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“Illinoisans have worked so hard over the past year and a half to keep their families and neighbors safe, and reaching Bridge Phase means that we’re closer than ever to a return to normalcy,” Pritzker said in a statement Thursday. “To keep up this progress, I urge every eligible Illinoisan – now including 12 to 15-year-olds – to get vaccinated as soon as possible.”

Then 11th Ward aldermanic candidate Patrick Daley Thompson reacts as he sees his live image on a television screen while giving a speech to supporters at Laborer’s Union Hall in Chicago’s Bridgeport neighborhood on April 7, 2015. (Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune)

Attorney General Keith Ellison, whose office is prosecuting the officers, has said allegations that his office was involved in a leak are false. His office had no immediate comment on the allegations of coercion. A spokeswoman for Dr. Andrew Baker, the medical examiner, said they could not comment due to the pending case.

The 20-year-old was shot in the head, and he was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. He was identified as Enrique Gonzalez and died due to multiple gunshot wounds, according to the medical examiner’s office. Perez and Gonzalez both lived near where they were shot, according to records.

Oberweis filed his long shot challenge to Underwood after she was inaugurated and seated Jan. 3 to her second term in the House. Ultimately, the U.S. Constitution gives the House, which is controlled by Democrats, the right to judge the “elections, returns and qualifications” of its members, and its determination cannot be challenged in court.

Meanwhile, Illinois health officials Wednesday reported 1,795 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 and 26 additional deaths. That brings the state’s totals to 1,359,748 cases and 22,285 deaths. There were 70,216 tests reported in the previous 24 hours and the seven-day statewide positivity rate as a percent of total tests was 2.7%.

Police said the 53-year-old man had been “consuming alcohol,” when he got into a dispute with his neighbor. During the argument, “the two men got into a physical altercation,” and the other man “fired a handgun,” the police statement said.

Morris, 38, owns a three-flat in the Douglas community area, where he lives on the second floor with his wife and two young children and rents out the two other units. The building offered enough space for his family, a chance to stay on the South Side, where both Morris and his wife grew up, and an investment opportunity.

“They’re crucial, and Chicagoans, in their day-to-day lives, might not understand the importance of those roles, because the work is getting done,” Villegas said. “If there aren’t good people in there doing that work, it isn’t getting done, and then people start to notice.”

East Woodlawn townhomes “are in the fives ($500,000) and the sixes, and the single families are in the sevens,” said Ware, a South Shore resident who runs Ware Realty Group. “Everybody can’t afford the sevens, so where do you go? You may want to go a little bit west and say, for this (cheaper amount) you may get (a larger space).”