A 7-year-old boy was shot in the arm when another child got their hands on a gun Thursday night in the Humboldt Park ...

A 7-year-old boy was shot in the arm when another child got their hands on a gun Thursday night in the Humboldt Park ...

Chicago police are still working to find out how exactly an 8-year-old boy was able to get his hands on a gun.

More than 40,000 people were shot in the United States in 2025, resulting in over 14,600 deaths and at least 26,100 injuries, according to preliminary data released Thursday by the Gun Violence ...

It's a new year, which means there are plenty of new laws that go into effect in Illinois that touch on several aspects of ...

An investigation is underway after five people were hurt in a shooting at a large party on Live Oak, police say.

Officer Byron Treangen III, who was in the squad’s passenger seat, fired through the windshield, his body-camera video shows.

I could’ve died instantly without an opportunity to utter words or prayers,” Gentry Hunt, 30, said. “God allowed me to keep ...

Leon Harris, 35, is intimately familiar with the devastation guns can inflict. Robbers shot him in the back nearly two ...

While the new restrictions on firearms have broad support, new police powers to crack down on some protests were criticized ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — Starting January 1, Illinois gun owners will face stricter requirements under the state’s new Safe Gun Storage Act, aimed at reducing accidental shootings and teen suicides.

An active shooter was reported on or near the campus of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, the university’s public safety department said this afternoon.