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In order to share grant funding, a partnership between the service agencies assisting the victims of the July 4 parade shooting has been formalized by the Highland Park City Council. The interagency agreement was suggested to the city by the Department of Justice’s Office for Victims of Crime unit, as a way to facilitate resource sharing, while the city pursues an Antiterrorism and Emergency .
A doting grandfather who immigrated from Mexico to give his family a better life and two parents on a fun outing with their toddler were among the seven people shot and killed last year at a July 4 parade in Highland Park, Illinois. A 21-year-old gunman allegedly carried out the mass shooting in the leafy suburban Chicago town that, according to FBI statistics, hadn't had a murder in more than 20 years. Betsy Backes said she first met Goldstein at a local community center north of Chicago when they were both pregnant with their second children.