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Assault weapon sales now illegal in Illinois: ‘This will save lives,’ Pritzker says after signing bill into law

“We have done this for Highland Park’s Kevin and Irina McCarthy, Jacquelyn Sundheim, Katherine Goldstein, Eduardo Uvaldo, Nicolas Toledo-Zaragoza and Stephen Straus. For Benito Juarez High School’s Brandon Perez and Nathan Billegas, just 15 and 14.”

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Illinois House approves assault weapons ban

After a lengthy debate that stretched into Friday, the House voted 64-43 to pass the measure that would also ban “rapid-fire devices” that turn firearms into fully automatic weapons. It must still clear the Illinois Senate.

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6 months after Highland Park massacre, wounded 8-year-old Cooper Roberts continues recovery

Cooper was shot in his spine and paralyzed below his waist in the shooting in which seven people were killed and nearly 50 others wounded.

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Highland Park Fourth of July parade shooting suspect’s father released on bail

Robert Crimo Jr. faces 7 felony reckless conduct charges for sponsoring his son Robert Crimo III’s application for a state firearm owner’s identification card.

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Father of Highland Park shooting suspect released on $50,000 bond after being charged over July 4 attack

Robert Crimo Jr. sponsored his son’s under-21 FOID card application just three months after the then-19-year-old had allegedly threatened to kill his family

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Bond set for father of July 4 shooting suspect

A judge set bond at $50,000 for the father of an Illinois man charged with killing seven people in a mass shooting at a July 4 parade near Chicago who faces charges himself for allegedly helping his son get a gun license

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Father of July 4 Highland Park shooting suspect has been charged with 7 felonies

Lake County State's Attorney Eric Rinehart said the charges of reckless conduct are based on Robert Crimo Jr. sponsoring his then 19-year-old son's application for a gun license in 2019.

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Father of July 4 shooting suspect charged with 7 felonies

Prosecutors say the father of an Illinois man charged with killing seven people in a mass shooting at a July 4 parade has been charged with seven felony counts of reckless conduct

The Independent UK

Father of accused Highland Park shooter charged with seven counts of reckless conduct

In 2019, Robert Crimo Jr. sponsored his son’s application for a gun permit because he was underage at the time.

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Illinois’ gun debate: Legislation, litigation and emotion fuel one of the state’s most polarizing conflicts

CHICAGO — Born 10 days before Columbine, 23-year-old Nabeela Syed’s opinion on guns in this country began forming in the third grade.

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Illinois Dems target assault weapons, age of gun owners in response to Highland Park mass shooting: ‘It really can’t wait’

The measure would ban the sale of assault weapons immediately, prevent sales of ammunition magazines holding more than 10 rounds and raise eligibility for a state firearm owner identification card to 21.

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Prosecutors give defense attorneys 2,500 pages of evidence against alleged Illinois parade gunman Robert Crimo

CHICAGO — Prosecutors said Tuesday that they have turned over a huge amount of evidence to defense attorneys for the man accused of killing seven people in a shooting on the Fourth of July in Highland Park.

Chicago Tribune

Lawyers for accused Highland Park parade shooter ask for more time to review ‘volume’ of evidence

Robert Crimo III flashed a peace sign as he left the courtroom.

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Highland Park shooting victim Cooper Roberts returns to school

The 8-year-old boy, paralyzed from a bullet on July 4, continues to require rehabilitation.

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Highland Park victims sue gun-maker

Lawyers argue the "shooter was the type of a young consumer susceptible to Smith & Wesson's deceptive marketing"

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Victims file lawsuits against alleged parade shooter, his father, gun dealers

CHICAGO — Victims of the Highland Park shooting have filed multiple lawsuits naming the alleged shooter, Robert Crimo III, Smith & Wesson, two firearms dealers and Crimo’s father as the parties who bear responsibility for eruption of gun violence that killed seven and wounded dozens of others during the northern…

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Highland Park massacre victims sue, CPD agrees to improve access to lawyers at stations and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

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Victims file lawsuits against alleged parade shooter and his father

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Highland Park Fourth of July massacre: First lawsuits filed, call attack ‘predictable and preventable’

Suspect Robert Crimo III “was ready to go to war — just as Smith & Wesson told him he could,” according to suits that accuse the gunmaker of “deceptive and unfair marketing” and also target others, including Crimo’s father.

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After Highland Park parade mass shooting, schools prepare for traumatized kids

“Nobody’s had experience with this,” said Marty Esgar, a Deerfield High School teacher. “We don’t know how many of our students are going to come with levels of trauma.”

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In wake of Highland Park massacre, law on firearms restraining orders in Illinois seen as confusing and underused

CHICAGO — A group of law enforcement officials and experts from around Illinois and across the country gathered in mid-June to begin crafting a plan to increase awareness among the general public and fellow cops of a 3-year-old state law aimed at keeping guns out of the hands of potentially…

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Picture Chicago: 21 must-see images from Sun-Times photographers this past week

Chicagoans rock out at Lollapalooza, new U.S. citizens share their joy, and sailboats and rubber ducks take to the water in our best unseen pics of the week.

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Takeaways from inside the courtroom as accused Highland Park July 4 massacre gunman pleads not guilty

The hearing lasted some eight minutes, about seven minutes longer than it took a gunman to kill seven people and wound 48 others at the July 4 Highland Park parade.

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Suspect in Highland Park massacre pleads not guilty to 117 charges. Parents say they ‘deeply regret the actions their son had taken’

Robert E. Crimo III is accused of opening fire from a rooftop during a Fourth of July parade, killing seven people and wounding at least 48 others.

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Alleged July 4 parade shooter indicted on 117 felony charges

HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. — A Lake County grand jury on Wednesday indicted Robert Crimo III on 117 felony counts in the Fourth of July mass shooting in Highland Park that killed seven people and wounded dozens of others.

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