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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Violet Miller

No charges for man who fired gun in the air near pro-Palestinian protesters in Skokie

A police officer looks in the window of a vehicle of a man who was arrested for firing a gun into the air near a group of pro-Palestinian protesters, Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023. The man was later released without charges. (Violet Miller/Sun-Times)

Charges will not be filed against a man who fired a gun near pro-Palestinian protesters in the north suburbs Sunday night, according to the Cook County state’s attorney’s office.

The 39-year-old man, who prosecutors declined to name, was released from police custody. In a statement issued Monday, prosecutors said the man, a Firearm Owner Identification Card and Concealed Carry License holder, had “no criminal history.”

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