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A criminal justice professor and longtime cop says officers were justified in shooting a armed man on Interstate 55 near Lexington last month.
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Illinois State Police on Monday released video from last month’s shootout on Interstate 55 near Lexington, showing an armed man pointing what appears to be a gun at officers before being fatally shot as others nearby scrambled for cover.
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A Bloomington man was found guilty on Friday of murder in the February 2023 shooting death of Kiejoun Watts.
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Authorities have arrested a 15-year-old boy for a shooting overnight on Feb. 8. A 17-year-old boy received multiple gunshot wounds to his leg in the 1000 block of West Market Street.
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Illinois State Police said they responded Saturday to a report of shots fired on Interstate 55 in Lexington. Police reportedly engaged in gunfire with a subject, fatally wounding them. No one else was injured.
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In a long-expected move, national gun rights organizations are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Illinois’ ban on assault weapons and large capacity magazines.
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Authorities say a woman faces murder charges in connection with a fatal shooting Wednesday morning in Ellsworth.
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U.S. Marshals Service took Tomiyale Anderson, 20, of Hampton, Georgia, into custody on Wednesday in Chicago. Anderson was indicted on murder and other charges in connection with the death of 17-year-old Kanye Stowers of Peoria.
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A federal judge in Urbana has sentenced a woman from Normal to 8 1/2 years in prison for her part in the shooting death of a Champaign police officer and the wounding of another.
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A 16-year-old was shot in the leg late Monday night and transported to a nearby hospital.