions about accountability and public safety in the affected neighborhoods.