The Latest Breaking News from Larry Langford

4 more children and woman from Pilsen migrant shelter are hospitalized

Four girls, ages 1, 4, 8 and 9, and a woman, 18, were hospitalized Monday, a day after a 5-year-old boy died after falling ill at the shelter.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 18, 2023

Dozens injured, including 3 critically, in CTA train crash near Howard Street station

Twenty-three people were taken to hospitals in fair-to-serious condition. The first lawsuit related to the accident has been filed.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 16, 2023

4 Chicago firefighters have died on duty this year, the most in a quarter-century

Four firefighters dying in four separate incidents is ‘very unusual,’ said a fire department spokesman.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 13, 2023

Gunman fires at Chicago police on West Side, no reports of injuries

No injuries were reported but the person was refusing to leave the house in the 5400 block of West Walton Street, according to Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 9, 2023

Off-duty Michigan police officer wounds 2, including himself, in ‘accidental’ shooting at Hotel Chicago

Just after 3 p.m., paramedics responded to the hotel at 333 N. Dearborn St. and found the 23-year-old officer shot in the hand and a 25-year-old man shot in the abdomen.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 27, 2023

5 suspects in custody in fatal shooting of Chicago Police Officer Aréanah Preston

Four suspects were apprehended after a Sunday armed standoff at a home in Auburn Gresham, according to a source with knowledge of the arrests. Another suspect was taken into custody separately.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 8, 2023

Police continue search for gunman who killed off-duty officer on South Side

It’s still unclear why police took more than 30 minutes to respond to the wounded officer, Areanah Preston, after gunshots were detected by the city’s gunshot surveillance system, ShotSpotter.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 7, 2023

‘It just doesn’t happen. But today, it did’: Veteran fire lieutenant second to die in as many days following blaze at Chicago high-rise

CHICAGO — A firefighter died Wednesday battling a Gold Coast blaze, marking the Chicago Fire Department’s second line-of-duty death in just two days.

Chicago Tribune · Apr 5, 2023

Chicago firefighter critically injured in high-rise blaze

Three firefighters were injured, one critically, while battling a blaze in a high-rise building on Chicago's North Side

The Independent UK · Apr 5, 2023

Chicago firefighter dies, 2 others injured in extra-alarm blaze

CHICAGO — A 49-year-old Chicago firefighter died and two others were injured in a predawn extra-alarm blaze where a mayday alert was called at a house in the West Pullman neighborhood, fire officials said.

Chicago Tribune · Apr 4, 2023