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Chicago police did not document any steps taken for several months during their investigation into a deadly hit-and-run, according to records obtained as the result of a lawsuit brought by NBC 5 Investigates. Bennett Haeberle reports.

Chicago police did not document any steps taken for several months during their investigation into a deadly hit-and-run, according to records obtained as the result of a lawsuit brought by NBC 5 Investigates. Those reports also show activity in the case picked up just nine days after an NBC 5 report that highlighted the lack of an arrest.

More than two years after a deadly hit-and-run, Illinois State Police are still withholding records related to a pursuit that preceded the crash. Bennett Haeberle reports.

More than two years after a deadly hit-and-run, Illinois State Police are still withholding records related to a pursuit that preceded the crash. Bennett Haeberle reports.

More than two years after a deadly hit-and-run, Illinois State Police are still withholding records related to a pursuit that preceded the crash, now defying a judge’s order to produce the materials after NBC 5 Investigates sued the agency for violating the state’s Freedom of Information Act.

The family of a 17-year-old girl severely injured in a hit-and-run crash has filed a lawsuit against the owner of the vehicle that hit her, taking their search for justice to court as they say Chicago police have not done enough to solve her case. Bennett Haeberle reports.

The family of a 17-year-old girl severely injured in a hit-and-run crash has filed a lawsuit against the owner of the vehicle that hit her, taking their search for justice to court as they say Chicago police have not done enough to solve her case. Meanwhile, a second lawsuit filed this month alleges that same vehicle was involved in a...

The family of a 17-year-old student who was seriously injured after being struck by a vehicle in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood has filed a lawsuit against the owner of the car that struck her, NBC Chicago’s Bennett Haeberle reports.

The alleged driver involved in a deadly hit-and-run on the Northwest Side of Chicago last April is the same man accused of shooting at an off-duty Chicago Police officer in December, according to new records uncovered exclusively by NBC 5 Investigates. On the night of April 23, 2022, 25-year-old TJ Kapan was hit and killed while riding his motorcycle on…