A Chicago police officer who was badly wounded during a shootout with a gunman Wednesday evening on the Southwest Side succumbed to his injuries, officials said.

Source: https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-cop-shot-spaulding-20230301-faekwqt5crgn3jyunekxfqwwoa-story.html

A man was found unresponsive and shot multiple times throughout the body overnight in an alley on the Southwest Side in the Back of the Yards neighborhood, Chicago police said.

Source: https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-chicago-shooting-violence-20231227-n3x4rkkxg5cptlfu7rbfx5t7ka-story.html

Joseph Ramirez, senior security officer at Eli Whitney Elementary School, watches security cameras Wednesday at the Southwest Side school.

Source: https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2023/2/22/23610082/chicago-public-schools-cps-security-camera-surveillance

Meanwhile, in Gage Park on the Southwest Side, about 72% of young children are in poor families; 35% are on track in elementary school; 82% in area high schools graduate; and 73% of youth have jobs.

Source: https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2023/11/30/23982758/chicago-youth-opportunity-dashboard

The owner of a barbershop on the Southwest Side says kids request the somewhat divisive haircut with Mexican and Indigenous roots on a near-daily basis.

Source: https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/4/30/23693053/edgar-haircut-empire-cutz-latino-teens-culture

Three people were shot, two fatally, Nov. 10, 2023 on the Southwest Side.

Source: https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2023/11/10/23956249/2-killed-1-critically-wounded-ashburn-shooting-pulaski-ashburn