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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLive coverage of active shooter in Aurora, Illinois
https://abc7chicago.com/watch-live-shooting-large-police-presence-reported-in-aurora-kane-county-sheriff-says/5140701/401 South Highland
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)Thanks for posting.
Lunabell
(6,149 posts)Here's your national e-fucking-mergency!!!
MineralMan
(146,364 posts)davsand
(13,421 posts)Lucid Dreamer
(584 posts)mopinko
(70,435 posts)a couple things about the reporting, tho.
aurora is not really a suburb. it is an old city, at the very end of the commuter line. it sorta is now, as people who work in the city move farther and farther out, but in my day few people worked in the city.
it is 40 miles from chi, not 30.
it is in kane county, tho small parts of the city are in other counties.
and yes, it suck to see your hometown on the news for something like this.
Casandia
(673 posts)Love Aurora, they have a great brewery right next to the train station. So sad to see this going on ANYWHERE - but when it is in a community you've been to, there are no words.....
lostnfound
(16,208 posts)They moved the Aurora supercharger to Woodmans (employee-owned, MASSIVE, inexpensive supermarket Costco sized but FAR more variety and you can purchase everything in convenient small quantities) which is also cool, but I miss stopping at the brewery for a sandwich while charging.
malaise
(269,500 posts)This is horrific...again.
Several police were shot as well as people in the workplace
Stuart G
(38,477 posts)Gidney N Cloyd
(19,847 posts)USALiberal
(10,877 posts)dalton99a
(81,730 posts)The gunman was killed during an exchange of fire with police officers. Five officers were shot and wounded.
Police named the gunman as Gary Martin, 45, who had worked at the Henry Pratt company for 15 years.
Aurora police chief Kristen Ziman said late on Friday they had information that his employment was being terminated that day.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47261314
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