Mercy Hospital held itsfirst active-shooter drill just weeks before Monday’s shooting, a move that may have saved lives.
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Jemel Roberson: Family demands police release name of cop who shot black security guard
An attorney for the partner of the black security guard shot to death by a suburban Chicago police officer called on investigators to release the officer’s name.
Police: Cop who shot security guard Jemel Roberson gave ‘multiple’ commands to drop weapon before firing
The black security guardwho was shotto deathby police outside a suburban Chicago bar was given “multiple verbal commands” to drop his weapon, police said.
Police chief praises security guard killed by his cop: ‘Jemel Roberson was a brave man’
Police in suburban Chicago Tuesday called thecontroversial shooting death of a black security guard by a white police officer a “tragic incident.”
Cities step up pressure on e-cigarette industry over teen vaping epidemic
Chicagois planningto sue eight online e-cigarette retailers that it says it caught selling products to minors. The FDA commission has declared youth vaping an “epidemic.”
Police officer near Chicago fatally shot security guard who was detaining a suspect
Authorities on Monday were tryingto piece together how a suburban Chicago police officer ended up fatally shooting a black security guard who was detaininga suspect who opened fire on the bar where he worked moments earlier.
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Early and absentee voting: Youth vote surges in hotly contested races
Early and absentee voting among voters ages 18 to 29 has surged in several states with hotly contested races, including Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Nevada and Texas.
Missouri Senate midterm: Claire McCaskill wants you to know she’s ‘not one of those crazy Democrats’
The Senate race in Missouri, where polls show Republican challenger Josh Hawley beginning to edge Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill, has been expensive and vicious.