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Police records paint picture of turbulent home life for alleged gunman in Highland Park mass shooting

CHICAGO — Highland Park police were called to the family home of the alleged Independence Day parade sniper at least nine times between 2010 and 2014 in response to domestic disputes, according to newly released police records.

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Martin Schram: Red flags can’t wave themselves

Red flags will just hang like limp noodles if their flag-wavers go AWOL on breezeless days. Left unattended, those red bits of cloth will signal no warning alert, send no sense of alarm that urgent action is needed to save lives.

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EXPLAINER: Will parents face legal trouble in July 4 attack?

The parents of the Illinois man charged with opening fire on a July 4 parade are now under scrutiny in the attack that killed seven people

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Red flags missed: How July 4 suspect slipped through system

Illinois’ “red-flag” law could have stopped, or at least slowed down, the suspect in the Independence Day parade shooting from being able to buy the gun he is accused of using to kill seven people and wound dozens more

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Robert Crimo’s father has ‘no regret’ over helping son get guns and calls 2019 death threat a ‘child outburst’

Illinois State Police say they will investigate Bob Crimo’s sponsorship of his son’s firearm permit

The Independent UK

Robert Crimo’s family member was ‘afraid to go home’ after 2019 death threat

Illinois State Police released the redacted police report from September 2019 as officials face questions over why Highland Park shooter Robert Crimo was able to legally purchase multiple firearms

The Independent UK

Highland Park police ‘danger’ warning couldn't bar alleged parade shooter from buying rifle, state police say

CHICAGO — Two days after a mass shooting at the Highland Park Independence Day parade shocked the country and put renewed focus on weaknesses in Illinois’ gun laws, authorities continued to hash out how alleged gunman Robert Crimo III apparently bought a high-powered rifle despite troubling episodes in his background.

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Highland Park banned assault weapons a decade ago. A fragile patchwork of gun laws didn’t stop a mass shooting

Gun violence prevails with frightening regularity as long as high-powered firearms are available, Alex Woodward reports

The Independent UK

Highland Park suspect confessed to the July 4th shooting, prosecutors say

The 21-year-old charged with murdering seven people at the parade in suburban Illinois confessed to the shooting after he was taken into custody. He is being held without bail.

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Purchase of rifle allegedly used in Highland Park massacre highlights limits of Illinois gun laws

CHICAGO — A day after a gunman fired 70 rounds into a crowd at the Highland Park Independence Day parade, concerns and questions began to emerge about the availability of high-capacity firepower in Illinois, including whether existing rules and laws around background checks are enough to protect the public.

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Alleged shooter in Highland Park July 4 parade attack charged with 7 counts of murder in ‘premeditated and calculated attack’

CHICAGO — Prosecutors on Tuesday filed charges against the man suspected of firing upon crowds gathered for a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park on Monday morning, killing at least seven people and injuring more than 30.

Chicago Tribune

Death toll rises to 7 in Highland Park parade shooting; suspect allegedly planned attack for several weeks

CHICAGO — A seventh person has died in the Highland Park parade shooting attack and authorities Tuesday afternoon released the names of the six of the victims.

Chicago Tribune

PHOTOS: Sun-Times photographers on the scene in Highland Park on the day after

Here’s a look at photos taken by Sun-Times photographers following the Fourth of July mass shooting in Highland Park.

Chicago Sun-Times

Six victims dead and 24 hospitalised in mass shooting at July 4 parade in Illinois with gunman still at large

The shooting unfolded around 10 minutes after the Highland Park Fourth of July parade kicked off at 10am on Monday morning

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Driver dies after hitting semi on Stevenson Expressway at Harlem Avenue

The car hit the truck in the outbound lanes, left the road and rolled over early Wednesday, according to Illinois State Police.

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2 dead in Eisenhower Expressway crash

The crash happened Saturday morning in the westbound lanes.

Chicago Sun-Times

Boy, 6, dies after rollover crash last weekend on Jane Addams Expressway

The boy, David Sanders, was one of seven children injured in the crash last Sunday when their driver crashed and rolled over into a ditch, Illinois State Police said.

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Woman charged with shooting at vehicle on I-90 at Addison

Brandi Jolivet, 42, is charged with felony attempted murder in the June 3 shooting, Illinois State Police said.

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Backlog of sexual assault kits eliminated for first time: Pritzker

The governor pointed to the greater use of technology and beefing up staffing levels.

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Driver dies in rollover crash on I-94 near 115th Street

The car crashed through a fence as it left the southbound lanes early Tuesday near Doty Avenue and Kensington Avenue, Illinois State Police said.

Chicago Sun-Times

Woman dies a week after shooting on Dan Ryan Expressway at 47th Street

State troopers responding to the shooting found the woman, 25, with injuries considered life threatening, fire officials and Illinois state police said.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Ghost’ busters: Illinois becomes first state in Midwest to ban untraceable do-it-yourself ‘ghost guns’

The Illinois law requires all firearms, including 3D-printed guns, to have serial numbers. Ghost guns are largely untraceable because they lack such identifying numbers.

Chicago Sun-Times

2 dead in rollover crash on Interstate 290 near Illinois Medical District

Four people were in a car that rolled over around 3:30 a.m. in the westbound lanes near Oakley Boulevard, just east of Western Avenue, Illinois State Police said.

Chicago Sun-Times

Driver dies after crashing into construction truck overnight on Kennedy Expressway

The man, 18, drove into a construction zone and struck the unoccupied truck early Friday, according to Illinois State Police.

Chicago Sun-Times

CPD’s growing use of cameras that read license plates leads to worries about data misuse

“The numbers of licenses scanned demonstrates the broad reach to surveil and see where someone is,” a spokesman for the American Civil Liberties Union said about the 200 million plates logged last year. “It’s a lot of power.”

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