“It’s Halloween, and somebody is going to die tonight.” Those were the chilling words of a Chicago gang member who made good on his threat by firing a hail of bullets into a car on Halloween night in ...

Dr. Gary Slutkin, an epidemiologist, explains his theory in a new book, “The end of violence: Eliminating the world’s most ...

Originally built as a housing project for African-American families during segregation, Chicago’s O’Block eventually became infamous for gang wars, shootings, poverty, and drill music culture, where ...

The leader of the Chicago street gang Four Corner Hustlers has been sentenced to life in prison for racketeering conspiracy charges involving multiple murders. Labar Spann, 47, was convicted in ...

WJZ Investigator Mike Hellgren came to WJZ in the spring of 2004. Solid reporting credentials and a reputation for breaking important news stories have characterized Mike's work. Mike holds a B.S.

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After he was tortured in El Salvador and one of his family members was killed, M.G. sought refuge in the United States. The ...

President Richard Nixon’s advisor Daniel Patrick Moynihan once termed “benign neglect.” As it happened, however, during the 1980s and 1990s, the United States planted seeds in Central America that ...

Reputed Four Corner Hustlers boss Labar “Bro Man” Spann spent years as a powerful figure in the upper echelon of Chicago’s underworld, a kingpin who used fear, violence and murder to control West Side ...