Guns

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.

A Crest Hill man has been arrested and charged in connection with a shooting on Western Avenue in Joliet in August in which two teenagers were shot, according to Joliet police.

As Joliet police began the traffic stop, two males left the passenger side of the vehicle, despite police telling them to remain inside.

Joliet Police responded Thursday morning to reports of shots fired at two unoccupied vehicles.

Bolingbrook police arrested three men and two juveniles.

Operation Streetsweeper is a joint effort of Joliet, Will County and federal law enforcement to address violent crimes, and those arrested face charges ranging from guns to drug offenses, Joliet police announced Thursday. Some arrests made are related to shootings this summer.

Two Cook County men charged over the weekend with weapons and drug offenses in separate incidents in DuPage County, authorities said.

A 14-year-old student opened fire at a Georgia high school and killed four people on Wednesday, authorities said

A federal judge in Rockford has declared a state law banning concealed firearms on public transit systems unconstitutional – at least as it applies to four individuals who challenged it in court. But the law remains in effect for everyone else

Chad T. Richards, 23, of Loves Park, Illinois was scheduled to appear in court Monday on charges he killed 21-year-old Kara Welsh of Plainfield on Friday.

Officers responded to the 600 block of Clement Street at 8:43 p.m. on Monday for a report of shots fired and found a 33-year-old male in a vehicle behind a residence, according to Joliet police.

Joliet police are investigating a shooting that occurred overnight Monday between the hours of 10 p.m. and 3 a.m. in the 600 block of Whitley Avenue.

Joliet police responded to a house in the 600 block of East Cass Street after receiving a report that shots had been fired at someone.

Joliet police found more than 20 spent shell casings in front of a house that was damaged by gunfire.

A Joliet man faces 2 weapons charges following an investigation into shots fired Thurday at The Birches apartments on the city's west side

A person of interest was taken into custody in Joliet after officers responded to a second call of shots fired at area of The Birches apartments, police said.

A Lockport Township man who was previously convicted of possessing an AK-47 rifle has been arrested again on charges alleging he possessed a loaded 9 mm semiautomatic handgun in a vehicle.

Two people were shot outside a grocery store at Western Avenue and Hickory Street in Joliet on Wednesday night.

A suspect “fired multiple rounds” at a vehicle traveling in the area of Longwood Drive and Tamarack Drive in Joliet, a police spokesman said.