Chicago, IL
Mother of Lincoln Park shooting victim thanks good Samaritan who came to son’s aid
“I am simply glad that he was there as a result of I could not be. At the moment, my household could not have been there for Dakotah, and I am simply glad that anyone took the braveness to return out of their home and to be with him and maintain him holding on,” Pleasure Dobbs mentioned.
David Hussar heard the taking pictures at 3 a.m. on Could 6.
WATCH | Man struggles with suspect earlier than Lincoln Park taking pictures
“I mentioned, ‘hey man, I am right here to assist; maintain on, police are coming, ambulance is coming.’ Tried to speak to him and help him and say assistance is on the way in which and never to surrender,” Hussar mentioned.
It was these fast actions that Pleasure Dobbs mentioned may need saved her son’s life.
“There is not any phrases to thank him sufficient. He’ll all the time have my gratitude, all the time,” Dobbs mentioned.
For greater than two weeks, Earley has been preventing for his life within the hospital after being shot thrice whereas strolling down the sidewalk close to Wayne and Webster avenues after an armed robber approached him at gunpoint.
Lincoln Park residents meet with Chicago police over rising crime on North Facet
“To have it to degrade to this degree the place harmless individuals actually minding their very own enterprise are risking their life by strolling down the streets of Lincoln Park, there’s simply no phrases,” Ald. Brian Hopkins mentioned.
The taking pictures was all captured on surveillance video.
“I undergo from PTSD, so watching my son on video get gunned down has taken me to locations that I assumed I used to be really over,” Dobbs mentioned.
A 19-year-old man has since been charged for the taking pictures and several other different armed robberies on the North Facet.
Man, 19, charged in Lincoln Park taking pictures, theft that left man preventing for all times
“That man ought to’ve been in jail. As a substitute he was in entrance of my home taking pictures somebody. So I believe all of us want to return collectively and we want change within the metropolis,” Hussar mentioned.
Earley’s mom mentioned he is bettering daily. It is his birthday Tuesday, and he or she mentioned she’s simply glad they’ll have fun one other birthday together with her son.
“This violence in opposition to people, in opposition to people who find themselves identical to you, simply has to cease,” Dobbs mentioned.
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2 women found dead in Englewood home after fire, Chicago fire officials say
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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3 women united by Highland Park shooting now lobby for assault weapon ban
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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Biden to extend student loan repayment freeze as relief program is tied up in courts
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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