Investigators are confident that the shooting was not “just a random act of violence,” the deputy commander of the Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis said.
Gov. Pritzker signed the Protect Illinois Communities Act Tuesday, requiring gun owners to register their semiautomatic weapons and banning the manufacture, purchase and sale of certain semiautomatic weapons, as well as large-capacity magazines and .50-caliber rifles.
A St. Clair County judge granted an emergency temporary restraining order and preliminary injuction preventing certain SAFE-T Act provisions from taking effect.