At least 50 young people involved in fights at Joliet mall over holiday weekend
Two teenage boys were placed into custody and later released to their parents, Joliet police said.
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Two teenage boys were placed into custody and later released to their parents, Joliet police said.
Joliet police said they responded to the mall, located at 3340 Mall Loop Drive, for a disturbance just before 6 p.m., where about 50 young people got involved in multiple fights.
A man was charged after a home invasion and attack in Joliet, Illinois.
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A man has been charged with home invasion after police said he broke into an apartment and attacked a woman earlier this month in Joliet, and tried to break in again two weeks later.
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Four children, ages 3 to 16, were found unharmed in the home and were placed into protective custody, police said.
Joliet police did not release the condition of the men, but said their wounds were non-life-threatening.
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Joliet police said when the suspect entered the bedroom, the woman opened fire, killing him.
Joliet police said as the suspect broke in, the woman grabbed a gun and her child, and then both hid in a bedroom closet on the second floor of the home.
Joliet police said the woman shot the suspect in the head after he forced his way into her home Friday night.
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Joliet police said around 12:41 a.m. Thursday, officers found a 22-year-old woman who was shot in the back and a 23-year-old man who was shot in the chest.
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