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A man passed away in Kansas last weekend after apparently being fatally shot in a freak accident when a dog caused a rifle to fire. The Sumner County Sheriff's Office reportedly indicated that the animal stepped on the gun, causing the firearm to discharge — the round hit the man, who passed away from his [...]

A group of suspects who stole high-end cars from a Barrington car dealership over the weekend also stole a responding officer’s police squad and totaled it after crashing the vehicle. The Barrington Police Department responded around 8 a.m. Sunday to the Motor Werks, located at 1475 South Barrington Road in Barrington. Read more...

A third suspect is in custody in connection with a drug-induced homicide where a 27-year-old Crystal Lake man died after purchasing fentanyl pills, court records show. Ryan James, 26, of Crystal Lake, was charged in March with drug-induced homicide and calculated criminal drug conspiracy, both Class X felonies. Read more...

Authorities say a man fatally shot himself while fleeing from officers who were investigating a stolen car at a currency exchange in Waukegan Wednesday afternoon. The Waukegan Police Department responded around 2:11 p.m. Wednesday to the CFSC Currency Exchange, 3200 Grand Avenue in Waukegan. Read more...

Prosecutors say a woman, who had been driving in a car with her children, fired shots into another vehicle in Waukegan after spotting her ex-boyfriend and his new girlfriend in the vehicle. Miriam J. Delgado, 20, of Waukegan, was charged with aggravated discharge of a firearm, two counts of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon [...]

GARY, Ill. — An officer-involved shooting investigation is underway in Gary, Indiana. The male suspect is dead and at least one member of the Gary SWAT team fired shots but police would not say if those shots killed the suspect. Read more...

WHEATON, Ill. — A Chicago man has been arrested in connection with the robbery of a Naperville-area Portillo’s. On July 20, 2022, Solomon Marshall, 21 allegedly approached two women at the west suburban eatery on foot as they worked the drive-thru lane around 11:35 p.m. Read more...

SWAT team officers in North Carolina repeatedly shot an unarmed man who was wrongly suspected of taking another person hostage, the New York Post reported. The man was subsequently accused of communicating threats and resisting arrest, but home surveillance footage may reveal a different story. Around 11 p.m. on December 13, 41-year-old Jason Kloepfer and [...]

EXCLUSIVE — The National Rifle Association (NRA) filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the state of Illinois over its recent gun control law that the group says is "unconstitutional" and a "blatant violation" of constitutional rights. "The NRA will not stand by while activist politicians pass unconstitutional laws that do nothing to promote public safety. We [...]

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) introduced legislation Monday to ban “205 military-style assault weapons by name” and prohibit transfer of “high capacity” magazines. Feinstein cited the January 21, 2023, Monterey Park shooting as the impetus for the reintroduction of the “assault weapons” ban. Read more...