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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.
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Officials at the Illinois State Police said Tuesday they are working to finalize rules for registering assault weapons and other items that are now tightly regulated under the state’s new assault weapons ban as a Jan. 1 compliance deadline approaches.
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Bloomington Police brought in 217 weapons in a gun buyback program on Sunday. The tally for the no-questions-asked cash event included 66 handguns, 66 rifles, 56 shotguns, 25 assault-style weapons, and four so-called ghost guns that are assembled from parts and do not have a traceable serial number.
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Mayor Mboka Mwilambwe is pleased with the diversity of stakeholders represented on the city's gun violence commission. In a WGLT interview, he said he wants a lot of views represented.
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Normal Police were called to the 1200 block of West Hovey Avenue at around 12:39 a.m. Saturday, police said. They found a victim with a gunshot wound on scene.
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A 21-year-old man was shot in the back when a gun went off inside a vehicle in Bloomington.
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Illinoisans who own weapons that can no longer be purchased or sold in the state under its new assault weapons ban will soon be able to register those weapons so they can legally keep them.