As a Kane County judge for 16 years, Donald C. Hudson presided over trials for some of the suburbs most notorious killers. But Hudson s lasting legacy won t be about those he locked away. It will be about those he helped remain free.
Surviving victims of the 2001 shooting at JB s Pub in Elgin, where a man killed two people and injured 16 others, are outraged the state is considering giving the shooter a medical release from prison.
20 years after shooting, nightmares linger
James Fuller Daily Herald
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People hug on April 15, 2001, the day after the call came into the Elgin Police Department to respond to what would now be called a mass shooting.George LeClaire | Daily Herald (AP)Show MoreShow Less
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Steinar Andersen’s wife, Penny, was out with friends at JB’s Pub, just two blocks away from home, when a mass shooting took place.Rick West | Daily Herald (AP)Show MoreShow Less
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A patron of JB’s bar is overtaken with emotion on April 15, 2001, the day after a shooter entered the bar with two shotguns, two handguns and at least 200 rounds of ammunition.George LeClaire | Daily Herald (AP)Show MoreShow Less
20 years after Elgin mass shooting nightmares continue
JAMES FULLER, Daily Herald
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1of9This undated photo shows Steinar Andersen in Huntley, Ill. Twenty years ago, his wife, Penny, was out with friends at JB’s Pub, just two blocks away. She was not among the three women banging on his door to tell him she was in trouble. (Rick West/Daily Herald via AP)Rick West/APShow MoreShow Less
2of9This undated photo shows Schaumburg, Ill., police chief Bill Wolf posed in Schaumburg, Ill. Schaumburg Police Chief Bill Wolf was one of the lead Elgin police detectives for the shooting rampage at JB’s Pub in Elgin 20 years ago. Wolf said he wishes he could hear a logical explanation for why the event occurred. (Mark Welsh/Daily Herald, via AP)Mark Welsh/APShow MoreShow Less