The Latest Breaking News from East Garfield Park

Man killed, 3 women wounded during domestic shooting in East Garfield Park: CPD

Just after 8:30 p.m., a group of people were arguing in the 3600 block of West Flournoy Street when someone opened fire, hitting three women and a man, Chicago police said.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 30, 2023

1 in custody after fatal stabbing in East Garfield Park home

About 4 a.m., a woman and a male she knew began fighting during an argument inside a home in the 3100 block of West Washington Boulevard when she was stabbed, Chicago police said.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 28, 2023

$20,000 grant from CHA puts homeownership within residents’ reach

A single mother who earlier this month closed on an East Garfield Park single-family home became the CHA’s new down payment program’s first recipient.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 28, 2023

Man fatally shot in East Garfield Park

The man was found unresponsive about 5:10 a.m. in the first block of South Pulaski Road.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 16, 2023

Man killed, 1 wounded in East Garfield Park shooting

A man, 31, was fatally shot and a woman, 44, was wounded about 5:30 p.m. Sunday.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 21, 2022

‘A nightmare.’ 11 of the 14 people wounded in East Garfield Park were members of a family who had gathered to remember a loved one

“It was like they were just aiming at us, which is crazy because you couldn’t see anything but kids and women,” said the woman who organized the vigil. “We are so hurt.”

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 3, 2022

Guns are terrorizing our communities. Together we can stop the horror.

Those who hope to banish gun violence need to keep shouting from the rooftops that we need a sane approach to the threat of dangerous weapons.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 2, 2022

At least 14 people, including 3-year-old, shot in Halloween night drive-by shooting on Chicago's West Side

CHICAGO — At least 14 people were shot, including a 3-year-old and two other minors, during a drive-by shooting Halloween night in East Garfield Park on Chicago's West Side, police said.

Chicago Tribune · Nov 1, 2022

Man stabs woman, then gets shot by another in East Garfield Park

The woman who was stabbed was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in good condition. The man was taken to the same hospital in critical condition.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 15, 2022

Person found shot to death in East Garfield Park: police

Officers found the male unresponsive on the sidewalk about 7:50 a.m. in the 300 block of South Springfield Avenue.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 8, 2022