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HIGHLAND PARK, Mich. — (AP) — Three bodies found in a vacant Detroit-area apartment building have been identified as those of three aspiring rappers who went missing nearly two weeks ago, police said Friday. Michigan State Police said Friday afternoon on Twitter that investigators identified the bodies as those of Armani Kelly, 27, of Oscoda; Montoya Givens, 31, of Detroit; and Dante Wicker, 31, of Melvindale. Their bodies were found Thursday in the basement of an abandoned, rat-infested apartment building in Highland Park, near Detroit. Earlier Friday, state police said the Wayne County Medical Examiners Office would conduct autopsies on the bodies. Kelly, Givens and Wicker met while in prison, and Kelly and Givens were on parole at the time of their disappearance, according to the state corrections department.

HIGHLAND PARK, Mich. — (AP) — Authorities searching for three aspiring rappers who have been missing for nearly two weeks found "multiple bodies" Thursday at a vacant Detroit-area apartment building. State police cautioned that the identities of the bodies had not been confirmed. “Once information is confirmed we will update.”Taylor Perrin, the fiancee of Armani Kelly, told the Detroit Free Press that police informed Kelly's family about the discovery. “Thank you for all the love and prayers during this extremely difficult time,” Kelly's mother, Lorrie Kemp, said on Facebook. State police said “multiple victims” were found in an abandoned apartment building in Highland Park, near Detroit.

Robert Crimo Jr. is charged with seven felony counts for his alleged role in his son, Robert III's perpetration of the July 4, 2022 parade shooting in Highland Park, Illinois.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — (AP) — Illinois' two-week-old ban on semiautomatic weapons outlaws "ubiquitous" firearms in "radical" defiance of the Constitution's Second Amendment, a federal lawsuit filed by the National Rifle Association Tuesday claims. They are joined by two southern Illinois gun dealers and shooting range operators, as well as a Connecticut-based shooting sports trade association. Other lawsuits, filed in southern Illinois county courts, challenge the legislative procedure to approve the law. Plaintiffs in all the lawsuits are likely seeking southern Illinois courts because of a stronger disposition toward Second Amendment rights. It explains that the restricted semiautomatic weapons are not machine guns — the expulsion of each round requires a separate squeeze of the trigger.

A new federal lawsuit contends that Illinois’ two-week-old ban on semiautomatic weapons outlaws “ubiquitous” firearms in “radical” defiance of the Constitution’s Second Amendment.

Illinois banned the sale or possession of semiautomatic weapons Tuesday when Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed legislation driven largely by the killing of seven people at a 4th of July parade last year in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park. Pritzker acted without hesitation after the House voted 68-41 to make Illinois the ninth state, as well as Washington, D.C., to prohibit the sale or possession of semiautomatic weapons. Pritzker, who was sworn into his second term on Monday, celebrated the culmination of what he described as a four-year struggle against “the powerful forces” of gun advocacy groups.

It comes in the wake of the July 4 Highland Park parade shooting which left seven people dead and dozens more wounded.

Proponents of the Illinois gun-control bill say it will stand up in court despite a recent Supreme Court ruling that paved the way for more people to carry.

Dozens of gun control advocates rallied at the Illinois Capitol on Thursday to support legislation banning a number of firearms that lawmakers continued to revise throughout the day.

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Aiden McCarthy's mother and father were among seven people slain during the July 4th parade.

The father faces seven felony counts of reckless conduct — one count for each person fatally shot during the summertime parade.

Robert Crimo Jr. looked somber and tired as he made his first appearance before a judge since surrendering to police Friday. His lawyer told the judge Saturday that Crimo would be able to pay the required bond amount for his release. “In this case, the system failed when Robert Crimo Jr. sponsored his son. Chicago-area attorney George M. Gomez said by phone Friday that he was representing Robert Crimo Jr. in the newly announced criminal case. Police have said father Robert Crimo Jr. later told investigators the knives belonged to him, and authorities returned them.

Lake County State's Attorney Eric Rinehart said the charges of reckless conduct are based on Robert Crimo Jr. sponsoring his then 19-year-old son's application for a gun license in 2019.

CHICAGO — The father of the alleged Highland Park shooting suspect that reportedly killed seven people and injured dozens of others at a July 4 parade has been charged with seven felonies. >> Read more trending newsLake County State Attorney Eric Rinehart said Robert Crimo Jr. surrendered to police on Friday, according to The Associated Press. Rinehart said Crimo’s charges are based on sponsoring his son’s gun license application in 2019, when he was then 19 years old. “Parents and guardians are in the best position to decide whether their teenagers should have a weapon,” said Rinehart, according to the AP. “In this case, the system failed when Robert Crimo Jr. sponsored his son.

Prosecutors said Robert Crimo Jr. sponsored his son's application for a gun license back in 2019.

Robert Crimo Jr., faces one count one for each person killed in the July 4 attack. Felony reckless conduct has maximum penalty of three years in prison, but probation is also an option.

Lake County State’s Attorney Eric Rinehart will provide an update Friday regarding the Highland Park mass shooting.

Survivors of mass shootings in suburban Highland Park and the East Garfield Park community of Chicago testify before an Illinois House committee in support of a proposal to ban assault weapons.

In 2022, Chicago has seen more than 630 homicides from gun violence, speakers said.

As the legislation awaits a vote in the U.S. Senate, Schneider said additional laws are needed to reduce gun violence from mass shootings to suicides after five people were gunned down at a Colorado Springs nightclub and seven at a Chesapeake, Virginia Walmart in late November.

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Democrats in the Illinois House filed a bill that would to ban assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines and eliminate the ability for most people under 21 to obtain a gun permit in the state.

The report recommends barring gun permits — even with sponsorship — for minors, banning high-capacity magazines and strengthening the red flag law.

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Pierre Riley was a friend of the woman who was being honored that night, said Cherice Patterson, who organized the vigil on the city’s West Side. Police said two shooters left 14 people shot, including a 3-year-old, an 11-year-old and 13-year-old.

Crimo’s case is expected to be a routine hearing intended to ensure attorneys are working through potential pretrial issues.

Crimo’s case is scheduled for case management, which is often a routine appearance intended to ensure that evidence is being shared and attorneys are working through any pretrial issues.

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HIGHLAND PARK, Mich. — A 26-year-old woman was fatally shot early Sunday when she was caught in the crossfire after a fight broke out in the parking lot of a Michigan strip club, authorities said. Police said a fight began in the parking lot of the establishment, and that one or more people fired weapons, according to the television station. Preliminary investigation revealed that a fight started in the parking lot when one or more suspects fired shots. 2/ — MSP Second District (@mspmetrodet) October 23, 2022The woman, who was not immediately identified, was pronounced dead at the scene, MLive.com reported. 3/ — MSP Second District (@mspmetrodet) October 23, 2022©2022 Cox Media Group

Highland Park survivors and families of victims are the latest to take gun makers to court.

HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. — An 8-year-old boy who was shot and partially paralyzed when a gunman opened fire at a suburban Chicago Fourth of July parade has returned to school, his family said this week. >> Read more trending newsAccording to the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun-Times, Cooper Roberts, who underwent a lifesaving surgery and months of rehabilitation after the deadly Highland Park shooting, started third grade, his parents, Jason and Keely Roberts, said in a statement Monday on the family’s GoFundMe page. He faces 21 counts of first-degree murder, as well as 48 counts each of attempted murder and aggravated battery, the news agency reported. Expand Autoplay Image 1 of 26 Fourth of July parade shooting A woman wipes tears after a mass shooting at the Highland Park Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Ill., a Chicago suburb, Monday, July 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) (Nam Y. Huh/AP)Expand Autoplay Image 1 of 14 Photos: Highland Park parade shooting victims remembered at vigil People gather for a candelight vigil near the scene of a mass shooting the day before at a Fourth of July parade, on July 5, 2022, in Highland Park, Illinois.

The gun industry has broad legal immunity from the fallout of mass shootings. Experts say plaintiffs in new lawsuits face an uphill battle.

Victims and families filed suit against Smith & Wesson and two gun shops, along with the shooting suspect and his father.

The gun-maker is accused of illegally targeting its ads at young men at risk of committing mass violence.

Three students at the Loyola School of Social Work were among the bilingual volunteers who assisted people affected by the Highland Park shooting by interpreting during FBI interviews and counseling sessions.

Because they’re that deadly.”Representatives for Smith & Wesson, based in Springfield, Massachusetts, did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment Wednesday. Family members of three of the seven people killed in Highland Park — Stephen Straus, Jackie Sundheim and Nicolas Toledo — are among those suing. Authorities have identified Smith & Wesson's M&P 15 semiautomatic rifle as the weapon he used to fire on the parade. Two gun sellers are accused of violating bans on assault weapons in Highland Park and the accused gunman's home town of Highwood. Crimo III faces 21 counts of first-degree murder, 48 counts of attempted murder and 48 counts of aggravated battery, representing those killed and wounded during the parade in Highland Park.

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Victims of the Highland Park shooting have filed a sweeping lawsuit naming the alleged shooter, Robert Crimo III, Smith & Wesson, two firearms dealers and Crimo’s father as the parties who bear responsibility for eruption of gun violence that killed seven and wounded dozens of others during the norther suburb’s Independence Day parade.

Nearly a dozen lawsuits in Illinois accuse gun-maker Smith & Wesson of illegally targeting young men at risk of violence with ads for firearms.

Mayor Nancy Rotering said council members are aiming to strike a balance between those who have found comfort in the memorials and those who’ve been upset by them.

The memorials have drawn sizable crowds and been praised as centers of comfort and unity, but they have also proven controversial.

HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. — Eight-year-old Cooper Roberts is back home with his family after months of treatment for injuries from a Fourth of July parade shooting at Highland Park. >> Read more trending newsAccording to The Associated Press, Cooper was shot in the back and a bullet went through his body in the July Fourth shooting at Highland Park which is a suburb of Chicago. He had a life-saving surgery and then spent months at Comer Children’s Hospital and Shirley Ryan AbilityLab in Chicago following the first procedure. >> Highland Park parade shooting suspect indicted on 117 chargesIn a statement from Cooper’s family obtained by the AP, they have welcomed him home with his twin brother, Luke. According to the AP, the family’s house is no longer fully accessible for Cooper who is using a wheelchair.

CHICAGO — (AP) — Eight-year-old Cooper Roberts is back home after more than two months of treatment for injuries from a shooting at a Fourth of July parade in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park, his family said Thursday. The attack this past summer killed seven and wounded dozens, including Cooper's mother, Keely Roberts, and his twin brother, Luke, who have since recovered. Cooper was shot in the back, and the bullet ripped through his body, severely damaging his aorta, liver, esophagus and spinal cord before exiting through his chest. “This ‘new normal’ we are just starting during this transition home is hard; really, really hard,” his parents said. But they know “he will show the entire world that love really does win in the end.”___Claire Savage is a corps members for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative.

An 8-year-old suburban Chicago boy is back home after more than two months of treatment for severe injuries he sustained during the Fourth of July parade shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, his family said Thursday.

The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits rose slightly last week despite the Federal Reserve’s year-long battle against inflation that’s intended to cool the economy and the tight labor market.

Authorities say the 45-year-old man who lives near the forest preserve beach along Lake Michigan went outside at about 1 a.m. Saturday to speak with Caban and his friend, who were being loud, police said.

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell again last week to a four-month low even as the Federal Reserve continues its aggressive interest rate cuts to bring inflation under control.

The National Foundation for Gun Rights also filed suit against the states of Connecticut, Hawaii and Massachusetts.

Fewer Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week as the labor market remains continues to remain strong despite decades high inflation.

Jacqueline von Edelberg, who moved to Highland Park a year ago, had done several public art projects highlighting the toll of gun violence before it struck her new hometown.

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Republican state lawmakers are pushing Illinois State Police for a more detailed account of how the agency handled a report from local police about the man who would allegedly go on to commit a deadly mass shooting at the Highland Park Fourth of July parade.

During Pope Francis’ weekly audience, a young boy ran directly to him, surprising audiences while the pontiff delivered his message.

via GoFundMeIn the wake of the Highland Park Fourth of July parade mass shooting, the story of 8-year-old Cooper Roberts’ survival was embraced by many following updates on the boy’s recovery.And more than a month after the massacre, Roberts is long out of intensive care—but his family says he is now in “constant pain” and “hopeless, sad, and angry” at the realization he is paralyzed.In a sobering and gut-wrenching statement released Tuesday, the Roberts family said they want people to see the u

More Americans applied for jobless benefits last week as the number of unemployed continues to rise modestly, though the labor market remains one of the strongest parts of the U.S. economy.

An 8-year-old boy whose spine was severed in the shooting at a parade on July 4 has moved to a rehabilitation-focused hospital after spending nearly a month in a Chicago pediatric intensive care unit.

American employers posted fewer job openings in June as the economy contends with raging inflation and rising interest rates.

Fewer Americans applied for jobless benefits last week, but the previous week’s number was revised upward significantly, with claims breaching the 250,000 level in back-to-back weeks for the first time in more than eight months.

A grand jury has indicted the man accused of opening fire on an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago, on 117 felony counts.

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits last week rose to its highest level in more than eight months, a sign the labor market may be showing some weakness.

Police are praising an armed shopper who killed a gunman at a suburban Indianapolis shopping mall.

A funeral service was held Monday afternoon for the last of seven people killed by a gunman at an Independence Day parade, as family and friends gathered in suburban Chicago to remember Kevin McCarthy.

Rock singer Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins says he'll perform a charity livestream show to benefit the victims of the the Fourth of July parade shooting in suburban Chicago that killed seven people and wounded more than 30.

One week after a shooting at a Fourth of July parade that left seven dead, the Chicago suburb of Highland Park held a moment of silence Monday morning to mark the exact time police say the first shot was fired.

A business district that had been blocked since the deadly July 4 parade mass shooting in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park has reopened.

Friends, neighbors and dignitaries have paid their respects to the family of Eduardo Uvaldo, one of the seven people who were killed in the attack on a July Fourth parade near Chicago.

The Milwaukee Brewers placed a ceremonial jersey in their dugout Friday to honor an 8-year-old fan of the team who was wounded during the July Fourth mass shooting in a Chicago suburb.

Mourners are remembering three of the seven people killed by the gunman who opened fire on a July Fourth parade near Chicago.

Details are being released of the people whose lives were lost in the July Fourth shooting at a parade in suburban Chicago.

In the midst of the chaos of a Chicago-area parade massacre, a woman walked up to Greg Ring and handed him a 2-year-old boy, covered in blood.

The man charged with killing seven people at an Independence Day parade confessed to police that he unleashed a hail of bullets from a rooftop in suburban Chicago and then fled to the Madison, Wisconsin, area, where he contemplated shooting up an event there.

For many people, the mass shooting that killed at least seven people and injured 30 others in a Chicago suburb on July 4 was yet another reminder that any place, any event in the U.S. can turn dangerous or deadly.

The parents of a 2-year-old boy who got lost during the July 4 parade shooting in suburban Chicago are among the seven people who were killed, authorities said as friends and family mourned their lost loved ones.

The man accused of opening fire at an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago legally bought five weapons, including two high-powered rifles.

Police say a gunman on a rooftop opened fire on an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago, killing at least six people, wounding at least 30 and sending hundreds of marchers, parents with strollers and children on bicycles fleeing in terror.

Independence Day celebrations in the United States have been rattled by a shooting that left at least six people dead at a parade in Illinois.