More than four years after the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald by former Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke, Judge Vincent Gaughan sentenced Van Dyke to 6 3/4 years of prison, of ...

Nearly four years after he fired the 16 shots that killed 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke will go on trial starting Wednesday on six counts of first-degree ...

People protesting the shooting death of Laquan McDonald by a police officer block the entrance to Tiffany & Co. on the Magnificent Mile on Black Friday, Nov. 27, 2015. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune) ...

Charles Leto, 55, has been charged with one count each of first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, aggravated ...

More than four years after the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald by former Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke, Judge Vincent Gaughan sentenced Van Dyke to 6 3/4 years of prison, of ...

Editorial: The Laquan McDonald shooting verdict is welcome — but we can’t prosecute our way out of bad police work. By The Times Editorial Board . Oct. 5, 2018 3:20 PM PT .

Jason Van Dyke, a white Chicago police officer who fatally shot black teenager Laquan McDonald 16 times in October 2014, is standing trial accused of murder.

Team, a Chicago Park District lifeguard who allegedly shot two teens, one fatally, at a West Side park claimed they attacked ...