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No injuries in shots fired incident

By Shelby Devitt & Dave Gong | March 25, 2012

DeKalb police officers responded to multiple reports of shots fired in the 800 block of Kimberly Drive at 2:04 a.m. Saturday. DeKalb Police Lt. Gary Spangler said there appeared to have been an altercation, during which some shots were fired. DeKalb Police...

Suspect charged with student’s murder

By Shelby Devitt | November 23, 2011

UPDATE: 1:45 p.m. Wednesday DeKalb Police have arrested a suspect in the early-morning slaying of NIU student Steven Agee. Chaz Thrailkill, 19, of Markham, Ill., was arrested at 10:42 a.m. in the 1100 block of Varsity Boulevard, Chief Bill Feithen said...

Shots fired on Blackhawk Road Sat.

By Dave Gong | September 25, 2011

According to police reports, DeKalb Police received a report of shots fired in the 1200 block of Blackhawk Road early Saturday morning.Reports state a witness said at about 3:04 a.m., a loud argument took place on the west side of Blackhawk Road where...

Football player shot; 2 students charged with attempted murder

Football player shot; 2 students charged with attempted murder

By Jessica Wells, Danny Ciamprone, and Jerry Burnes | April 6, 2011

An NIU student is out of surgery after being shot on the right side of his back Tuesday night. Devon Butler, a junior linebacker on the NIU football team, was visiting friends at 1009 Aspen Drive when shots were fired from a vehicle from the street. One...

Police investigate gunshots

By Jessica Wells | April 4, 2011

Police are investigating two individual reports of shots being fired over the weekend in downtown DeKalb and in the neighborhood of Ridge and Rushmoore drives. DeKalb Police Lt. Gary Spangler said no one was injured in either case. Spangler said both...

Police investigating possible shots fired

By Melissa Mastrogiovanni and John Bachmann | October 18, 2010

DeKalb Police are trying to determine whether gunshots were fired or fireworks were going off Saturday night in the 1200 block of Blackhawk Drive near the former location of Tequila Roadhouse. While investigating a fight at 11:58 p.m., a DeKalb Police...

Deandre L. Watkins

Man charged with firing shots released on bond

By Shaun Zinck | October 11, 2010

A Waukegan man, charged with firing several shots into the air in the 800 block of Regent Drive on Saturday morning, has been released on $5,000 bond.Deandre L. Watkins, 25, is charged with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and reckless discharge of...