Guns

Bloomington Police said someone shot a man Thursday night outdoors in the 500 block of East Monroe Street.

The Bloomington City Council on Monday received a presentation on how to make incentives more understandable and effective to developers.

Bloomington Police have arrested two men over a self-inflicted weekend shooting on Rainbow Avenue. The injury isn't life threatening.

A area in north Normal reopened Thursday night after being closed off for hours as police responded to a barricaded person with a weapon inside an apartment. Police say the incident "concluded with a safe and peaceful resolution," though did not provide specifics.

Police in Normal have arrested two people in connection with a weekend shooting incident.

The first witness called by those challenging the ban was a downstate gun dealer who testified AR-15-style guns are used for self-defense.

Groups challenging the law made their bid to the U.S. Supreme Court after last fall’s ruling from the federal appeals court in Chicago, which found that weapons covered by Illinois’ assault-weapons ban don’t have Second Amendment protection.

Police in Normal have booked a juvenile male for attempted murder in connection with a Thursday afternoon shooting on Shelbourne Drive. An adult man was hit by the gunfire, but does not have life-threatening injuries.

Police in Normal said Thursday they have identified and located multiple suspects in an afternoon shooting. An adult man has non-life threatening injuries from the incident in the 100 block of West Shelbourne Drive.

A federal judge has sentenced four people for their parts in a gun store burglary ring that tried to grab weapons from five counties in Central Illinois, including McLean.