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Mistaken Identity

New details in suburban HS basketball player's mistaken ID killing

  • Dec 16, 2025

3 charged in suburban HS basketball player's mistaken identity killing

  • Dec 15, 2025
Right: NYPD via AP, File

Gang member who killed boy in mistaken ID case found dead in prison

  • Jun 29, 2025

Family believes deadly ambush shooting was case of mistaken identity

  • Jun 24, 2025

Man discovers he was switched at birth after sister takes DNA test

  • Apr 9, 2025

Texas deputies shoot woman mistaken for intruder: VIDEO

  • Feb 12, 2024

Suburban man couldn't renew license due to mistaken identity debacle

  • Jan 17, 2024

8-year-old boy held at gunpoint by police over mistaken identity

  • Oct 25, 2023

Latest Videos

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New details revealed in suburban HS basketball player's mistaken identity killing

  • Dec 15, 2025
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Retired Chicago firefighter wrongly accused of attacking officer in Capitol riots

  • Jan 16, 2021
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FULL INTERVIEW: CFD firefighter wrongly accused of murder in Capitol riot

  • Jan 15, 2021
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Family remembers Ivan Vega, 32, who was fatally shot in Little Village

  • Mar 8, 2020
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Elderly couple swarmed by police in case of mistaken identity in Oak Park

  • Feb 27, 2020
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Indiana woman says tattoo led to arrest for drug deal she wasn't at

  • Sep 10, 2019
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Wrong man taken off life support in case of mistaken identity

  • Jul 3, 2019
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Chicago man, 26, mistakenly jailed due to possible data entry error, police say

  • Apr 4, 2019

Latest Stories

Ex-college football player charged in girlfriend's shooting death, says he mistook her for burglar

The former University of Arizona football player and the victim have a 2-year-old child together, family said.

  • Jul 12, 2022

Woman dies from gunshot wounds after boyfriend told police he mistook her for burglar

Investigators said there is damage to the door of the apartment, though it is unclear if the damage is old or new.

  • Jul 11, 2022
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'Black Panther' director Ryan Coogler detained in Atlanta after being mistaken for bank robber

"Black Panther" director Ryan Coogler passed a note asking a bank teller to be "discreet" about his large cash withdrawal - and was mistaken for a robber.

  • Mar 9, 2022

16-year-old girl fatally shot by father who allegedly mistook her for intruder

The father can be heard in the 911 call asking what his daughter was doing and then he and her mother are heard begging for her to wake up

  • Dec 31, 2021

Elderly couple mistaken for bank robbers in Oak Park sue US Bank

An elderly couple that was swarmed by police and handcuffed as they were mistakenly identified as bank robbers in Oak Park have filed a lawsuit against US Bank.

  • Jun 17, 2021