As the country woke up on a historic Election Day with thousands heading out to vote, daylight also greeted many Chicagoans with a grim reminder of the seemingly intractable challenges in their home city: yet another fallen police officer,

A Chicago Police officer was shot and killed Monday night in East Chatham, according to Chicago police superintendent Larry Snelling, who said the 26-year-old officer “gave his life for this city.” “The wounds were too great for this officer to recover,

Two men and a woman were shot and wounded on a sidewalk in the West Woodlawn neighborhood Monday afternoon. At 2:46 p.m., a 50-year-old man, a 20-year-old man, and a 39-year-old woman were all on the sidewalk in the 700 block of East 60th Street when a vehicle pulled up and someone inside shot them all,

Chicago Police Officer Enrique Martinez, 26, was shot and killed Monday night on the South Side. It happened during a traffic stop near 80th and Ingleside. It was about 8 p.m.