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WAUKEGAN -- Five suspects were in custody after a shooting incident Wednesday afternoon at Schrank's Smoke 'N Gun where police said robbery was the apparent motive. One male suspect was flown to a hospital after suffering three gunshot wounds. An employee of the gun shop was treated at an area hospital. According to witness accounts, a subject went behind the counter at the store at 2010 Washington St., and was engaged with a store clerk in a verbal altercation that turned physical, Waukegan Police Cmdr. Wayne Walles said. At one point, the store clerk produced a pistol and fired at...

UPDATED 2:45 p.m. BLOOMINGTON -- A 22-year-old Normal man who was shot during an alleged break-in at a Bloomington apartment was charged Wednesday with one count of residential burglary. Joshua A. McGuire appeared in front of Associate Judge Rebecca Foley in a wheelchair on Wednesday afternoon on the residential burglary charge. He must post $1,500 to be released from the McLean County jail. McGuire was shot three times in the legs after allegedly breaking into a lower-level unit in an apartment house in the 400 block of West Chestnut Street about 10 p.m. Monday, police said. The shooting happened after...

An arraignment date has been set Wednesday for R & B singer R. Kelly's teenage nephew who allegedly tried to rob a barber shop but was shot by the owner last month. Brayel Kelly, 16, will be arraigned on three counts of attempted first-degree murder, and one count each of aggravated discharge of a firearm and attempted armed robbery on Dec. 23, Cook County State's Attorney's office spokeswoman Tandra Simonton said. Cook County Judge Reginald Baker set bond for Brayel Kelly of Calumet City at $200,000, according to Cook County State's Attorney's office spokesman Andy Conklin. Kelly was charged as...

An attempted armed robbery ends with someone shot and a police detective in a car accident. Investigators say around 1:15 Wednesday a man tried to rob a business on Auburn Street called 'The Hook-Up.' The owner, 38-year-old Jeffrey Seibolt, pulled a gun and fired on the suspect and the suspect fired back, hitting Seibolt in the leg. A detective in the area saw the suspect and ran after him. The detective got into a car accident during his pursuit, then got out and chased the man on foot. The detective was not hurt. The shooting victim was treated for minor...

Police in west suburban Aurora are investigating a home invasion this morning in which a homeowner shot at and possibly wounded an intruder, who then fled the scene. The incident began before 9 a.m. when a young man in a dark hooded sweat shirt forced his way into a two-story single-family home on the 900 block of Zenner Avenue on the city's northeast side. The 53-year-old unidentified homeowner, who had been awakened earlier by the repeated ringing of his doorbell, answered the door and saw the suspect walking away, police said. The suspect then allegedly walked back to the house...

<p>A would-be robber was shot and killed by a man he was trying to rob Thursday afternoon on Chicago's South Side, police said.</p> <p>Brian Neal, 19, of the 0-99 block of East 56th Street, was shot repeatedly about 3:30 p.m. in the 500 block of East 82nd Street in the Chatham neighborhood, Officer Amina Greer said.</p>

JACKSON TOWNSHIP -- A homeowner shot an intruder early Sunday, police said. Will County Sheriff's spokesman Pat Barry said deputies were called just after 3 a.m. to a break-in to a house in the 18000 block of Manhattan Road. "Deputies arrived and learned a woman had fallen asleep in the living room and was woken up after hearing noises and seeing a figure near the entryway of the living room," Barry said. The woman woke her husband, who went to the front door and told deputies he saw an SUV he didn't recognize parked in the driveway. The vehicle started...

One person was killed and two were wounded here in what police believe were unrelated shootings early today. In the first case, police said two men were attempting to rob a home in the 5200 block of Ohio Avenue when they exchanged gunfire with other men inside the house. Police said one of the two was Richard R. Cosey III, 28, of the 7000 block of West A Street in Belleville. Cosey died of multiple gunshot wounds. A large caliber weapon was found on the porch from where his body was removed. A second man, 25, of East St. Louis,...

A woman shot and killed a rifle-toting teenager who burst into her home late Friday night in Zion, police said. [Snip] Clad in a black ski mask and gloves, Davis forced open the back door of a home in the 1700 block of Jethro Avenue, Malcolm said. This was shortly after the couple in the house heard a knock at the front door and asked who was there but didn't open the door. The 55-year-old wife heard the doorjamb shatter, grabbed a 9 mm handgun from her bedroom and ran to the kitchen, Malcolm said. She fired twice and both...

ROSELLE, Ill. -- A shooting inside a DuPage County comic book store has left the owner of the store injured and an alleged intruder dead. In a news conference Friday, police said the intruder may have been looking for collectable coins. Police described the incident as a real shoot out, as the two men emptied their weapons into each other. Both men are in their 40s. The owner of the store was taken to Alexian Brothers Hospital with a gunshot wound to his arm. The alleged robber, who is reportedly from Hanover Park, was pronouned dead. More details from WBBM:...

An 87-year-old East St. Louis woman fatally shot a man early this morning as he was trying to break into her house. Police said they found the man, Larry D. Tillman, 49, of East St. Louis on the enclosed front porch of the woman’s house in the 2100 block of Gaty Avenue. He had pulled the telephone wires from the side of the house, then removed security bars from a porch window. As the man was breaking through a storm door that leads into the house itself, the woman fired several shots through her front door, striking Tillman once in...

(CBS) RIVERDALE A teenager who tried to rob a house is recovering after being shot by an elderly homeowner who decided to fight back. But it's the life-and-death struggle that unfolded in south suburban Riverdale that stunned police. The victim is a 78-year-old ex-Marine, who is also a disabled former firefighter. The robbery suspect is 14-years-old. Police say the teen surprised the homeowner. He took a pair of pruning shears, hit him in the head and left him for dead. But, somehow, as the teen ransacked the house, the victim got up, got his gun and shot the suspect four...

Police are still searching for one of two men wanted in connection with a home invasion in Madison, Illinois. The second suspect was shot during the incident and arrested a short time later. Police say the two men tried to force their way into a home by kicking in the door and firing shots into the home. That's when the homeowner fired back, hitting one of the suspects. Police say the two men try to break into a home on the 1600 block of Third Street around 11:30 Wednesday night. The suspects jumped in a car and sped away after...