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‘Lost two young souls’: Coroner identifies two teenage women found fatally shot in Waukegan

The coroner’s office has identified two teenage women who were shot and killed in a vehicle by a gunman in Waukegan as the mayor denounces an “epidemic of gun violence.” The Waukegan Police Department responded around 5:06 p.m. Wednesday to 2421 Washington Street for a report of shots fired. Officers found two females that were […]

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Juvenile charged with murder for fatally shooting man who was traveling in car near College of Lake County in Grayslake

A juvenile has been charged with murder for allegedly fatally shooting a 23-year-old man who was traveling in a vehicle near the College of Lake County in Grayslake in September. The Grayslake Police Department responded around 10:30 a.m. on September 17 to Northwestern Medicine Center Grayslake, 1475 East Belvidere Road, for a call of a […]

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Woman charged with firing gun towards boat while celebrating Fourth of July on Diamond Lake near Mundelein

Sheriff’s officials say a woman celebrating the Fourth of July fired a gun into Diamond Lake near Mundelein and thought the sound of fireworks would mask the gunfire. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office responded around 10 p.m. Monday to the 19300 block of West Forest Lane in unincorporated Mundelein for a call of shots fired. […]

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9 guns recovered, 3 suspects arrested after allegedly firing shots that almost struck resident in head near Wauconda

Nine guns were seized and three suspects were arrested after police say they fired shots in a residential area near Wauconda and one of the bullets nearly struck a resident in the head. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office responded around 2:20 p.m. Monday to the 28700 block of North Madison Avenue in unincorporated Wauconda for […]

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Highland Park shooting survivor Cooper Roberts celebrates 9th birthday, throws first pitch at Cubs-Brewers game

Cooper Roberts, the boy paralyzed in the Highland Park shooting one year ago, celebrated his ninth birthday last week and threw the opening pitch at the Cubs-Brewers game. Keely Roberts, Cooper’s mother, said Cooper and his twin brother Luke celebrated their birthdays last week. The brothers had just turned eight years old at the time […]