Training News

A woman is being hailed as a hero for bravely disarming a gunman accused of going on a shooting spree on a train platform in Washington, D.C. On Wednesday, a man allegedly went on a shooting rampage. The gunman, later identified as Isiah Trotman, is accused of shooting four people near the Potomac Avenue Metro [...]

Two women have been charged after prosecutors say they were an accessory to two juveniles who committed an armed home invasion in Mundelein that left a victim injured. Shayna A. Sparks, 19, of Mundelein, and Amanda Shalley, 20, of Mundelein, were charged with two counts of home invasion and one count of mob action. Read [...]

Police successfully negotiated with an armed subject, who was suicidal and homicidal, and barricaded at a residence in Grayslake Sunday morning, officials said. The Grayslake Police Department and Grayslake Fire Department responded around 10 a.m. Sunday to the 1300 block of Churchhill Lane in Grayslake. Read more...

A McHenry man, who is a convicted felon, has been sentenced to eight years in prison for “gunrunning” where he sold stolen guns to people that did not have a FOID card. Gustavo A. Munoz, 46, of McHenry, was indicted in April 2021 on two counts of gunrunning, aggravated possession of a stolen firearm, three [...]

A teenager was transported to the hospital and is expected to survive after he was shot outside of Lakeside Towers in Waukegan over the weekend, police said. The Waukegan Fire Department and Waukegan Police Department responded around 1 p.m. Saturday to Lakeside Towers, 200 Julian Street, for a report of a shooting. Read more...

AURORA, Ill. — A man is still in critical condition after being shot by police in the driveway of his home Sunday morning, according to the Aurora Police Department. According to Police Chief Keith Cross of Aurora PD, police were initially called to a residence in the 900 block of Colorado Avenue around 10:38 a.m. [...]

EVANSTON, Ill. — A middle school in Evanston was placed on soft lockdown Monday after a loaded handgun was found in possession of a student. At around 11 a.m., police were dispatched to Chute Middle School, located in the 1400 block of Oakton, on the report of a gun in the school. Read more...

Alec Baldwin will be formally charged Tuesday with two counts of involuntary manslaughter in connection to the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the indie Western movie Rust in October 2021. Reuters reports armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed will also be charged. Read more...

GLENVIEW, Ill. — A person of interest is in custody following a Glenview police investigation into the attempted kidnapping of a girl who, moments earlier, had just gotten off a school bus. Around 3:30 p.m. Monday, police responded to the area of Milwaukee Avenue and Kennicott Lane. Read more...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — NSSF®, The Firearm Industry Trade Association, along with several co-plaintiffs, filed a legal challenge seeking declaratory and injunctive relief to prevent Illinois from enforcing the recently enacted law that bans most semiautomatic firearms including Modern Sporting Rifles (MSRs), certain models of semiautomatic handguns and standard capacity magazines. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed [...]