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Veronica Wolski, a supporter of Sen. Bernie Sanders’ campaign for president, speaks on a pedestrian bridge while getting her political message out to drivers below on the Kennedy Expressway on Oct. 7, 2016. Wolski, the QAnon adherent whose recent hospitalization made her a cause célèbre for the controversial medication ivermectin, died in the intensive care unit of AMITA Health Resurrection Medical Center early Monday. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)

This undated file photo provided by The Ford County Sheriff’s Office in Paxton, Ill., shows Michael Hari, a militia leader convicted of master­minding the bombing of a Minnesota mosque, Hari is now known by her transgender identity, Emily Claire Hari. Hari, the leader of an Illinois anti-government militia group who authorities say masterminded the 2017 bombing of a Minnesota mosque is to be sentenced Monday, Sept. 13, 2021. Emily Claire Hari, who was previously known as Michael Hari and recently said she is transgender, faces a mandatory minimum of 30 years in prison for the attack on Dar al-Farooq Islamic Center. (Ford County Sheriff’s Office via AP File)

“I think it’s too soon to say, especially without good case investigation (or) outbreak tracing,” said Jaline Gerardin, a Northwestern University assistant professor of preventive medicine who works on virus modeling. “We certainly know that with vaccination, masking, ventilation and regular testing, going to in-person school doesn’t have to end in infection or exposure.”

State police said Garrett was the only one in his vehicle who suffered critical injuries. The other four occupants, three men, ages 21, 22 and 25, and a 25-year-old woman, all from Chicago, were treated at an area hospital for injuries that were not life-threatening, according to a news release from April. Two of them suffered injuries directly from the shooting, state police told the Tribune at the time.

Kaden Ingram, 12, who lived in the 8000 block of South Bennett Avenue — the same block where investigators said he was found with multiple gunshot wounds to the head around 10:30 a.m. Saturday — was pronounced dead at 10:51 a.m. at University of Chicago Medical Center. Information about his identity was released Sunday by the Cook County medical examiner’s office, which ruled his death a homicide caused by the gunshot wounds.