Jackie Kostek

2 days ago | cbsnews.com | Elyssa Kaufman |Jackie Kostek

A funeral will be held for fallen Chicago police Officer Krystal Rivera on Wednesday. Services will begin at noon at the Living Word Christian Center, at 7600 Roosevelt Rd. in Forest Park, Illinois.     Rivera, 35, was killed on June 5 in the city's Chatham neighborhood during a tactical operation. Rivera was pursuing a suspect with her partner when investigators said he lost his footing and unintentionally shot and killed her. The two men they were pursuing are now facing charges.

2 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | Jackie Kostek

Immigrant rights leaders will speak out against President Trump's immigration policies during a rally Monday morning. Congressman Jesus 'Chuy' Garcia will join leaders from several immigrant rights groups to fight back against what they describe as attacks on their communities. Members of the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, the Arab American Action Network, the Coalition for a Better Chinese American Community, and labor leaders from SEIU will also attend the rally.

1 month ago | cbsnews.com | Jackie Kostek

Chicago police said two persons of interest are in custody in connection with the shooting of a preschooler on the city's Southwest Side Wednesday evening. According to police, the child, a 4-year-old boy, was traveling in a minivan driven by a 23-year-old man in the 3100 block of South Ashland Avenue, near the diagonal Archer Avenue, just after 7 p.m.That's when another vehicle pulled up behind the van, and someone from inside pulled out a gun and shot at the van, hitting the boy in the back.

1 month ago | cbsnews.com | Jackie Kostek

A man was charged with aggravated assault of a Chicago police officer after an incident on the West Side on Saturday ended with police shooting him. Kewion Kingcade, 21, is expected in court for a detention hearing on Tuesday. He was shot four times by Chicago police after they said he was running with a gun. Police said officers responded to a call for service just after 10:30 p.m. in the 1900 block of North Austin Avenue. Officers broke up a large crowd at the scene.

2 months ago | cbsnews.com | Jackie Kostek

Two people were wounded overnight after a fight led to a shooting outside a hookah lounge just steps away from the Loyola University campus in Rogers Park. Chicago police say it happened around 2 a.m. outside Samah Hookah Lounge in the 1200 block of West Devon Avenue. Two men were found shot. A 31-year-old was shot in the abdomen and taken to St. Francis Hospital in good condition. A 29-year-old was shot in the hip and torso and was also taken to St. Francis Hospital in fair condition.