Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SJR0021 Compare Versions

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3	3	1 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
4	4	2 WHEREAS, On Monday, July 4, 2022, the City of Highland
5	5	3 Park and thousands of its residents and neighbors gathered for
6	6	4 its annual Fourth of July parade; and
7	7	5 WHEREAS, For generations, Highland Park has hosted this
8	8	6 parade, one of the largest Fourth of July gatherings in the
9	9	7 northern suburbs of Chicago; and
10	10	8 WHEREAS, At 10:14 a.m., tragedy struck as an alleged lone
11	11	9 gunman opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle at the
12	12	10 intersection of 2nd Street and Central Avenue in downtown
13	13	11 Highland Park; and
14	14	12 WHEREAS, In less than one minute, the assailant shot 83
15	15	13 bullets into the crowd, killing 7 and injuring dozens; and
16	16	14 WHEREAS, As residents ran from the gunfire, placed their
17	17	15 bodies over their loved ones, and sought safety, first
18	18	16 responders who had come to watch the parade put themselves in
19	19	17 harm's way; and
20	20	18 WHEREAS, Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) members
21	21	19 and community volunteers rushed to the scene and bravely
22	22	20 worked side by side with fire and police personnel and medical
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31	31	1 professionals, helping to save lives through their quick
32	32	2 action; and
33	33	3 WHEREAS, Law enforcement officers from Highland Park and
34	34	4 hundreds of others throughout the State of Illinois and at all
35	35	5 levels of government worked together to quickly secure
36	36	6 downtown Highland Park and later apprehend the suspect; and
37	37	7 WHEREAS, Mayor Nancy Rotering admirably and strongly led
38	38	8 the grieving Highland Park community in the minutes
39	39	9 immediately after the shooting and in the weeks and months
40	40	10 following the shooting, as the international community looked
41	41	11 to her leadership; and
42	42	12 WHEREAS, City Manager Ghida Neukirch selflessly ran to the
43	43	13 scene of the shooting to provide first aid to gunshot victims,
44	44	14 going far above and beyond her duties and providing
45	45	15 extraordinary care to the Highland Park community in the
46	46	16 moments following the shooting; and
47	47	17 WHEREAS, Physicians, nurses, and other staff raced to
48	48	18 Highland Park Hospital to assist the injured, some coming
49	49	19 straight from the parade, doing incredible work under intense
50	50	20 and difficult circumstances; and
51	51	21 WHEREAS, Hundreds of therapists, counselors, and social
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62	62	1 workers have supported those experiencing trauma from what
63	63	2 they witnessed during and after the shooting; therefore, be it
64	64	3 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL
65	65	4 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF
66	66	5 REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN, that we mourn the lives
67	67	6 lost at the hands of gunfire in the City of Highland Park on
68	68	7 July 4, 2022 and all those around the State of Illinois who
69	69	8 have been lost to gun violence and recognize the surviving
70	70	9 families that live with the trauma of their losses; and be it
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72	72	11 RESOLVED, That we especially remember the lives of
73	73	12 Katherine Goldstein, Irina McCarthy, Kevin McCarthy, Stephen
74	74	13 Straus, Jacquelyn Sundheim, Nicholas Toledo-Zaragoza, and
75	75	14 Eduardo Uvaldo; and be it further
76	76	15 RESOLVED, That we honor the City of Highland Park and its
77	77	16 law enforcement, first responders, and community leaders for
78	78	17 their service to the people of Illinois; and be it further
79	79	18 RESOLVED, That we urge leaders to continue to do
80	80	19 everything in their power to ensure no other community
81	81	20 experiences the trauma of gun violence, so that this horrific
82	82	21 tragedy shall not be in vain; and be it further
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93	93	1 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
94	94	2 delivered to the City of Highland Park.
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