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Probationer Grabs For Officer’s Gun At Courthouse
(CBS) — A scuffle at the Leighton criminal courts building sent a sheriff’s deputy to the hospital Thursday. CBS 2’s Roseanne Tellez reports it has probation officers renewing calls for more staff. The...
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Student Arrested For Bringing Gun To NW Side High School
CHICAGO (STMW) — A 15-year-old student was arrested Monday morning for trying to bring an unloaded handgun into a Northwest Side high school. The incident happened about 8:20 a.m. at Foreman High...
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Cops: Video Shows Man Displaying Gun In Bolingbrook High School
BOLINGBROOK, Ill. (STMW) — A southwest suburban man was arrested this week after a surveillance video showed him holding a gun in a stairwell at Bolingbrook High School after school let out for the...
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Former Alderman Charged After Allegedly Bringing Gun To Police Station
CHICAGO (STMW) — Former Ald. Sharon Dixon (24th) was ordered held in lieu of $25,000 bond on a felony gun charge Tuesday for allegedly approaching Chicago Police officers outside the Ogden District...
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Man Pleads Guilty To Pulling Gun During North Side Soccer Game
CHICAGO (STMW) – A gang member who pointed a loaded gun at soccer players while their children played nearby last summer at Montrose Harbor pleaded guilty Tuesday and was sentenced to a year in prison....
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Police: Westmont Man Brought Gun To BMW Championship
LAKE FOREST, Ill. (STMW) — Police arrested a Westmont man Monday morning for allegedly trying to bring a concealed firearm into the BMW Championship golf tournament at Conway Farms Golf Club in Lake...
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Boy, 12, Arrested After Gun Goes Off In School Restroom
UPDATED: 10/16/2013 3:55 p.m. BERKELEY, Ill. (CBS) – A 12-year-old boy was arrested Tuesday, after accidentally firing a gun inside a restroom at a west suburban middle school. Berkeley Police Chief...
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Deputy’s Foot Injured When Gun Accidentally Fires
(STMW) – A Cook County Sheriff’s deputy injured his foot Thursday afternoon when his weapon accidentally discharged in a Southwest Side building. The officer’s weapon “accidentally discharged” a few...
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Man Charged After Boy Brings Loaded Gun To Elgin School
ELGIN, Ill. (STMW) – A 7-year-old boy brought a loaded handgun to a northwest suburban elementary school Thursday morning, and the man who allegedly brought the gun to the boy’s home is being held on a...
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Traveler Attempts To Board Plane At Midway With Loaded Handgun: Police
(STMW) – A military veteran is accused of trying to bring a loaded handgun onto a plane at Midway Airport during the busy holiday travel weekend, the Sun-Times reports. Josephine M. Coleman, 25, of...
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Elderly Man Told To Stop Shooting Down Icicles
ST. CHARLES TWP. (CBS) — An elderly west suburban man will not be charged after choosing an unconventional method to knock icicles off his house—a handgun. The man was caught shooting icicles hanging...
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Police Board Rejects Deal To Suspend Chicago Cop 60 Days In Woman’s Death
CHICAGO (STMW) – In an unusual move, the Chicago Police Board has rejected a proposed deal under which a police sergeant had agreed to be suspended for 60 days because his gun was used in the shooting...
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Man In Body Armor Carries Gun, Knife And Ammo Into Daley Center
CHICAGO (STMW) – A man dressed in body armor, carrying a loaded gun, ammunition and a knife, was arrested when he tried to enter the Daley Center Tuesday morning claiming to be a Chicago cop,...
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Gun Found Near Streamwood High School
(CBS) – Streamwood High School was on lockdown Friday as police investigated a gun at the school. Students were delayed about an hour in getting dismissed from school. Police say it began with rumors...
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Number Of Concealed-Carry Permits Grows To 13,500
(CBS) – Nearly 13,500 gun owners can now legally carry a concealed weapon, but what does that really mean? CBS 2’s Courtney Gousman breaks down the new law. It’s an historic piece of legislation, more...
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WATCH: CTA Bus Driver Confiscates Gun, Kicks Rider Off Bus
(CBS) — A video posted on the Facebook page, “People of the CTA,” shows a bus driver confiscating a gun and kicking at least one person off his bus last week, reports WBBM’s Steve Miller. The video...
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Woman Grazed When Gun Goes Off On CTA Bus
CHICAGO (CBS) – Riders on a CTA bus got a bit of a scare Wednesday morning when a gun accidentally went off after a passenger picked up a small pistol he found on the bus. WBBM Newsradio’s Bernie...
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Gun Found In Man’s Bag At Midway Airport
CHICAGO (CBS) – A 62-year-old man was arrested at Midway International Airport on Thursday, after security screeners found a .380 caliber pistol in his luggage. WBBM Newsradio’s John Cody reports...
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Fearing Bully, Boy, 12, Brings Unloaded Gun To School
CHICAGO (CBS) — A 12-year-old boy brought an unloaded gun to his South Side elementary school on Monday because he said he was being bullied. A security guard at Schmid Elementary School, 9755 S....
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Dolton Police Sergeant Fired Following Missing-Gun Probe
(CBS) – A CBS 2 and Better Government Association investigation has led to the firing of a Dolton police sergeant. Last month, CBS 2’s Pam Zekman questioned Anthony Bankhead about a missing antique...
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Police Board Fires Cop Accused Of Pulling Gun On Cabbie
(CBS) – A veteran Chicago cop has been fired, after a run-in with a cab driver five years ago. CBS 2’s Mike Parker reports. Karl Clermont recalls the booze-fueled encounter he had with an off-duty...
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Suburban Woman Arrested At Midway After TSA Screeners Find Gun In Bag
(CBS) –A 58-year-old Lemont woman has been arrested at Midway Airport – because the TSA says she was caught with a handgun and ammunition in her carry-on luggage. The TSA says one of its agents spotted...
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Two Arrested In 24 Hours At Midway After TSA Finds Loaded Guns
(CBS/STMW) — Two people were arrested since Friday for trying to bring guns into Midway Airport. On Saturday, A Florida man was arrested with a loaded gun in his briefcase Saturday at Midway...
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Man Tries To Bring Loaded Handgun Into State Building: Police
(STMW) — A Flossmoor man was arrested Monday for allegedly trying to bring a loaded handgun into a state office building downtown. Darren Collier, 49, was arrested about noon after an x-ray screening...
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Suburban Man Charged With Trying To Bring Gun Into Midway
(CBS) — A 34-year-old southwest suburban man is the latest to be arrested for trying to carry a loaded handgun through security at Midway Airport. It was at least the fourth such incident this month...
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Charges In Large Gun Theft From Freight Train
CHICAGO (CBS) — Cell phone GPS records helped make the case against a 44-year old man accused of taking part in a big gun theft from a freight train on the Southeast Side. As a result, federal gun...
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TSA Finds Another Gun In Carry-On At Midway Airport
CHICAGO (CBS) — A Homer Glen man was arrested Wednesday morning at Midway International Airport, after security officers found a loaded handgun in his carry-on bag. The Transportation Security...
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Kid Toting Toy Gun Was In Danger Of Being Shot By Cop, Plainfield Chief Says
Plainfield Police Encounter Realistic-Looking Toy Guns WBBM 780/105.9FMplaypause (CBS) – A police officer could have easily shot a boy who was playing with a toy gun during a recent encounter — and the...
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Aldermen Going After Gun-Shaped Smartphone Cases
CHICAGO (CBS) — Some aldermen want the city of Chicago to ban the sale or possession of cell phone cases that look like handguns. Ald. Edward Burke (14th), who chairs the City Council’s powerful...
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Minister’s Son Among Chicago Gun Violence Victims This Labor Day Weekend
(CBS) – Another senseless drive-by shooting has left another family in mourning this Labor Day weekend. The victim, Lavell Southern, a former local high school and college football player, was a young...
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Student Had Unloaded Gun In Lincolnshire, Police Say
Unloaded Gun Found On Student WBBM 780/105.9FMplaypause (CBS) — Police in north suburban Lincolnshire say they’ve arrested a student at Stevenson High School who brought an unloaded gun to campus...
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Man Fatally Injures Himself While Cleaning Gun: Police
(STMW) — A 31-year-old man fatally shot himself while cleaning his gun Wednesday in a northwest suburban hotel. James Smith-Woodward was cleaning his gun at the Hawthorn Suites in the 2800 block of...
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Misconduct Probe Examines Whether Cops Pressured Motorist To Cough Up A Gun
(CBS) — Two Chicago Police officers are under internal investigation, and now the department is considering criminal charges against them for alleged misconduct. CBS 2’s Suzanne Le Mignot reports....
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Indiana Man Arrested After Bringing Gun In Carry-On At Midway
CHICAGO (CBS) — An Indiana man was arrested at Midway International Airport on Thursday, after security officers found a revolver in his carry-on luggage. The Transportation Security Administration...
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A West Side School On Lockdown
CHICAGO (CBS) — A school was placed on lockdown Thursday in Chicago’s East Garfield Park neighborhood after a student was found with a gun. Police responded Thursday afternoon, around 2:30 p.m. to a...
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Man Charged When Police Find Gun, Marijuana In Stroller
CHICAGO — A 32-year-old man was charged with a felony count of possession of handgun and child endangerment when officers found marijuana and a gun in a stroller on Friday afternoon in the Austin...
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Gun That Killed Chicago Police Commander Came From Outside Illinois
(WBBM Newsradio) — WBBM has learned that the gun used to kill Chicago Police Comdr. Paul Bauer came into the city from out of state. Chicago is often cited by critics of gun control who question the...
View ArticleWoman With Concealed Carry License Shoots At Would-Be Attacker
Chicago (CBS) — A man in Hyde Park was in for a surprise when the woman he was trying to rob pulled out a gun and fired. Just before 6:30 p.m. Saturday near 56th and Dorchester, Chicago police say the...
View ArticleNaperville Police Shoot Man When He Turns Gun On Them
Chicago (CBS) — A Naperville police officer shot a man who pointed a gun at officers Wednesday night, police said. Around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday, police responded to a call about a suspicious person in...
View ArticleMan Shot By Naperville Police Charged With Assault
NAPERVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A man shot and injured by suburban Chicago police after pointing what authorities initially thought was a real gun at them has been charged with aggravated assault. DuPage...
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