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Israel Rocha Jr., Chief Executive Officer for Cook County Health, makes comments to the media at the Tinley Park, Ill., convention center as the COVID-19 vaccination site is formally closed on Thursday, May 27, 2021. (Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune)
The victim was driving in the 2300 block of North Elmwood Avenue at about 10 p.m. when he and his passenger, a Waukegan woman in her 20s, encountered a man in a parking lot. During the encounter, the suspect fired into the victim’s vehicle, wounding the victim in the head and shoulder.
“It is with a heavy heart that I share the news that one of our students, sophomore Samantha Cerrone, has passed away following a tragic accident,” Dubravec wrote. “Our thoughts, prayers, and love go out to her parents and all of her friends and family during this extraordinarily difficult time. Out of respect for the family, we ask that you please give them space and privacy during this time of grieving.”
The fiery, public exchange was the latest example of how the conflict between Israel and Palestinians has roiled congressional Democrats. Their divisions, generally pitting younger progressives against older, establishment-leaning lawmakers, have intensified since last month’s 11-day war between Israel and Hamas.
The community alert said that about 5 p.m. Monday, a 7-year-old girl and a 10-year-old girl were sitting on the front porch of a home in the 2500 block of West Lyndale Street when a man approached them, started talking to them, then fondled the 10-year-old girl. He walked away and was last seen on foot heading east on Lyndale.
The group has said that since ghost guns aren’t regulated under the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ interpretation of federal law and don’t require a serial number, it’s difficult to understand the scope of the problem they pose. Nick Suplina, the group’s managing director for law and policy, said Everytown calls ghost guns “the fastest growing gun safety problem in the United States” because their creation sidesteps federal and state laws.
Davis, of the 1700 block of West Maypole Avenue, was arrested by members of the Great Lakes Regional Task Force about 11:45 a.m. Wednesday on the block where he lives, police said in a news release Thursday. He was expected to appear in Cook County Bond Court midday Thursday.
White was arrested in the 11800 block of South Princeton Avenue a few minutes after the attack, police said. In addition to the attempted murder charge, he faces charges of aggravated discharge of a firearm, unlawful use of a weapon and possessing a gun with a defaced serial number. He also had two warrants for his arrest and was scheduled to appear in Cook County bond court midday Thursday.
The man, 36, was pulled from the water by Fire Department divers, according to police. Crews performed CPR on the man in an ambulance, according to fire officials, and he wastaken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, according to police.
That’s a lot of ifs, but Chicagoland residents are already making plans, counting on the state lifting remaining capacity limits, social distancing requirements and health screening mandates. Illinois will be fully open for the first time since Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s stay-at-home order went into effect March 21, 2020.