Full Text of HJR0097 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 97
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ___. Amend House Joint Resolution 97 by | 3 | | deleting everything after the heading and replacing it with | 4 | | the following: | 5 | | "WHEREAS, On Monday, July 4, 2022, the City of Highland | 6 | | Park and thousands of its residents and neighbors gathered for | 7 | | its annual Fourth of July parade; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, For generations, Highland Park has hosted this | 9 | | parade, one of the largest Fourth of July gatherings in the | 10 | | northern suburbs of Chicago; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, At 10:14 a.m., tragedy struck as an alleged lone | 12 | | gunman opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle at the | 13 | | intersection of 2nd Street and Central Avenue in downtown | 14 | | Highland Park; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, In less than one minute, the assailant shot 83 | 2 | | bullets into the crowd, killing 7 and injuring dozens; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, As residents ran from the gunfire, placed their | 4 | | bodies over their loved ones, and sought safety, first | 5 | | responders who had come to watch the parade put themselves in | 6 | | harm's way; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) members | 8 | | and community volunteers rushed to the scene and bravely | 9 | | worked side by side with fire and police personnel and medical | 10 | | professionals, helping to save lives through their quick | 11 | | action; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Law enforcement officers from Highland Park and | 13 | | hundreds of others throughout the State of Illinois and at all | 14 | | levels of government worked together to quickly secure | 15 | | downtown Highland Park and later apprehend the suspect; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Mayor Nancy Rotering admirably and strongly led | 17 | | the grieving Highland Park community in the minutes | 18 | | immediately after the shooting and in the weeks and months | 19 | | following the shooting, as the international community looked | 20 | | to her leadership; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, City Manager Ghida Neukirch selflessly ran to the |
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| 1 | | scene of the shooting to provide first aid to gunshot victims, | 2 | | going far above and beyond her duties and providing | 3 | | extraordinary care to the Highland Park community in the | 4 | | moments following the shooting; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Physicians, nurses, and other staff raced to | 6 | | Highland Park Hospital to assist the injured, some coming | 7 | | straight from the parade, doing incredible work under intense | 8 | | and difficult circumstances; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Hundreds of therapists, counselors, and social | 10 | | workers have supported those experiencing trauma from what | 11 | | they witnessed during and after the shooting; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 13 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 14 | | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we mourn the lives lost at the | 15 | | hands of gunfire in the City of Highland Park on July 4, 2022 | 16 | | and all those around the State of Illinois who have been lost | 17 | | to gun violence and recognize the surviving families that live | 18 | | with the trauma of their losses; and be it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That we especially remember the lives of | 20 | | Katherine Goldstein, Irina McCarthy, Kevin McCarthy, Stephen | 21 | | Straus, Jacquelyn Sundheim, Nicholas Toledo-Zaragoza, and | 22 | | Eduardo Uvaldo; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That we honor the City of Highland Park and its | 2 | | law enforcement, first responders, and community leaders for | 3 | | their service to the people of Illinois; and be it further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That we urge leaders to continue to do | 5 | | everything in their power to ensure no other community | 6 | | experiences the trauma of gun violence, so that this horrific | 7 | | tragedy shall not be in vain; and be it further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 | | delivered to the City of Highland Park."
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