A Waukegan man has been charged with attacking multiple family members, leaving them injured, and leading police on a nine-hour standoff that ended with a SWAT team arresting him. The incident began around 8 a.m. Tuesday at a house in the 1800 block of West Ridgeland Avenue in Waukegan. Waukegan Deputy Police Chief Brian Mullen […]
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SWAT team takes suspect into custody after multiple people attacked, leading to standoff at Waukegan residence
A SWAT team took a suspect into custody after he battered multiple people, leaving three injured, at a residence in Waukegan and led police on a nine-hour standoff. The incident began around 8 a.m. Tuesday at a house in the 1800 block of West Ridgeland Avenue in Waukegan. Waukegan Deputy Police Chief Brian Mullen said […]
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SWAT team responding to ‘domestic incident’ at residence in Waukegan
A heavy police presence was seen around a residence off Lewis Avenue in Waukegan Tuesday as a SWAT team responds to a “domestic incident.” The incident began around 8 a.m. Tuesday at a house in the 1800 block of West Ridgeland Avenue in Waukegan. Waukegan Deputy Police Chief Brian Mullen said a suspect battered three […]
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Man charged with shooting at ex-girlfriend during fight in Zion
A Zion man was arrested after police say he nearly rammed his ex-girlfriend’s vehicle with his vehicle, began fighting her, and then fired a gunshot in her direction. Drashaun L. Bowers, 31, of Zion, was charged with aggravated discharge of a firearm, aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, unlawful use of a weapon by a […]
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Man in serious condition after Waukegan shooting
A “domestically charged shooting” left a 47-year-old Waukegan man in serious but stable condition early Friday morning, police said. The Waukegan Police Department was called around 6 a.m. to a multi-family home in the 900 block of South Jackson Street, near 9th Street, for a shooting. Police officers found a 47-year-old Waukegan man shot on […]
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Domestic incident in Gurnee was murder-suicide
Two people are dead in an apparent murder-suicide after a domestic incident at a home last week in Gurnee. At about 5:30 p.m. last Thursday the Gurnee Police Department was called to the 4200 block of Harper Ave in Gurnee for a reported domestic situation. Gurnee police said that officers located two males who were […]