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Emergency vehicles are staged near a commercial building where an active shooter was reported in the 600 block of Archer Avenue in Aurora on Feb. 15, 2019.

In wake of Aurora mass shooting, Illinois State Police taking ‘first steps’ to make it harder to keep guns after licenses revoked

May 23, 2019 at 1:50 a.m.

Nearly three weeks after a mass shooting at an Aurora factory, the Illinois State Police announced a sweeping list of reforms aimed at making it harder for people to keep...

A church bulletin near the Gabel-Dunn Funeral Home memorializes Trevor Wehner on Feb. 20, 2019, in Sheridan. Wehner, 21, was one of five men fatally shot by a co-worker at the Henry Pratt Co. in Aurora on Feb. 15.

Members of Congress to FBI: Fix gaps in background check system that allowed Aurora shooter to buy gun

May 23, 2019 at 1:49 a.m.

Several lawmakers are asking the FBI to address the flawed national databases that allowed the Aurora shooter to purchase the gun he used to kill five co-workers and wound several...

Mayoral candidate Jerry Joyce visits the early voting Loop Super Site on Feb. 25, 2019, a day before the election.

A broken alliance: Did Jerry Joyce spoil Bill Daley’s mayoral bid?

May 12, 2019 at 1:42 p.m.

Well before Bill Daley conceded defeat Tuesday in the first round of the mayor’s race, supporters at his election night reception were grumbling about candidate Jerry Joyce, calling him a...

Aurora mass shooter lost his gun license but kept his gun — as have thousands of other Illinoisans. Here’s a look at what went wrong.

May 31, 2019 at 3:11 a.m.

A series of systemic failures allowed convicted felon Gary Martin to purchase the gun he used to fatally shoot five co-workers and wound several police officers during this month’s warehouse...

Aurora mass shooter in his own words: ‘I acted out of rage and fear’ in beating of ex-girlfriend with baseball bat

May 23, 2019 at 1:47 a.m.

A day after Illinois State Police inquired about Gary Martin’s criminal history in 2014, two court clerks in Mississippi discussed whether to send authorities a chilling psychiatric evaluation in which...

Illinois State Police acknowledges it wrongly issued a gun license to Aurora shooter

May 23, 2019 at 1:47 a.m.

Illinois State Police acknowledged Monday that the agency wrongly issued a gun license to the shooter in the Aurora warehouse murders, but in a detailed statement the agency also suggested...

As state police probe how Aurora mass shooter foiled background check, city mourns the dead

May 23, 2019 at 1:47 a.m.

Illinois State Police said Monday that Aurora mass shooter Gary Martin erroneously passed two background checks before purchasing a handgun — and, once the mistake was caught, neither the state...

The Aurora victims’ stories: Intern’s 1st day on the job, a family patriarch, an ‘incredible’ dad, a Mississippi State fan, a union leader

August 22, 2019 at 10:31 a.m.

A student at Northern Illinois University was on his first day as a human resources intern at the Henry Pratt Co. plant in Aurora on Friday when he was killed,...

Vicente Juárez, sostén de familia, buen vecino, es una de las víctimas del tiroteo en Aurora

February 16, 2019 at 7:34 p.m.

Estas son algunas de las historias de las víctimas del tiroteo en Aurora, del viernes por la tarde. Una es la de un estudiante a punto de graduarse y que...

Patricia LaPorta and her son Michael leave for a therapy session from their West Morgan Park home on March 20, 2017. Michael LaPorta was shot in the head at Chicago police Officer Patrick Kelly's home in 2010.

City reopens investigation — again — into Chicago cop found by civil jury to have shot his friend in the head

May 23, 2019 at 1:43 a.m.

A city agency has reopened an investigation into an off-duty Chicago cop accused of shooting his childhood friend in the head and causing catastrophic injuries, marking its third attempt at...

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