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On September 2, 2024, a mass shooting occurred aboard a Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) Blue Line train as it traveled between Oak Park station and Harlem station. Four people were killed at random. The alleged shooter was taken into custody and charged with four counts of first-degree murder.
On July 4, 2022, a mass shooting occurred during an Independence Day parade in Highland Park, Illinois, United States. The shooting occurred at 10:14 a.m. CDT (UTC−05:00), roughly 15 minutes after the parade had started. Seven people were killed, and 48 others were wounded by bullets or shrapnel.
Minister, newspaper editor, and abolitionist killed by a pro-slavery mob, became a martyr to the abolitionist cause [59] Killing of Joseph Smith: Carthage: 1844-06-27: 2: Founder of Latter Day Saint movement killed along with his brother by a mob [60] [61] [62] Lynching of Samuel J. Bush: Decatur: 1893-06-03: 1: Black day-laborer accused of ...
UPDATE: (10:15 a.m.) — An Illinois State University graduate student said in the aftermath of a deadly shooting near their apartment building that it’s “the first time he didn’t feel safe.”
Authorities have identified the five people killed in a fiery collision between a school bus and semitruck on a highway in rural Illinois, including a young brother and sister, another 3-year-old ...
Friends and family held a vigil at the park on June 5, 2024 to remember the victims. Sledge’s relative Cornelius Sledge told Fox8, “It’s hard. Five years later and we still don’t know who ...
Little is known about Runge's early life. He was born in Oak Forest, and since childhood has exhibited sexual sadism. This only worsened upon his mother's death, which occurred when he was 17. [3] Later that year, Runge kidnapped, raped and beat up a 14-year-old girl in Oak Forest, only to later turn himself in to the authorities.
Sonya Massey, 36, died after an encounter with deputies from the Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office in Springfield early July 6, according to a news release from Illinois State Police, which is ...