One of the darkest days in the history of Aurora was the focus of a remembrance event Monday on the second anniversary of the mass shooting at the Henry Pratt Co.
While the lawsuits brought by victims of the Henry Pratt Co. warehouse shooting against the city of Aurora and its police department were dismissed by a judge last month, there are still lawsuits out against the Illinois State Police, the Mississippi Department of Public Safety and the shooter’s estate concerning the Feb. 15, 2019, mass shooting in Aurora.
a public vigil today for a family and friends grieving the loss of five people killed in a workplace shooting in the chicago suburbs. loved ones paid their respects to clayton parks, russell boyer, vincent juarez, josh pinkard. police say an employee being fired from his job opened fire on his colleagues. the man who built those memorial crosses and thousands of others is an aurora carpenter and for him this shooting doesn t just hit close to home, it is home. here s cnn s scott mcclain. reporter: for more than two decades, 68-year-old greg zanis has been hand-making and hand-delivering comfort to grieving families across
illinois. josh pinkard of oswego, illinois. reporter: a tragedy made worse because police say martin had an extensive arrest record and was an convicted felon which should have prevented him from owning a firearm. zachary kiesch joins us live. i want to focus on that failed background check you mentioned. police are now investigating how martin who had six prior arrests was able to get a gun? reporter: tom, he passed initial background check which allowed him to have that gun. he applied for a concealed weapon permit, something that requires a fingerprint and that s what flagged his prior felony conviction. tom, still a lot of questions out here tonight. zachary, thank you. now to that massive pileup on a missouri highway. first a snowstorm and thense incredible cell phone images coming in of that deadly chreacon crash just outside of kansas city. parts of the heartland hammered by snow and ice, making travel as you can see so treacherous.