Questions mounted about how the man was able to buy several guns despite alarming police encounters and relatively strict Illinois laws.
Tag: Mass Shootings
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Highland Park, Chicago’s ‘Mayberry,’ Struggles With Identity After Shooting
Intended from the start as an oasis, the suburb is struggling to comprehend its new identity as the latest site of a mass shooting
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Highland Park Suspect Was Known to Police; Bought Guns Legally
The 21-year-old man was charged with seven counts of first-degree murder a day after the shooting at a Fourth of July parade.
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New Jersey Tightens Gun Laws After Latest Mass Shooting
The legislation, which Gov. Phil Murphy signed on Tuesday, is part of a push by states with strict gun laws to work around a Supreme Court ruling aimed at dismantling them.
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Highland Park Wasn’t The Only Shooting This Weekend
As of early Monday morning, at least 57 people had been shot in Chicago alone over the Fourth of July weekend, nine of them fatally.