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McLean County authorities said Thursday that they're investigating this week's discovery of a body in a ditch as a homicide. They also identified the victim was Ronald W. Thrasher Jr., 48, of Bloomington.
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Jeffrey Reinking was convicted in 2022 of illegally giving his son Travis Reinking an assault-style weapon he used in a 2018 shooting that left four dead at a Waffle House in Tennessee. A Tazwell County judge sentenced Reinking to 18 months in prison for delivery of a firearm to a person who had been treated for mental illness within five years.
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A Minnesota man, Kentrell Brown, was sentenced to 80 years in prison Tuesday for the 2021 murder of Natwan Nash.
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A criminal justice professor and longtime cop says officers were justified in shooting a armed man on Interstate 55 near Lexington last month.
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Illinois State Police on Monday released video from last month’s shootout on Interstate 55 near Lexington, showing an armed man pointing what appears to be a gun at officers before being fatally shot as others nearby scrambled for cover.
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A Bloomington man was found guilty on Friday of murder in the February 2023 shooting death of Kiejoun Watts.
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Authorities have arrested a 15-year-old boy for a shooting overnight on Feb. 8. A 17-year-old boy received multiple gunshot wounds to his leg in the 1000 block of West Market Street.
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Illinois State Police said they responded Saturday to a report of shots fired on Interstate 55 in Lexington. Police reportedly engaged in gunfire with a subject, fatally wounding them. No one else was injured.
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In a long-expected move, national gun rights organizations are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Illinois’ ban on assault weapons and large capacity magazines.
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Authorities say a woman faces murder charges in connection with a fatal shooting Wednesday morning in Ellsworth.