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  2. 1999 Independence Day weekend shootings - Wikipedia

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    Smith was a follower of the white supremacist organization now known as the Creativity Movement, and was a devoted disciple of the group's leader Matthew Hale.Two days after Hale was denied a license to practice law in Illinois, Smith loaded his light blue Ford Taurus with guns and ammunition and went on a three-day, two-state shooting spree, killing two people and wounding nine others.

  3. List of mass shootings in the United States (1900–1999)

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    1966 Rose-Mar College of Beauty shooting: A man shot and killed five people in the Rose-Mar College of Beauty in Mesa, Arizona, including four women and a toddler. He later told police he was inspired by the University of Texas tower shooting and Richard Speck's spree killing in Chicago earlier the same year. August 1, 1966

  4. List of homicides in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Chicago: 2021-03-31: Latino man shot by Chicago police, body camera footage showed he was shot in back while fleeing from police with a gun in his hand [80] Killing of Zheng Shaoxiong: Chicago: 2021-11-09: International student from China fatally shot near the University of Chicago [81] Killing of Sonya Massey: Springfield: 2024-07-06

  5. List of school shootings in the United States (before 2000)

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    Harless shot two assistant principals and a student teacher inside the school's cafeteria. 53-year-old Richard Allen died from his injuries; Nancy Blackwelder and intern Joseph Bloznalis were wounded. Harless was shot and wounded during a shootout with police outside the school; McCoy was later apprehended at a residence. [215] [266] [338 ...

  6. List of mass shootings in the United States (2000–2009)

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    A 47-year-old man fatally shot two co-workers at a bus maintenance depot before being killed by police. [16] March 10, 2009 Geneva and Samson, Alabama: 11 [n 1] 6 17: Geneva County shootings: A man killed ten people and wounded six others in a shooting spree before committing suicide. [17] February 20, 2009 Chicago, Illinois: 3 0 3

  7. List of postal killings - Wikipedia

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    In the ensuing shooting spree eight people were killed and five injured. At around 4:30 p.m. after the gun was wrestled from him, he jumped to his death from the 11th floor. Vitkovic's former friend did not work for a postal department, but for a credit union that was a tenant of the building.

  8. List of Chicago placename etymologies - Wikipedia

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    The name may also refer to youth gangs in the neighborhood, who were known as "wild canaries". [9] Central Park Avenue: Refers to the original name of Garfield Park. Cermak Road: Slain Chicago mayor Anton Cermak (formerly 22nd Street) Chicago River: A French rendering of the Miami-Illinois name shikaakwa, meaning wild leek. [10] [11] [12 ...

  9. Saint Valentine's Day Massacre - Wikipedia

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    Bolton was a Navy machine-gunner and associate of Egan's Rats, and he had been the valet of Chicago hit man Fred Goetz. Bolton was privy to many of the Barker Gang's crimes and pinpointed the Florida hideout of Ma Barker and Freddie Barker, both of whom were killed in a shootout with the FBI a week later. Bolton said he took part in the St ...