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The Latest Breaking News from Illinois State Police

Illinois legislature passes assault weapon ban, a new tool for Metra riders and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

Assault weapon sales now illegal in Illinois: ‘This will save lives,’ Pritzker says after signing bill into law

“We have done this for Highland Park’s Kevin and Irina McCarthy, Jacquelyn Sundheim, Katherine Goldstein, Eduardo Uvaldo, Nicolas Toledo-Zaragoza and Stephen Straus. For Benito Juarez High School’s Brandon Perez and Nathan Billegas, just 15 and 14.”

Chicago Sun-Times

State assault weapons ban moves ahead after Democratic deal and echoes of a child’s screams

The Illinois Senate voted 34-20 to approve the measure, which now must go back to the Illinois House for concurrence. Earlier, lawmakers heard audio that began with a high-pitched cry from a child at the Highland Park Fourth of July parade. “What is happening?” the child screams. “What is…

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1 killed, 1 seriously hurt when car flips over and catches fire on Kennedy Expressway

The car was traveling south on the Kennedy when it crashed near the Addison Street ramp Thursday, Illinois State Police said.

Chicago Sun-Times

I-94 sees two accidents five minutes apart early Sunday morning

A Cook County Sheriff’s squad car trying to control traffic strikes a driver who was out of his vehicle just minutes before a single-vehicle crash kills 2 and injures another.

Chicago Sun-Times

Man shot on I-57 on Far South Side

About 3:55 p.m., the man was driving in a black Dodge van on Interstate-57 near Halsted Street when he was struck in the back by gunfire, Illinois State Police said.

Chicago Sun-Times

Grieving parents warn: Packed snow at side of elevated roads can be deadly

Christopher Weber’s parents initially thought their son’s deadly plunge off a highway bridge was a freak accident. Now, they say more should be done to prevent “snow-ramp” crashes.

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Illinois’ gun debate: Legislation, litigation and emotion fuel one of the state’s most polarizing conflicts

CHICAGO — Born 10 days before Columbine, 23-year-old Nabeela Syed’s opinion on guns in this country began forming in the third grade.

Chicago Tribune

Man dead after falling from Dan Ryan overpass in multi-car crash on South Side

It wasn’t immediately clear how the 26-year-old fell from the overpass, Illinois State Police said.

Chicago Sun-Times

Auburn man charged in Jan. 6 assault now in custody after fatal wrong-way I-55 crash

The Nov. 8 crash killed Lauren Wegner of Clayton, North Carolina. Police say Shane Woods traveled northbound in his GMC Sierra into the southbound lanes of I-55. His Sierra then crashed into Wegner’s Mercury Sable and a Toyota Corolla driven by a Granite City man.

Chicago Sun-Times

North Side man charged with sending GOP gov hopeful Darren Bailey voicemail death threat: ‘I know where his kids sleep’

Illinois State Police say Scott Lennox left Republican Darren Bailey a voicemail threatening to “mutilate and kill” him. “This went above and beyond anything that is acceptable, even in the realms of political discourse,” Cook County Circuit Court Judge Susana Ortiz said. “It simply will not be…

Chicago Sun-Times

Lying Illinois prison officers go unpunished in 2018 inmate death, despite convictions of three guards

Testimony in the case came from six Illinois Department of Corrections employees who admitted they lied to investigators. None has faced punishment, and they all continue to get regular pay increases.

Chicago Sun-Times

Records: Lying officers unpunished in 2018 inmate death

Three former Illinois prison guards face life in prison for a beating that led to the death of inmate Larry Earvin in 2018

The Independent UK

Convicted ‘Starved Rock killer’s’ lawyer: Family member might have arranged for Chicago Outfit to kill 3 women in 1960

Chester Weger, who spent decades in prison for the killings, says he was framed and is asking Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow to vacate his conviction.

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The Independent UK

Another man arrested after slaying of 1 cop, wounding of 2nd

Illinois State Police say another person has been arrested in connection with the killing of one police officer and the wounding of another at a northern Illinois hotel in late December

Chicago Sun-Times

After 3-year-old killed, activists address growing risk of guns and road rage: ‘This is totally unacceptable’

Tio Hardiman, president of Violence Interrupters, wants the government to distribute 100,000 flyers to educate the public about the risk of road rage and shootings. Nationally, road rage violence doubled between 2019 and 2021.

Chicago Sun-Times

Brutal beatings, abuse plague state-run mental health facility, investigation reveals

Consequences are few as reports of heinous abuse continue at Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center in southern Illinois.

Chicago Sun-Times

Police officer fatally shoots man armed with knife, hammer in Waukegan, officials say

Illinois State Police will investigate the use of force.

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Chicago Tribune

In wake of Highland Park massacre, law on firearms restraining orders in Illinois seen as confusing and underused

CHICAGO — A group of law enforcement officials and experts from around Illinois and across the country gathered in mid-June to begin crafting a plan to increase awareness among the general public and fellow cops of a 3-year-old state law aimed at keeping guns out of the hands of potentially…

Chicago Sun-Times

Parents of Christopher Vaughn sue Will County state’s attorney, others as bid for freedom continues

Vaughn’s parents argue they’ve lost time and income traveling to see their son in prison. Vaughn is being held in Pinckneyville Correctional Center, serving four life sentences for the murders of his wife and three children.

Chicago Sun-Times

Man charged with exchanging gunfire with off-duty Chicago police officer on Stevenson, cop’s actions also under review

David C. Abarca, 22, pointed a fully automatic pistol with a laser sight at the officer on the inbound lanes near Ashland Avenue and gunfire was exchanged, according to a police report.

Chicago Sun-Times

Woman critically wounded in shooting on Stevenson Expressway that involved off-duty Chicago police officer

It was not clear how the officer was involved, but the civilian agency that oversees the police department said it was called to the scene of the shooting at Archer Avenue Thursday night.

Chicago Sun-Times

Dad dies days after wife and their four children are killed in wrong-way crash on Jane Addams Memorial Tollway

Another child, 13, and the driver of the other car were also killed in the fiery collision early Sunday.

Chicago Tribune

Mom and her 5 children among 7 killed in fiery I-90 crash, Illinois state police say

CHICAGO — A woman and her five children were six of seven people who were killed early Sunday on Interstate 90 near Hampshire when two vehicles collided and went up in flames, according to Illinois State Police.

Chicago Sun-Times

State Police push broader use of ‘clear and present danger’ reports in FOID card screening

Deemed a “first step” by gun control advocates, the new emergency rule is designed to allow State Police to consider a larger range of information in the definition of clear and present danger and clarify the agency’s authority to use the reports.

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