A Chicago gang member will likely spend the rest of his life in prison after he killed a pregnant teenage girl in 2011, firing on her multiple times as she reportedly pleaded for mercy, PEOPLE has ...

Their target at the moment: a gang called the Hobos, who fall somewhere between the ’90s-era Chicago gangs and the new, smaller cliques that predominate in the present.

The dead multiply in Chicago, the fruit of the gang wars ripening in August. With at least 78 killed so far, August is the deadliest month in nearly 20 years, according to a Tribune analysis. It&#8… ...

Around 70 gangs operate in Chicago, with more than 100 thousand members among them. Chicago has long been notorious for its gang culture and for gangs’ influence on politics and business. But modern ...

Sudhir Venkatesh's best-selling book Gang Leader for a Day will be making the transition from page to screen as AMC announced it is developing a drama series adaptation from Ben Watkins (Burn ...

An influx of Venezuelan migrants, including some from the notorious Tren de Aragua gang, to Chicago, has raised fears of a potential turf war between factions.

Today’s Chicago gangs look nothing like the gangs of the 80s and 90s. Members are younger, highly disorganized and are more ruthless. Their world has been described as an underground culture ...

In actuality, a Chicago gang member came to Lake Eliza and persuaded 10 local kids to form a gang. Gootee went to Hammond and Chicago to learn from police who already were battling gangs.

Controversial Chicago Police gang database set to be scrapped 02:55. CHICAGO ... A total of 90 people were listed as over 117 years old or older, and some listed were as young as 7.

Larry Hoover, the 73-year-old co-founder of the Chicago street gang the Gangster Disciples, made a rare public appearance on Thursday as he addressed a district judge via video conference.

Former Chicago gang kingpin Jeff Fort loses First Step Act bid for freedom after 40 years in prison Convicted of offering to bomb U.S. buildings for $2 million and ordering the murder of a rival ...

Trump is getting headlines for commuting the sentence of Larry Hoover, co-founder of Chicago gang Gangster Disciples, who was sentenced to prison in 1973 for ordering the murder of a drug dealer.