Shorewood Police were called to the scenes of shootings early Tuesday morning which left two homes damaged, but did not result in any injuries.

A large crowd gathered on the lawn of the Old Lee County Courthouse in Dixon on Friday evening, Sept. 12, 2025, to mourn the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk

Residents from across the Sauk Valley are gathering at the Old Lee County Courthouse at 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12, to mourn the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, 31, who was fatally shot Wednesday while speaking at a university event in Utah.

Officers responded to the 500 block of Bellarmine Drive East at 9 p.m. Wednesday for a report of shots fired in a parking lot, Joliet police said,

The shooting continued to draw swift bipartisan condemnation as Democratic officials joined Trump and other Republican allies of Kirk in decrying the attack

The sniper who assassinated Charlie Kirk is believed to have jumped off a roof and fled into a neighborhood after firing one shot and has not been identified

The sniper who assassinated Charlie Kirk is believed to have jumped off a roof and fled into a neighborhood after firing one shot and has not yet been identified, authorities said Thursday in disclosing they recovered a high-powered rifle

Authorities searched on Thursday for a sniper who assassinated Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist and close ally of President Donald Trump, with one bullet and then slipped away amid the mayhem resulting from the latest act of political violence to befall America

Gory video of the shooting was available almost instantly online, from several angles, in slow-motion and real-time speed. Millions of people watched.

Republicans and Democrats alike swiftly condemned the attack

A dormitory at Benedictine University in Lisle was put on a shelter-in-place order late Tuesday night after someone reported seeing a student display a handgun.

Charlie Kirk, who rose from a teenage conservative campus activist to a top podcaster, culture warrior and ally of President Donald Trump, was shot and killed Wednesday during one of his trademark public appearances at a college in Utah. He was 31.

A Venezuelan national will remain in the Will County jail in a case where he’s charged with selling fake grenades during an undercover operation. 

A man accused of stealing THC cartridges from a teenager at gunpoint in Glen Ellyn in April 2020 pleaded guilty Monday.

A man is facing multiple felony charges after he was accused of selling fake grenades during an undercover operation in Will County.

A woman testified in court on Thursday she went to the police about the fatal shooting of a Joliet teen after she was told to get rid of the vehicle linked to the incident by a man charged with the teen’s death.

Officers conducting a traffic stop determined a 15-year-old passenger allegedly possessed loaded gun stolen from Alabama, police said.

Will County sheriff's deputies responded to the shooting on Tuesday in the 2300 block of East Exchange Street in Crete Township.

A Will County judge will decide whether a Joliet man committed first-degree murder or was acting in self-defense during a 2021 incident where a teen was shot and killed.

The violence this time was deadlier than last Labor Day, when seven people were killed and more than 20 were wounded

The Diocese of Joliet has issued a response to the deadly shooting at a Catholic School mass in Minnesota, and says it plans to review school safety policies with principals.

Two national gun rights organizations are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down Cook County’s ban on assault-style weapons.

Acting U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson said videos and writings the shooter left behind show that the shooter “expressed hate towards almost every group imaginable.”

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said the shooter — armed with a rifle, shotgun and pistol — approached the side of the church and shot dozens of rounds through the windows

The sentencing of Kevin Johnson in the 2020 murder of Charles "Charlie" Baird was delayed once again following an extended hearing on Monday.

Joliet police recovered several bullet casings at the scene.

Joliet police officials are still investigating why a Chicago man on parole from prison chose to burglarize a home occupied by a woman and her baby. The woman shot and killed the man when he broke inside the home.

Two homes and an unoccupied vehicle in Joliet were damaged by gunfire.

A convicted felon cursed out a Will County judge who found him guilty of attempting to murder two police officers during a 2023 shootout in a Romeoville neighborhood.

Investigators identified a 30-year-old man from suburban Atlanta on Saturday as the person who opened fire on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, killing a police officer

The Illinois State Police say funds will go to 21 departments to help with enforcement details to remove guns from those "who pose a danger to the public or themselves."

At least two arrests were made following a gun bust operation in Will County where members of a Venezuelan transnational gang made an appearance, prosecutors said.

A man was shot at a DeKalb apartment on Tuesday. DeKalb Police Chief David Byrd said that no arrests have yet been made, though an investigation remains ongoing. This is a developing story

Will County Sheriff's deputies are investigating a non-lethal shooting in the 200 block of Oscar Avenue.

The pretrial provision of the SAFE-T Act could have kept a man in jail and potentially prevented the escalation that led to a Joliet woman’s murder, according to an advocate for domestic violence victims.

One of four men charged with the gang-fueled Joliet Township shooting on Halloween in 2021 has lost his bid to suppress his statements to sheriff’s detectives.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday that a gunman who killed four people at a Manhattan office building was trying to target the headquarters of the National Football League but took the wrong elevator

A shooting at a midtown Manhattan office building on Monday left at least three people dead, including an off-duty New York City police officer, sources told The Associated Press

Gun owners in Illinois will soon be required to take additional measures to keep their weapons out of the hands of children under a new law signed Monday by Gov. JB Pritzker

There was a large police presence on Friday morning at an Elmhurst residence to arrest a man on domestic violence and gun charges.

A Will County sheriff’s lieutenant who avoided charges over the fatal shooting of a hostage taker who surrendered to police has been fired following an internal investigation of the incident.

A woman and man in Joliet are expected to survive a shooting that left them wounded in on East Benton Street, police said. 

About 25 bikers readied their rides Tuesday evening to carry a message throughout the streets of Kankakee — stop the violence.

A 16-year-old teen in Joliet was caught carrying two loaded handguns, one of which had a high-capacity magazine, inside of a backpack after fleeing from officers, police said.

Bike riders will pedal with a purpose through Kankakee on Tuesday evening as the annual Bike Against Violence event returns to the streets. The ride begins at Kankakee's City Life Center at 1820 E. Court Street at 6 p.m.

Officers responded to four unrelated shootings in Joliet that caused no injuries but did cause property damage. 

A judge denied the pretrial release of a Bolingbrook man charged with killing his girlfriend, her 9-year-old sister, their father and grievously wounding their mother in a 2023 home invasion shooting.

Authorities have confirmed two people were found dead after first responders rushed to an early-morning fire Thursday in rural Sheridan. A suspect is being sought.

At least two people were killed, and a third reportedly was wounded, following an early-morning shooting Thursday in Sheridan

A Rock Falls man has pleaded not guilty to seven felony charges accusing him of being one of three men who showed up at a June Rock Falls garage party unwelcome, masked and armed, beat two men, threatened others and then shot at the garage while running away