Waukegan

A Waukegan man was held on $2 million bail Wednesday for the murder of his ex-wife on Valentine’s Day in the north suburb. Jose Alvarado-Ramirez called 9-1-1 about 6:45 a.m. Sunday to report that he had found his ex-wife unresponsive inside a vehicle in the 500 block of Lakehurst Road, Waukegan police said. Officers arrived to the scene and found…

Luis Alonso Sandoval-Oliva, a former soccer player whose career included appearances with Mexican club giants Guadalajara and America, was arrested on drug charges last week in the north suburbs.

Like so many of the businesses past and present, unrest, said Rep. LaShawn Ford, has robbed a Chicago community yet again of far more than shoes and coats and groceries. NBC 5’s Carol Marin has the story.

The Waukegan Fire Department was called to three fires on Christmas Eve and an early morning fire on Christmas Day as the Chicago area experienced brutally cold weather, authorities said. In the first incident, at approximately 1:30 a.m. Thursday, emergency crews responded to Hillary’s BBQ, 2021 N. Lewis Ave., where firefighters located heavy fire in the barbecue pit, extending into…

A Waukegan aerospace company announced Saturday that it has begun constructing coronavirus-killing robots.

Police reports indicate officers in the Chicago suburb of Waukegan didn’t immediately provide medical aid to a man after a police shooting due to fear that he or his girlfriend might be armed

Marcellis Stinnette allegedly laid on the ground bleeding without medical attention for over eight minutes after being fatally shot by Waukegan police. It’s one of the several allegations in a federal lawsuit filed Thursday in U.S. district court by Stinnette’s mother, Zharvellis Holmes. The suit accuses negligence by the city of Waukegan, Police Chief Wayne Walles and the two...

The mother of Marcellis Stinnette remembers her son after the 19-year old was fatally shot by a police officer in Waukegan in an exclusive interview with NBC 5. Stefan Holt reports

Waukegan police have released body camera and dashboard camera footage from a fatal police shooting that left a Black man dead and a Black woman injured. NBC 5’s Alex Maragos has the latest.

Police videos showing a suburban Chicago police officer fatally shooting a Black man and wounding a Black woman will be released Wednesday once relatives have seen the footage, attorneys representing the families say. Waukegan Mayor Sam Cunningham said during a Sunday prayer vigil for Marcellis Stinnette, 19, who died in the shooting last Tuesday, that the city intended to publicly…

A Black woman who was shot by police last week in suburban Waukegan said Tuesday that officers did nothing more than cover her boyfriend with a blanket after he was shot and left him on the ground to die.

Sasha Williams, the sister of Tafara Williams, delivers a poem she wrote after her sister was shot by Waukegan police and her boyfriend killed. Her family is demanding transparency and justice in the shooting. An investigation remains ongoing, but the officer involved has since been fired.

A Black woman who was shot by police last week in suburban Waukegan spoke from her hospital bed Tuesday, saying officers did nothing more than cover her boyfriend with a blanket after he was shot and left him on the ground to die. 

Note: Williams’ news conference can be watched live in the video player above beginning at 11 a.m. The woman who was shot by police in north suburban Waukegan last week is set to speak for the first time since the shooting that killed her boyfriend and left her hospitalized. Tafara Williams and her mother were scheduled to speak at a…

Police videos showing a suburban Chicago police officer fatally shooting a Black man and wounding a Black woman are expected to be released once relatives have seen the footage, the city’s mayor has said. Waukegan Mayor Sam Cunningham said during a Sunday prayer vigil for Marcellis Stinnette, 19, who died in the shooting last Tuesday, that the city intends to…

Protesters marched throughout the streets of Waukegan Saturday to demand justice in the death of a 19-year-old Black man who was shot and killed by a police officer earlier in the week. Marcellis Stinnette was fatally shot, and his girlfriend, Tafara Williams, 20, was injured following what police described as a traffic stop late Tuesday night. Police have contended the…

Peaceful protests took to Waukegan streets Thursday demanding justice after a police shooting left a teen dead and woman seriously injured. NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup reports

Marcellis Stinnette was killed when Waukegan police say the car he was riding in reversed toward officers. NBC 5’s Chris Hush reports.

A Waukegan police officer shot two people Tuesday night — fatally wounding one of them — after the car they were in allegedly reversed toward the officer in the north suburb.

A resident exchanged gunshots with two people allegedly trying to break into a Waukegan home Tuesday morning, fatally striking them. The deadly attempted burglary unfolded about 10 a.m. in the 100 block of Frolic Avenue, according to a statement from Waukegan police. A person in the home confronted two males, one of whom was armed, trying to break into the…