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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…

A resident exchanged gunshots with two people allegedly trying to break into a Waukegan home Tuesday morning, fatally striking them. Kate Chappell reports.

A man turned himself in to police in connection with a fatal shooting in Waukegan last month, according to the department. On Aug. 22 officers responded to report in the 600 block of McAlister Ave. in Waukegan and found a woman lying in the street with a gunshot wound, police said. Damar McDonald, 32-year-old accused of first degree murder in…

A 15-year-old boy was fatally shot late Friday night in north suburban Waukegan, according to police. At approximately 9:45 p.m., a Waukegan police officer was in the area of a business parking lot in the 700 block of North Green Bay Road when the officer heard a scream, according to a press release from the Waukegan Police Department. Seconds later,…

Attendees of a suburban Chicago basketball tournament are being asked to self-quarantine at home after a person who attended the event tested positive for coronavirus. According to the Lake County Health Department, the individual attended the “Above the Rim Classic” basketball tournament at Waukegan’s Belvidere Park on June 14. Those who also attended the event are being asked to self-quarantine…

One day after a bottle of hand sanitizer caused a family’s car to go up in flames in suburban Waukegan, the fire department is warning the public to keep bottles of hand sanitizer out of the sun during the summer heat. On Thursday, Juan Rodriguez and his family were preparing to go fishing when a neighbor noticed his car...

One day after a bottle of hand sanitizer caused a family’s car to go up in flames in suburban Waukegan, the fire department is sending a warning the public. NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski reports.

A small bottle of hand sanitizer left on a car’s dashboard caused the vehicle to catch fire Thursday in suburban Waukegan, according to the fire department. Fire officials stated that sunlight shining through the windshield onto the sanitizer was enough to cause the fire to ignite. The owner had been refilling the bottle with 80% alcohol sanitizer that was supplied…