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No one was injured in a Bolingbrook shooting on Monday morning. Police officials are asking anyone with information, pictures or videos to contact 630-226-8620.

A man was seriously injured Saturday in a possible drive-by shooting in Pembroke Township

A community healing center is set to open for people affected by gun violence in the wake of a mass shooting that killed two people and injured five others mere hours into 2025

Police have thus far questioned 15-20 people who were inside the house when the shooting occurred

A Will County judge backed a previous judge’s ruling to keep a Shorewood man in jail as he prepares to go to trial in a case linked to a deadly 2024 Joliet shooting spree.

"Karina's bill" clarifies that local law enforcement must temporarily remove guns from a person who has an order of protection against them when the alleged victim successfully seeks firearm removal as a remedy in court

Acting Bourbonnais Police Chief Dave Anderson said police arrested the alleged shooter, 24-year-old Darrid Britton, of Kankakee

Aaron Robinson, operations manager of Still I Rise organization, was arrested early New Year’s Day after Kankakee patrol officers observed him fire multiple shots from an AR-15 rifle

Curtis cannot get past the fact some 50 to 60 people were in the dwelling and yet no one is willing to step forward to aid the police investigation

Two people are dead and five others injured following a mass shooting during a house party on the east side of Kankakee early New Year’s Day

Kellie Barnett, 50, of New Lenox, had been staying the night with relatives in a Schaumburg home when she was fatally shot early on Christmas morning.

In the wake of a high-speed collision and a takeover in the area, Villa Park police warned people Sunday to stay away from North Avenue between Villa Avenue and Addison Road.

Wisconsin police did not plan any public updates Wednesday into the religious school shooting that killed a teacher and a student

Kankakee Area Metropolitan Enforcement Group recovered eight firearms during a search of a Manteno man’s residence Thursday

An accomplice in a robbery described feeling “scared and shocked” in 2019 after their “target” was shot in the head and left lying in the parking lot of Denny’s restaurant in Joliet during testimony in a Will County courtroom on Wednesday.

A Chicago man has been arrested on a charge of recklessly firing a gun in a Oct. 3 shooting that damaged a vehicle in Joliet.

Illinois’ gun ban will remain in place, at least until a federal appeals court hears full arguments challenging a lower court ruling that found the law unconstitutional

A 16-year-old Hinsdale South High School student is being held in a juvenile detention center after authorities said he brought a loaded handgun to school Thursday.

The Joliet fire and police departments hosted their second Active Threat and Mental Wellness conference for first responders to discuss the issues of responding to violence and combating mental health issues in the community and their own ranks.

A Romeoville man faces weapon charges in connection with a July shooting in Joliet in which a house and car were shot at along Center Street.

The order striking down Illinois' gun ban was stayed for 30 days, giving the state time to file an appeal before it takes effect

A Will County judge will not allow a Joliet man charged with a gang-fueled 2021 mass shooting on Halloween to use cash bail to secure his pretrial release from jail.

Two vehicles were damaged in a shooting reported on Saturday on Fiday Road in the northwest side of Joliet.

A new judge assigned to the Joliet Halloween party mass shooting case may decide on Monday whether to release the defendant charged with murder. He was not let out of jail despite a pretrial release order from another judge.

Joliet police received a report of a shooting but didn’t find any victims or property that gunfire had struck.

The Joliet Police department has announced the arrest of Keenan Watt in the shooting of three people at Eden Bar and Grill on Sept. 22.

Joliet Police responded to a shooting in the 300 block of Wilson Avenue early Saturday morning.

Lockport Township High School District 205 Superintendent Dr. Robert McBride appeared on ABC's Our Chicago this weekend to discuss recent school security hoaxes.

Kendrick Pullen, 21, Chicago, was arrested Friday by Joliet police and charged in connection with the Oct. 5 shooting death of Everett Cole in the 800 block of Wenberg Street, according to Joliet police.

No arrests have been made yet in a shooting that damaged a vehicle in a northwest section of Joliet that’s close to Interstate 55.

Officers responded to reports of shots fired in the area of West Jefferson Street and Reed Street at about 3:06 p.m. on Wednesday, according to Joliet police.

Coroner's office identifies victim as Everett T. Cole Jr., 42, of Joliet.

David A. Grijalva, 23, of Joliet was arrested Thursday in Channahon by the Will County sheriff’s police and the United States Marshals Service and charged in connection with the 2021 mass shooting at a Halloween party in Joliet Township.

Republican incumbent state Rep. Amy Grant of Wheaton is being challenged again by her crosstown Democratic rival Jackie Williamson

A residence in Joliet was struck multiple times by gunfire but officers found no one who was injured, police said.

A DeKalb teen has pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 20 years in prison for the 2022 shooting death of an Oswego teen.

Glenbard East High School parents are criticizing how school officials handled the situation, and they’re calling for schools to have metal detectors at entrances.

The Illinois Supreme Court last week vacated a lower court ruling and reinstated a statute that authorizes the state to revoke a person’s Firearm Owners Identification card once they’ve been charged with a felony, even if they haven’t yet been convicted

A 23-year-old man was arrested after he was accused of firing a gun inside of a Joliet hotel, police said.

A Joliet man who was working as a 7-Eleven clerk when he was charged with a July 5 shooting told a Will County judge that he was threatened with a gun and acted in self-defense.

The victims were inside Eden’s Bar and Grill at 926 Gardner Ave. in Joliet at the time of the shooting.

The threat was determined to be not a viable threat; nevertheless, Minooka police followed up with the student and parent at the family’s home.

A 15-year-old boy faces a charge of attempted murder following the investigation of an Aug. 28 shooting that left two other teens with gunshot wounds.

A Joliet man was arrested after he was accused of firing a gun following an argument between him and his daughter’s boyfriend, police said. No one was injured in the incident.

A firearms expert testified Wednesday that the weapons restricted under Illinois’ assault weapons ban include many of the most common firearms that American consumers use for self-defense

The trial before Judge Stephen McGlynn involves numerous plaintiffs – gun store owners, gun rights advocacy groups, and private individuals – who argue the Illinois law violates the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

The man who authorities say pointed a rifle with a scope into former President Donald Trump’s golf club and was arrested is Ryan Wesley Routh, three law enforcement officials have told The Associated Press

U.S. Secret Service agents opened fire after seeing a person with a firearm near Trump’s West Palm Beach golf club in Florida while the Republican presidential candidate was golfing

Benjamin Onate. 19, Joliet was arrested Wednesday in connection with a shooting from December 2023.

Lombard officials said the male student is expected to appear in a DuPage County courtroom today after being charged with unlawful use of a weapon at school and possession of a firearm by a minor.