CHICAGO -- Jason Van Dyke, the Chicago police officer convicted of murdering 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, was sentenced to 81 months, or 6 years and 9 months, in prison and two years mandatory ...

CHICAGO -- The Illinois attorney general's office has signaled it may be considering a rare sentencing-related appeal if it concludes Jason Van Dyke's less-than-seven-year prison sentence in the ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A Cook County judge unsealed a series of documents in the Jason Van Dyke case Wednesday. The documents have been kept out of the public's view since the beginning of Van Dyke's trial ...

Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke, who is charged with murder in the shooting death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, has posted bond and been released from jail. Van Dyke was captured on dashcam ...

Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke was found guilty Friday of second-degree murder in the 2014 fatal shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. Van Dyke, who was also found guilty of 16 counts of ...

Jason Van Dyke, the Chicago officer who shot and killed 17-year-old Laquan McDonald in 2014, has resigned from the Chicago Police Department. Van Dyke was convicted last year of second-degree murder ...

In 2018, he was part of the Tribune's award-winning team covering the historic murder trial of Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke. March 23, 2026 at 6:02 p.m. A financial analyst from Chicago has ...

A Chicago police officer charged with murder for fatally shooting a black Chicago teenager 16 times posted bond and was released from jail Monday hours after a judge ordered his bail set at $1.5 ...