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Gary mass shooting victim remembered at prayer vigil
“Tonight we grieve in Gary like in Highland Park,” mentioned Bishop Tavis Grant.
Mangum was at a block celebration in Gary the place seven folks had been injured and three folks, together with him and a cousin of Mayor Jerome Prince, had been killed.
READ MORE: Gary mayor says cousin was amongst 3 folks fatally shot at July Fourth block celebration; 7 others wounded
The capturing occurred about 12:45 a.m. Tuesday, July 5, throughout an Independence Day block celebration in a residential neighborhood. Law enforcement officials arrived to seek out the three capturing victims unresponsive.
“Laurence was my protector,” mentioned Charice Moody, fiancee. “He will shield me from heaven, so I’ve nothing to fret about.”
True Religion Church was the place his household mentioned Mangum met his first loves of rhythm and religion.
“If he could not sit within the church the place he may see the drummer, he would act up,” mentioned Gail Mangum, grandmother.
His household mentioned Mangum grew into an completed musician, taking part in at church buildings all through Northwest Indiana.
“He touched lots of lives by means of that and I thank God for everybody that is gathered for him right this moment,” Gail Mangum mentioned.
Bishop Grant, with the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, knew Mangum from his three a long time as a pastor within the space.
“Laurence shedding his life so younger and so valuable has left a void in our neighborhood,” he mentioned.
The Gary Widespread Council additionally held a public security assembly Wednesday nights, with leaders and residents demanding a plan to deal with the rise in violence.
“This nation and this neighborhood is experiencing an epidemic in violence, and that is evident by the whole lot that we see right here domestically,” one resident mentioned.
Simply this Monday, not even per week after Mangum was killed, Gary police mentioned 4 folks had been shot inside minutes in three separate, focused incidents.
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FILE photograph: View of the Chicago Hearth Division, the third largest municipal hearth division in america of America, within the Chinatown neighborhood on Sept. 24, 2014.
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CHICAGO (WLS) — Chicago hearth officers mentioned two ladies have been discovered lifeless in an Englewood house after a home hearth.
The fireplace broke out Tuesday night at a home within the 7200-block of South Wolcott, Chicago hearth officers mentioned.
The fireplace was struck out at about 9:10 p.m., CFD mentioned.
After the fireplace was out, firefighters discovered two grownup feminine victims lifeless within the wreckage.
It was not instantly clear if the ladies died within the hearth or earlier than the fireplace. No additional particulars have been launched.
The Chicago Hearth Division has not but commented on any potential causes for the fireplace or mentioned in the event that they consider it was suspicious.
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HIGHLAND PARK, Ailing. (WLS) — Three ladies and their households had been good strangers up till the second tragedy introduced them collectively within the aftermath of Highland Park’s July 4th parade.
As Thanksgiving approaches, they’re united in goal and in gratitude for probably the most primary of all issues: life.
“I believed I used to be going to die,” Highland Park capturing survivor Liz Turnipseed mentioned. “That I used to be going to put there and I used to be going to bleed out and I used to be going to die.”
WATCH | Highland Park capturing survivor tells her story
“I used to be on the parade with my three grownup kids, my son-in-law and my 2-year-old grand child,” mentioned Debra Baum, with the Highland Park Gun Violence Mission. “Our complete household may have been worn out.”
“July third I had 70 folks at my home and the following day our life bought flipped the other way up,” capturing survivor Lindsay Hartman mentioned. “So I simply know for me, I am attempting to take pleasure in it and never spend an excessive amount of time previously.”
SEE ALSO | Highland Park parade capturing short-term memorial opens subsequent to metropolis corridor
For Lindsay, not spending an excessive amount of time previously means internet hosting Thanksgiving for 30. Liz, who was one of many almost 50 folks injured that day, nonetheless wants a cane to get round, so she’ll be catering the meal and having her complete household fly in. Debra shall be coming along with the identical household she was with on July 4.
“There are numerous households in Highland Park that do not have folks with them this Thanksgiving due to what occurred,” Baum mentioned. “It is a very weighty realization.”
However there’s additionally gratitude for random issues and other people, like for the proper strangers who took in Liz’s 3-year-old daughter for a few hours after she was shot. And the neighbor she’d by no means met earlier than who lent her a step stool for her mattress.
Turning ache into goal is what unites these ladies now as they foyer for an assault weapons ban in Congress. As a result of whereas life for them won’t ever be the identical, it does transfer on.
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WASHINGTON D.C. — The Biden administration is but once more extending the pause on federal scholar mortgage funds, a profit that started in March 2020 to assist individuals who have been struggling financially because of the Covid-19 pandemic, a supply conversant in the plan mentioned.
The Division of Training will announce it’s extending the freeze one other six months with the primary funds due two months after June 30, the supply mentioned, until a Supreme Courtroom resolution on the president’s scholar mortgage aid program comes first.
The administration had beforehand mentioned the latest extension could be the final, and funds have been scheduled to restart in January.
However the administration had additionally meant for its scholar mortgage forgiveness program to start canceling as much as $20,000 in debt for low- and middle-income debtors earlier than January. This system has but to be carried out because it faces a number of authorized challenges.
This story is breaking and can be up to date.
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