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Man injures himself while firing ghost gun in residential alley to ‘test’ his newly-purchased gun in North Chicago

A 19-year-old man, armed with two guns because he thought it was “cool,” injured himself while firing a ghost gun to “test” it out near homes in North Chicago after just purchasing the illegal gun, prosecutors said. Bobby B. Kimber, 19, of North Chicago, was charged with reckless discharge of a firearm, a Class 4 […]

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Detectives conducting surveillance arrest convicted felon allegedly found with loaded gun in Vernon Hills

Detectives conducting surveillance amid an increase in crime in an area in Vernon Hills arrested a convicted felon who cut off an unmarked squad car and was found with a loaded gun. Demarco D. Batson, 34, of Chicago, was charged with felon in possession of a weapon enhanced, three counts of aggravated unlawful possession of […]