A shooting from the Illinois suburb of Roselle in 2022 has finally been resolved, with the shooter handed a 45-year sentence. Jaime Quijano, 26, escalated a simple misunderstanding in a restaurant and fired 18 shots at staff and customers, leaving one woman fighting for her life after he shot her in the head.
There has been an uptick in senseless gun violence in the country this month after a relatively peaceful start to the year. One incident in North Carolina, in particular, saw bystanders watching and even cheering, prompting authorities to hint that going forward there will be more stringent punishments for anyone who participates — even tangentially — in a mass shooting. The idea is simple: if people understand that these situations come with life-altering consequences, even for those who survive, they might hesitate before pulling a gun over a minor inconvenience.
