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Police are investigating a suspected homicide after a man in his 40s died after suffering blunt trauma at a residence in Gurnee Sunday. The Gurnee Police Department and Gurnee Fire Department responded around 1:45 a.m. Sunday to the 1000 block of Boulevard View in Gurnee. Read more...

CHICAGO — An individual was shot in the neck on the I-57 highway on the South Side Thursday morning. Police responded to a shooting on the I-57 highway near Halsted Avenue around 4:49 a.m. A person was shot in the neck and transported to a local hospital in stable condition. Read more...

WAUKEGAN, Ill. — Two teens were shot early Thursday in Waukegan. At around 12:30 a.m., police responded to the 700 block of Center Street on the report of a shooting. Read more...

CHICAGO — A man died after he was shot while standing at a Southwest Side gas station Tuesday night. Just after 11:20 p.m., police said a 25-year-old man was standing at a gas station when he was shot by an unknown suspect driving in an SUV. Read more...

A man is being held on a $350,000 bond after he allegedly fired shots while trying to rob two victims in the parking lot of a bar in Round Lake, police and court records said. Jaime Gonzalez, 26, of Volo, was charged with aggravated robbery, aggravated discharge of a firearm and two counts of aggravated [...]

Prosecutors say a man threatened to shoot up a cell phone store and then led police on a 40-minute pursuit where he nearly struck two police officers in Winthrop Harbor Tuesday morning. Trent J. Schneider, 54, of Winthrop Harbor, was charged with two counts of aggravated battery of a peace officer, four counts of aggravated [...]

A rash of five carjackings and attempted carjackings, including one that left a victim injured, were committed by armed gunmen in a matter of hours Wednesday evening in Lake County. The incidents occurred in Lindenhurst, Waukegan and Gurnee. Read more...

(The Center Square) – New laws are set to take effect in January that lawmakers say are aimed at addressing carjackings and car thefts in Illinois. California experienced the highest number of stolen vehicles overall in 2021, with more than 200,000 vehicles taken. Read more...

(The Center Square) – A judge on Tuesday heard oral arguments in a lawsuit against the SAFE-T Act — which is set to end cash bail in Illinois — and the court is expected to render a decision by next week. The case is a combined lawsuit involving over 60 state’s attorneys from around Illinois. [...]

(The Center Square) - A U.S. District Court judge deemed a California gun control law unconstitutional on Tuesday. U.S. District Court Judge Roger Benitez determined that Senate Bill 1327, signed into law by California Governor Gavin Newsom earlier this year, is unconstitutional -- an outcome Newsom welcomed as it puts a spotlight on similar provisions [...]