[♪♪♪] GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

PARIS SCHUTZ HAS THE EVENING OFF.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT.

>> THE JUDGE RULED THAT ROBERT CRIMO, III WOULD BE HELD WITHOUT BOND.

>> POLICE SAY THE MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING SEVEN PEOPLE CONSIDERED A SECOND ATTACK.

>> HE PURCHASED FIVE.

FIVE FIREARMS.

>> CALLS TO BAN ASSAULT WEAPONS FOLLOWING THE HIGHLAND PARK TRAGEDY.

A LOOK HOW THE ALLEGED GUNMAN OBTAINED THE GUNS LEGALLY.

>> PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY GENEROUS.

WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THIS WORK LONG-TERM.

>> HOW THE NORTH SHORE COMMUNITY IS COMING TOGETHER AS THEY WORK TOWARDS HEALING.

AS HIGHLAND PARK RESIDENTS DEAL WITH THE TRAUMA FOLLOWING THE ATTACK WE LOOK AT WHAT HELP IS AVAILABLE FOR THOSE WHO MAY NEED IT.

>> THE EXHIBITS THESE TENDENCIES TO A T. >> WHAT TO KNOW AND WATCH OUT FOR ABOUT ON-LINE GROUPS THAT GLORIFY VIOLENCE.

>> THIS CAN HAPPEN ANYWHERE.

>> OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM LOOKS AT THE VICE-PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO HIGHLAND PARK AND WHAT THE TRAGEDY COULD HAVE ON LEGISLATION.

>> A MUSICAL COMEDY BASED OND A CULT CLASSIC SCI-FI MOVIE.

>> I'M IN HIGHWOOD NEXT DOOR TO HIGHLAND PARK WHERE PEOPLE ARE COMING TOGETHER TO HEAL AND REMEMBER.

WE SPEAK TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS AS THEY ARE STEPPING UP TO DONATE FOOD AND RESOURCES TO THOSE AFFECTED.

WE WILL HAVE THAT AND MUCH MORE.

FIRST BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND NOW TO TOP STORIES... ESPROSECUTORS ARE REVEALING THE NAME OF THE SITETH PERSON KILLED.

THE PERSON APPEARED IN COURT VIA ZOOM.

A LAKE COUNTY JUDGE ORDERED 21-YEAR-OLD ROBERT CRIMO III TO BE HELD WITHOUT BOND.

WE WILL HAVE A BREAKDOWN OF CHARGES AND THE CHILLING NEW DETAILS ABOUT THE POTENTIAL SECOND SHOOTING CRIMO WAS CONSIDERING.

>> FORMER 11TH WARD ALDERMAN PATRICK DALEY THOMPSON WILL SPEND FOUR MONTHS IN PRISON FOR LYING TO FEDERAL BANK REGULATORS AND FILING FALSE TAX RETURNS.

A JUDGE HANDED DOWN THE SENTENCE WITH 12 MONTHS OF SUPERVISED RELEASE.

PATRICK DALEY THOMPSON WAS ONCE CONSIDERED THE HEIR APPARENT TO THE POLITICAL EMPIRE BUILT BY HIS GRANDFATHER FORMER MAYOR RICHARD J DALEY.

FEDERAL PROSECUTORS ASKED FOR TWO YEARS IN PRISON BUT THEY ARGUED THE SENTENCE IS UNFAIR AND UNJUST.

>> WHAT HAPPENED HERE IS A GRAVE MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE BROUGHT ON BY THE OVERZEALOUS PROSECUTION THAT BROUGHT A CASE THAT IS FAR BELOW THEIR OWN PROSECUTION GUIDELINES.

IT IS THE SMALLEST TAX LOSS CASE BROUGHT IN THIS DISTRICT IN THE LAST 10 YEARS.

>> THE PARENTS OF A PARK RIDGE BOY PINNED DOWN BY AN OFF DUTY POLICE SERGEANT SAY THEY INTEND TO SUE.

NICOLE NIEVES CALLED FOR THE SERGEANT TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

LAWYERS REPRESENTING THE BOY WHO IS OF PUERTO RICAN DECENT SAY THERE WAS NO DOUBT HE WAS RACIALLY PROFILED.

HE WAS MOVING RATHER THAN STEALING A BIKE THAT WAS BLOCKING THE SIDEWALK.

THE MOTHER SAYS PEOPLE WILL WATCH THE VIDEO AND ASSUME THEIR SON, A STRAIGHT A STUDENT AND MEMBER OF THE YOUTH MINISTRY DID SOMETHING WRONG.

>> WE SEE A SCARED, YET CONTROLLED ANDERLY CALM CHILD UNDERNEATH THE FORCE OF A GROWN MAN PRESSING DOWN ON HIM EXCESSIVELY WITH PHYSICAL FORCE, A GROWN MAN WHO DID NOT USE HIS WORDS BEFORE USING VIOLENCE.

>> UP NEXT, POLICE SAY THE ACCUSED GUNMAN IN THE HIGHLAND PARK MASS SHOOTING CONSIDERED A SECOND ATTACK IN A DIFFERENT CITY.

STAY WITH US.

>> Announcer: "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... >> THE MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING SEVEN PEOPLE AT HIGHLAND PARK FOURTH OF JULY PARADE IS BEING HELD WITHOUT BOND.

21-YEAR-OLD ROBERT CRIMO III APPEARED IN LAKE COUNTY COURT VIA ZOOM FOLLOWING THIS ARREST AFTER MONDAY'S MASS SHOOTING.

PROSECUTORS SAY CRIMO CONFESSED TO INVESTIGATORS TELLING THEM HE LOOKED DOWN HIS SIGHTS, AIMED AND OPENED FIRE AT PARADE GOERS.

>> THE STATEMENT WAS VOLUNTARY.

HE WAS QUESTIONED IN THE HIGHLAND PARK POLICE DEPARTMENT AND READ HIS MIRANDA WARNINGS AND OFFERED ATTORNEYS AND WENT INTO DETAILS WHAT HE HAD DONE.

HE ADMITTED TO WHAT HE HAD DONE.

>> AND WTTW NEWS REPORTER MATT MASTERSON JOINS US NOW WITH MORE.

MATT, WHAT ARE THE CHARGES THAT CRIMO IS FACING?

>> SO, AS OF RIGHT NOW, CRIMO IS FACING SEVEN CHARGES OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER.

THAT IS ONE FOR EACH PERSON KILLED IN MONDAY'S ATTACK.

PROSECUTORS ANNOUNCED THOSE CHARGES MADE CLEAR THEY ARE EXPECTING DOZENS MORE CHARGES TO BE FILED AGAINST HIM STEMMING FROM THE SHOOTING.

IT'S WORTH NOTING DURING PRESS CONFERENCE JOHN LAUSCH THE U.S. ATTORNEY WAS PRESENT IN HIGHLAND PARK AND WHILE CRIMO IS ONLY CHARGED IN STATE COURT AND LAUSCH SAID THE CHARGES ARE APPROPRIATE, IF THE FEDS ARE MONITORING THE SITUATION IT IS POSSIBLE HE COULD POTENTIALLY FACE ADDITIONAL CHARGES IN FEDERAL COURT DOWN THE LINE.

>> INVESTIGATORS AND PROSECUTORS HELD A NEWS CONFERENCE FOLLOWING TODAY'S BOND HEARING WHERE POLICE SAID CRIMO WAS CONSIDERING A SECOND ATTACK.

>> IT APPEARS WHEN HE DROVE TO MADISON HE WAS DRIVING AROUND.

HE DID SEE A CELEBRATION OCCURRING IN MADISON.

AND HE SERIOUSLY CONTEMPLATED USING THE FIREARM IN HIS VEHICLE TO COMMIT ANOTHER SHOOTING.

>> MATT, REMIND US WHAT THE TIMELINE AND THE REASONING POLICE SAY CRIMO WAS EVEN IN MADISON, WHY HE HEADED THERE?

>> POLICE SAY IT'S UNCLEAR WHY HE WENT INTO WISCONSIN.

IT DOES NOT APPEAR HE PLANNED TO GO TO MADISON SPECIFICALLY TO COMMIT ANOTHER ATTACK.

HE HAPPENED UPON THIS CELEBRATION AND IT WAS STILL IN POSSESSION OF A RIFLE AND AMMUNITION.

AS FOR THE TIMELINE, THE HIGHLAND PARK SHOOTING OCCURRED AROUND 10:15AM.

AND ALLEGEDLY TOOK HIS MOTHER'S VEHICLE AND DROVE INTO WISCONSIN.

THIS IMAGE HUNT WENT ON FOR HOURS.

THE POLICE CHIEF SAYS THEY WERE CONTACTED AT 5:00 P.M. THAT CRIMO MAY HAVE BEEN IN THE AREA.

AND THEN HE DID RETURN TO ILLINOIS WHERE HE WAS ARRESTED AROUND 6:30 THAT NIGHT.

>> THERE WAS CONFUSION TODAY AT THE BOND HEARING OVER CRIME POW'S LEGAL REPRESENTATION.

WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT?

>> SO IT WAS INITIALLY REPORTED YESTERDAY THAT PRIVATE ATTORNEY TOMORROW DURKIN WOULD BE REPRESENTING CRIMO.

BUT DURING THE BOND HEARING PRIMEAU INDICATED HE DID NOT HAVE AN ATTORNEY.

DURKIN TOLD THE CALL WHILE HE HAD BEEN RETAINED TO REPRESENT HIM GOING FORWARD, HE LEARNED OF A PERSONAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST THAT WAS GOING TO PREVENT HIM FROM REPRESENTING CRIMO.

INSTEAD, HE IS REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE.

>> OK. AND MATT WHAT IS NEXT?

>> HE WAS HELD WITHOUT BAIL TODAY.

HE IS CURRENTLY STAYING IN THE LAKE COUNTY JAIL THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THE CASE AND THE NEXT HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR JULY 28.

>> MATT MASTERSON THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANKS, BRANDIS.

>> YOU CAN READ MATT'S STORY ON OUR WEBSITE ALL AT WTTW.COM/NEWS.

>> AND WE'RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE WEAPON ROBERT CRIMO III IS SUSPECTED OF USING IN THIS MASS SHOOTING.

IT WAS A SMITH & WESSON M AND P15 SIMILAR TO AN AR-15 SEMIAUTOMATIC RIFLE WHO SAY THE HIGH POWERED RIFLE WAS LEGALLY OBTAINED.

WTTW NEWS REPORTER HEATHER CHERONE JOINS US NOW WITH MORE.

SO, THE GUN FOUND AT THE SCENE OF THE SHOOTING WAS ONE OF SEVERAL WEAPONS THE GUNMAN PURCHASERRED OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.

TELL US WHAT POLICE FOUND?

>> ROBERT CRIMO IIII PURCHASED FIVE WEAPONS DURING THAT TIME-FRAME INCLUDING TWO RIFLES SIMILAR TO THE ONE THAT POLICE SAY HE USED IN THE FOURTH OF JULY MASSACRE AND THEY WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY HIM BY TRACING THAT WEAPON WHICH WAS LEFT AT THE SITE OF THE MASSACRE.

POLICE SAID TODAY WHEN CRIMO APPEARED IN BOND COURT HE HAD THE SECOND RIFLE WITH HIM WHEN HE FLED HIGHLAND PARK AND DROVE TO MADISON, WISCONSIN WHERE HE CONSIDERED BUT DID NOT ATTACK ANOTHER FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION.

>> SO, AS WE MENTIONED THE WEAPONS WERE ALL LEGALLY PURCHASED AND ALSO PURCHASED AFTER POLICE HAD CONTACT WITH CRIMO TWICE.

TELL US ABOUT THE ENCOUNTERS, HEATHER?

>> IN APRIL 2019, POLICE RESPONDED TO CRIMO'S HOUSE AFTER HE MADE THREATS OF HARMING HIMSELF.

THEN, AGAIN, IN SEPTEMBER 2019, POLICE AGAIN RESPONDED AFTER THEY RECEIVED A REPORT THAT HE HAD THREATENED TO KILL MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY.

AT THAT TIME, POLICE REMOVED 16 KNIVES, A SWORD AND A DAGGER FROM CRIMO'S POSSESSION AND TURNED THEM OVER TO HIS FATHER.

NOW, NO ARRESTS WERE MADE BECAUSE HIS MOTHER DENIED THAT CRIMO MADE ANY THREAT ACCORDING TO THE ILLINOIS STATE POLICE.

>> ONE WOULD THINK THE INCIDENTS THEY WOULD HAVE COME UP IN A BACKGROUND CHECK WHEN APPLYING FOR THE FOID CARD.

IN ILLINOIS STATE POLICE SERGEANT HAD THIS TO SAY ABOUT THAT?

>> HE DID NOT HAVE A PENDING APPLICATION SO THERE WAS NOTHING TO REVIEW AT THAT TIME WHEN WE GOT THAT NOT INDICATION.

WE DIDN'T KNOW A FEW MONTHS LATER SOMETHING ELSE WOULD HAPPEN.

>> HOW IS IT POSSIBLE HE WAS ABLE TO PURCHASE THESE GUNS?

THE NOTIFICATION WE JUST HEARD THAT STATE POLICE OFFICER TALK ABOUT WAS A CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER NOTIFICATION.

NOW, THAT WARNING WAS ULTIMATELY DISMISSED BY THE ILLINOIS STATE POLICE BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT BE CORROBORATED.

BECAUSE IT WAS DISMISSED, IT DID NOT POP-UP IN ANY ONE OF THE FIVE BACKGROUND CHECKS THAT CRIMO UNDERWENT TO PURCHASE THE WEAPONS LEGALLY.

AND HE WAS ABLE TO DO SO WITH THE FIREARMS IDENTIFICATION CARD ISSUED AFTER HIS FATHER, ROBERT CRIMO JUNIOR SIGNED OFF ON THAT APPLICATION.

>> IN LIGHT OF THE TRAGEDY SOME OFFICIALS ARE CALLING FOR A BAN ON ASSAULT WEAPONS PURCHASES.

TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

>> MY POSITION AS A PUBLIC SAFETY PROFESSIONAL AS ONE OF THE MANY INDIVIDUALS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SAFETY OF THE PEOPLE IN LAKE COUNTY, WE SHOULD HAVE A STATE-WIDE AND NATIONAL BAN ON ASSAULT WEAPONS.

>> WE KNOW HIGHLAND PARK HAS SOME OF THE TOUGHER GUN CONTROL LAWS IN THE NATION YET THIS TRAGEDY STILL HAPPENED HERE.

GIVE US A BRIEF EXPLAINER WHAT STATE AND LOCAL GUN LAWS ARE IN PLACE THAT HAVE AN IMPACT?

>> WELL, EVEN THOUGH THE SALE AND POSSESSION OF ASSAULT WEAPONS ARE BANNED IN HIGHLAND PARK, THEY ARE NOT BANNED ELSEWHERE IN ILLINOIS OR IN NEIGHBORING STATES SUCH AS WISCONSIN, INDIANA AND TIME AND AGAIN, BRANDIS, IT'S REPORT ON HEINOUS CRIMES WHERE GUNS CROSSED STATE BORDERS OR PURCHASED LEGALLY AND BROUGHT INTO JURISDICTIONS WHERE THEY WOULD BE OTHERWISE BANNED.

WE ARE WAITING TO FIND OUT IF ROBERT CRIMO USED A HIGHLAND PARK ADDRESS TO PURCHASE THE ASSAULT WEAPONS HE HAD.

IF HE DID, THAT COULD BE IN VIOLATION OF HIGHLAND PARK'S BAN AND COULD END UP WITH MORE CHARGES COMING IN THE FUTURE.

>> A LOT MORE QUESTIONS I'M SURE WILL COME UP IN THE FUTURE AS WELL.

WE'LL SEE YOU LATER FOR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND YOU CAN FIND HEATHER'S STORY ON WTTW.COM/NEWS.

>> UP NEXT, WE'RE LIVE FROM HIGHWOOD NEXT TO HIGHLAND PARK WHERE THERE IS A VIGIL GOING ON THIS EVENING.

STAY WITH US.

>> IT'S BEEN MORE THAN 48 HOURS SINCE THE DEADLY MASS SHOOTING TOOK PLACE IN HIGHLAND PARK.

THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN BANDING TOGETHER TO HELP THOSE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THE TRAGEDY.

"CHICAGO TONIGHT'S" JOANNA HERNANDEZ JOINS US FROM A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL IN THE NEIGHBORING COMMUNITY OF HIGHWOOD AS PEOPLE COME TOGETHER TORE A CEREMONY.

>> WE ARE IN EVERETTS PARK AND THERE IS A MARKET HAPPENING HERE BUT TODAY THE COMMUNITY IS COMING TOGETHER TO MOURN AND TRY TO BEGIN TO HEAL AS A COMMUNITY.

I WILL STEP OUT OF THE WAY SO YOU CAN SEE OUT HERE.

A FEW HUNDRED PEOPLE HAVE GATHERED.

THERE'S PEOPLE HOLDING FLOWERS AND CANDLES AND OTHERS WITH T-SHIRTS SAYING HIGHLAND PARK STRONG.

CAN YOU FEEL THE PRESENCE OF COMMUNITY.

THE MAYOR OF HIGHWOOD, CHARLIE WILL BE SPEAKING FOLLOWING A CEREMONY LED BY A RABBI.

AND WE SPENT THE DAY TALKING TO PEOPLE TRYING TO HELP IN ANYWAY THEY CAN.

WE VISITED A LOCAL RESTAURANT IN HIGHWOOD WHERE THE OWNER IS SERVING FREE FOOD TO THOSE AFFECTED.

>> I'VE BEEN HERE MY WHOLE LIFE AND EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED AND I KNEW SO MANY PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE THAT GOT HURT, HAD THEIR GRANDKIDS AND THEIR KIDS.

I FELT HELPLESS.

THE ONLY THING I NOW HOW TO DO WELL IS FOOD.

>> DARCY MOSCONI OF SANDY'S RESTAURANT HAS BEEN SERVING UP FREE MEALS AND DELIVERING THEM TO FAMILIES WHO ARE IMPACTED BY MONDAY'S VIOLENCE.

>> A LADY BROKE HER LEG PROTECTING HERSELF AND HER GRANDKIDS FROM BULLETS AND HER HUSBAND CALLED AND SAID I WANT TO MAKE HER TO KNOW SHE IS LOVED.

SO I WENT OVER THERE.

AND I HUNG OUT WITH THEM AND BROUGHT THEM DINNER.

>> DARCY MOSCONI SAYS WORD GOT OUT AND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DONATING MONEY AS THEY STOP IN FOR A BITE.

>> COMING IN GIVING ME CHECKS AND CASH FOR THE FOOD.

>> I DIDN'T WANT ANYTHING.

I DID THIS -- I WANT TO PAY IT FORWARD BUT EVERYBODY SAID, LET PEOPLE HELP YOU HELP PEOPLE.

>> AT HIGHLAND PARK HIGH SCHOOL GRIEF COUNSELORS HAVE BEEN BUSY ASSISTING FAMILIES.

THE PRINCIPAL DEBBY FINN SAYS MORE THAN 300 PEOPLE WALKED IN FOR COUNSELING SERVICES.

>> TODAY IT IS A LITTLE SMALLER SCALE BECAUSE THE 2350EDER DISTRICTS MOVED IT TO THEIR SCHOOLS BECAUSE THE FAMILIES KNOW THE SCHOOLS.

BUT AGAIN, I THINK WE'VE HAD A STEADY FLOW ALL DAY TODAY.

THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WALKING THROUGH OUR DOOR, AND INCLUDING EGG SANDWICHES.

>> NICOLE LEON HAVE BEEN WALKING IN AND OUT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL DONATING ANYTHING FROM FOOD TO TOYS.

>> THERE WAS A PAGE ON FACEBOOK THAT WAS MADE CALLED HIGHLAND PARK STRONG.

AND I SAW THEY NEEDED LITTLE CHILDREN WERE ASKING FOR HOT WHEELS AND WE HAD A BUCKET FULL THAT WE CAN DONATE.

>> ON TOP OF THE SERVICES HIGHLAND PARK HIGH SCHOOL ARE OFFERING THE F.B.I.

AND THE RED CROSS SETUP A TRAUMA CENTER OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL AND ARE EXPECTED TO BE THERE UNTIL FRIDAY.

DEBBY FINN SAYS THE OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT HAS BEEN EXTRAORDINARY AND THEY ARE WORKING ON A PLAN TO HELP FAMILIES UNTIL THE SCHOOL YEAR STARTS IN AUGUST.

>> THE OUTPOURING OF LOVE WE NEED THIS.

WHEN YOU COME FROM IF YOUR PARENTS, AND [INAUDIBLE] IT'S JUST SURREAL.

SO WE HAVE TO LOOK INSIDE OURSELVES.

>> ORGANIZATIONS FROM AROUND THE CITY HAVE BEEN VOLUNTEERING THEIR SERVICES.

WE'VE SEEN PEOPLE WALKING INTO THE HIGH SCHOOL WITH THERAPY DOGS AS WELL AS LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS COMING TO HELP.

>> WE'RE HOPING IS TO BE ABLE TO GET INTO THE HIGH SCHOOL, THE BUSINESSES, WHERE THE EPICENTER IS AT.

WE WENT TO TALK WITH HIGHLAND PARK PUBLIC WORKS OFFICES.

STAFF WHO WERE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF EVERYTHING.

NEXT WE'RE GOING TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND TALK TO THE FIRST-RESPONDERS AND GIVE THEM BRIEFS THERE.

>> WE KNOW FAMILY SERVICES OF LAKE COUNTY IS ALSO OFFERING FREE THERAPY AT THE CENTER ON CENTRAL AVENUE.

AND THE FAMILY IS TAKEN EVERYONE'S STUFF TO THE HIGH SCHOOL AND PEOPLE CAN COME DOWN AND START RECOVERING THEIR THINGS.

WE ARE IN EVERETTS PARK WHERE CEREMONY IS EXPECTED TO TAKE PLACE ANY MINUTE.

THERE'S HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE OUT HERE WITH FLOWERS, CANDLES TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT.

BRANDIS, I SEND IT BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> SADLY RNGHTS MASS SHOOTINGS, GUN VIOLENCE AND THE TRAUMA THEY BRING ARE AN ALL TOO FAMILIAR PART OF MODERN AMERICAN LIFE.

AND HIGHLAND PARK RESIDENTS ARE REELING FROM THE TRAGEDY THAT STRUCK THEIR COMMUNITY MANY MAY NEED HELP PROCESSING WHAT HAPPENED.

JOINING US ARE ORSON MORRISON, DIRECTOR OF DePAUL UNIVERSITY'S FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES CLINIC.

AND A CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST WITH EXPERIENCE WITH WORKING WITH CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IMPACTED BY TRAUMA AND COMMUNITY VIOLENCE.

AND CANDICE NORCUTT, A CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST AND SPECIALIST IN TRAUMA-INFORMED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR ADOLESCENTS AND ADULTS AT U CHICAGO MEDICINE.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

ORSON MORRISON, OF COURSE, UNFORTUNATELY, AMERICA HAS ALL TOO MUCH EXPERIENCE WITH THE MASS SHOOTINGS IN RECENT YEARS.

DOES THAT MEAN FROM A MENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVE HAVE WE DEVELOPED UNFORTUNATELY A PLAYBOOK TO HELP COMMUNITIES RECOVER FROM THESE KINDS OF TRAGEDIES?

>> YES, UNFORTUNATELY WE CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT THESE VERY, VERY TRAGIC ISSUES.

AS A RESULT WE'VE HAD TO KIND OF DEVELOP SOME SORT OF A PLAYBOOK IN TERMS OF THE RESPONSE.

I THINK THAT IN AN ATTEMPT TO COPE, OUR PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL SYMPTOMS BECOME SO OVERWHELMED OFTEN THAT WE OFTEN START TO NUMB OUT OR BECOME DETACHED.

SO THE PROBLEM WITH THIS SORT OF AN ATTEMPT TO COPE IS THAT IT ALSO DROWNS OUT OUR MORE POSITIVE EMOTIONS LIKE HAPPINESS AND JOY.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO FIND WAYS TO PROCESS OUR PAIN AND OUR GRIEF.

AS INDIVIDUALS AND AS COMMUNITIES.

AND THIS LOOKS DIFFERENT FOR EVERYBODY IT COULD INVOLVE MINDFULNESS MEDITATION OR SPENDING TIME OUTSIDE.

OR EXERCISE OR MOVEMENT OR JOURNALING OR SPENDING TIME TALKING ABOUT THE TRAGEDIES WITH LOVED ONES.

UNFORTUNATELY, THERE'S YEAH, MUCH NEED TO FIND WAYS TO COPE WITH THESE TRAGIC EVENTS.

>> AND OF COURSE THE FACT IS THIS WAS A FOURTH OF JULY PARADE.

WHICH IN AND OF ITSELF WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN A JOYOUS EVENT.

CANDICE NORCUTT DOES THE CONTEXT IN WHICH PEOPLE EXPERIENCED THIS TRAUMA UP NEXT TO SOMETHING SUPPOSED TO BE HAPPY AND JOYFUL DOES THAT IMPACT HOW PEOPLE DEAL WITH WHAT HAPPENED?

>> OFTENTIMES WHEN PEOPLE FEEL TAKEN OFF GUARD OR SURPRISED THAT CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THE SHOCK AND OVERWHELM THAT THEY FEEL.

LIKE Dr. MORRISON WAS SAYING PART OF A FEATURE OF TRAUMA IS HAVING YOUR COPING MECHANISMS OVERWHELMED WHICH HAPPENS MORE OFTEN WHEN YOU FEEL SURPRISED YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU ARE ABLE TO GEAR UP FOR SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE DIFFICULT FOR AN ADVERSITY.

IT ALSO CAN IMPACT HOW YOU REMEMBER EVENTS.

LIKE A FEATURE OF TRAUMA IS THAT MEMORY IS IMPACTED THE WAY YOU THINK ABOUT THE WORLD.

SO YOU CAN COME OUT OF AN EVENT LIKE THAT AND HAVE THOUGHTS LIKE NOTHING IS SAFE.

YOU CAN'T LET YOUR GUARD DOWN AT ALL.

YOU KNOW, I'M NEVER GOING TO RELAX AGAIN BECAUSE THAT IS WHEN THINGS HAPPEN.

AND THAT CAN IMPACT RECOVERY.

AND FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE EFFICACY OVER YOURSELF, YOUR LIFE AND YOUR COMMUNITY AND BE A HINDDER RENS FROM RECOVERING FROM TRAMA.

WE THINK ABOUT SAYING YES, WE CAN BE SURPRISED BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT CAN HELP US YOUR FAME AND COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER, YOU CAN TELL YOUR STORY.

A POWERFUL PART OF RECOVERY IS WHEN YOU ARE READY.

YOU NEVER WANT TO FORCE SOMEBODY TO TELL THEIR STORY.

WHEN YOU ARE READY HAVING THEM TO SHARE THE EVENTS CAN BE POWERFUL BECAUSE YOU CAN FILL IN THE FRAS MEANT FRAGMENTED MEMORIES WITH THE EXPERIENCE.

RECOGNIZE THERE WERE HELPERS THERE.

AND RECOGNIZE THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT COME TOGETHER AND YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY ARE AROUND TO HELP YOU.

YOU DID HELP OTHER PEOPLE EVEN IF YOU FELT LIKE YOU WERE HELPLESS THESE ARE ALL POWERFUL PARTS OF CREATING A BROADER NARRATIVE AFTER THIS TRAUMATIC TYPES OF EVENTS.

>> AND THIS EVENT ATTRACTED FAMILIES, EVERYBODY OF ALL AGES.

ORSON MORRISON, IS THERE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HOW CHILDREN MIGHT PROCESS THIS VERSUS TEENS AND OLDER ADULTS?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

I MEAN, ALL OF THESE SYMPTOMS AND THE WAY IN WHICH FOLKS REACT TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION ONE'S AGE, ONE'S DEVELOPMENTAL LEVEL, ONE'S EMOTIONAL LEVEL.

SO IT IS NOT UNCOMMON FOR IN PARTICULAR VERY YOUNG CHILDREN TO BE EXTRA CLINGY WITH THEIR ADULT CAREGIVERS.

NOT WANTING TO SEPARATE.

YOU MAY START TO NOTICE REENACTMENTS OF FORMS OF THE TRAUMA IN THE CHILD'S PLAY FOR INSTANCE.

CHILDREN VERY YOUNG CHILDREN DON'T OFTEN HAVE THE WORDS TO TALK ABOUT IT IN MORE DIRECT VERBAL WAYS.

SO YOU MAY START TO NOTICE IRRITABILITY OR AGGRESSIVE PLAY OR SLEEP DIFFICULTIES IN YOUNGER CHILDREN.

I DO THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO TALK TO YOUNG CHILDREN ABOUT THESE SORTS OF EVENTS.

AND AS MUCH AS WE AS PARENTS AND ADULTS MAY NOT WANT TO ADDRESS THESE VERY, VERY DIFFICULT AND TRAUMATIC ISSUES WITH OUR CHILDREN, TO COME DEGREE OUR CHILDREN KNOW THROUGH FRIENDS OR MEDIA EXPOSURE.

SO BY NOT TALKING DIRECTLY TO THEM WE'RE COMMUNICATING TO THEM THAT IT'S TOO THREATENING TO HAVE THESE SORTS OF CONVERSATIONS.

AND I THINK CONVERSATIONS WITH CHILDREN CAN BE A REALLY POWERFUL WAY TO MODEL TO CHILDREN THAT IT'S ESSENTIAL, THAT IT IS OK TO TALK ABOUT THESE DIFFICULT SITUATIONS.

AND THAT YOU ARE THERE FOR THEM TO SUPPORT THEM.

>> AND CANDICE NORCUTT, HOW DO YOU KNOW IF YOURSELF OR A LOVED ONE OR A FRIEND IS STILL STRUGGLING TO PROCESS THIS AND NEEDS HELP?

>> WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT RECOVERY AFTER TRAUMATIC EVENTS IS MOST PEOPLE HAVE A RESPONSE.

MOST PEOPLE FEEL DISORGANIZED, FEEL SHOOK UP.

BUT WHEN YOU SEE SYMPTOMS SUCH AS AVOIDANCE, NIGHTMARES, IRRITABILITY, THAT IS LASTING A MONTH AFTER, THAT IS WHEN YOU CAN ENCOURAGE SOMEBODY TO GET HELP.

ALSO IF SOMEBODY IS USING SUBSTANCES IN A WAY THAT THEY HAVEN'T BEFORE OR RETURNING TO THEM IN AN UNHEALTHY WAY, DRINKING MORE, THEY WERE IN RECOVERY FROM A SUBSTANCE USE ISSUE AND NOW ARE RETURNING TOWARDS OLD HABITS.

THOSE ARE TIMES WHEN YOU CAN HOLD-UP THE MIRROR AND SAY I THINK WE NEED TO GET YOU HELP.

AND I THINK A GOOD RULE OF THUMB IF YOU ARE THINKING THAT TALKING TO SOMEBODY, TALKING TO A THERAPIST, A COUNSELOR, A TRUSTED ADVISER, IF YOU ARE THINKING IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL DO IT.

IF YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT IT JUST GO FOR IT.

REACHING OUT FOR HELP IS NEVER A BAD IDEA.

I THINK THAT WHAT'S KNOWN AND SOMETIMES MISTAKEN IS THE FIRST FORM OF INTERVENTION AFTER A CATASTROPHIC EVENT OR DISASTER OFTEN IS NOT THERAPY.

WE TALK ABOUT PSYCHOLOGICAL FIRST AID AND THAT IS THE CONSENSUS AROUND RESEARCHERS AND PEOPLE DO WORK WITH DISASTERS THAT OFFERING SAFETY, CALMNESS, CONNECTION TO OTHERS AND OPPORTUNITY TO EMPOWERMENT IS THE VERY FIRST THING WE SHOULD BE DOING WITH SURVIVORS.

>> GOOD TO THINK ABOUT.

THAT IS WHERE WE HAVE TO LEAVE IT.

THANKS TO CANDICE NORCUTT AND ORSON MORRISON FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT"... HOW RESIDENTS FROM HIGHLAND PARK ARE COMING TOGETHER FOLLOWING THE FOURTH OF JULY TRAGEDY WE HAVE ANOTHER LIVE REPORT.

PLUS THE ON-LINE TRAIL LEFT BY THE ALLEGED HIGHLAND PARK SHOOTER IS DISTURBING AND MAY HAVE SHOWN SOME WARNING SIGNS.

>> OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM ON VICE-PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS' VISIT TO HIGHLAND PARK.

AND WHETHER GUN LAW ALSO TIGHTEN.

>> AND MEET THE CREATIVE TEAM BEHIND A MUSICAL COMEDY BASED ON THE CULT CLASSIC MOVIE "IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE".

>> FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> AS THE CHICAGO AIR AND WATER SHOW MAKES PLANS TO RETURN TO THE SKIES IN AUGUST, MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT SAYS THE CITY IS MAKING SURE AUDIENCES CAN STAY SAFE.

SHE DIRECTED HER TEAM INCLUDING CHICAGO FIRE, POLICE AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TO EXAMINE SAFETY PRANS TO SEE IF THERE ARE CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE IN LIGHT OF THE SHOOTING IN HIGHLAND PARK AND PHILADELPHIA OVER THE HOLIDAY.

>> SO WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME AND TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY MAKING SURE THAT IN THESE LARGE EVENTS THAT COME TO OUR CITY A TIME OF JOY AND CELEBRATION, WE HAVE VISITORS AND RESIDENTS ALIKE THAT ATTEND THESE THAT WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE.

>> THE AIR AND WATER SHOW IS AUGUST 21, 21 ON THE -- 20 AND THE 21, WITH THE BLUE ANGELS RETURNING.

>> RAVINIA FESTIVAL IS SELLING EVENTS THROUGH SUNDAY IN THE WAKE OF THE HIGHLAND PARK MASS SHOOTING.

THE ORGANIZATION SAYS... CONCERTS BY CHERYL CROWE AND JOHN FOGARTY ARE AMONG THE IMPACTED EVENTS.

TICKET HOLDERS WILL RECEIVE A REFUND BY AUGUST 1.

AND THE CITY OF HIGHLAND PARK SAYS IT'S CANCELING EVENTS THROUGH JULY SEVENTEEN 16!

THE BOTANIC GARDEN IS OFFERING A GREEN ESCAPE.

THE ORGANIZATION LOCATED IN GLENCOE IS OFFERING FREE ADMISSION AND PARKING THROUGH SUNDAY IN LIGHT OF THE MASS SHOOTING IN HIGHLAND PARK.

ENTRY TO THE GARDEN WILL BE FREE FROM 3:00 P.M.-8:00 P.M. WITH NO RESERVATIONS REQUIRED.

>> THE ALLEGED HIGHLAND PARK SHOOTER LEFT A DIGITAL TRAIL AND INDICATIVE OF A PATTERN SPECIALISTS OFTEN SEE AMONG MASS SHOOTERS.

AMANDA VINICKY JOINS US WITH MORE ON WHAT IS BEHIND THAT TREND AND WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT.

AMANDA?

>> BRANDIS, THERE'S NO SURPRISE THAT INTERNET USE SKYROCKETED DURING THE PANDEMIC WHEN PEOPLE WERE AT HOME USING COMPUTERS TO MAKE CONNECTIONS WITH OTHERS.

ON-LINE ACCOUNTS SHOWED THE ALLEGED HIGHLAND PARK SHOOTER WAS AMONG THEM BUT ON DIFFERENT PLATFORMS THAN THE ZOOM WE ARE USING.

BRIAN LEVIN IS DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF HATE AND EXTREMISM AT CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY SAN BERNADINO HE DESCRIBES IT AS USING DARK CORNERS OF THE INTERNET THAT ARE ATTRACTIVE TO PEOPLE WHO ARE ANGRY AND PREDISPOSED TO VIOLENCE.

>> IT GLORIFIES AND AMPLIFIES AND DIRECTS WHERE IT SHOULD GO.

AS A CONSTELLATION.

WE ARE LOOKING THROUGH IT THIS GROUP IS MORE VIOLENT OR IMMORAL.

WHAT I'M SAYING IS TACTICS AND ANGER HAVE THEIR OWN IDENTITY IN A VERY DYSFUNCTIONAL ON-LINE WORLD.

>> FOR PURPOSES OF THIS STORY, WE ARE INTENTIONALLY NOT GOING TO GIVE SPECIFICS OF THOSE PLATFORMS AND THERE IS A REASON FOR THAT.

DEPUTY DIRECT FOR FOR MIDDLEBURY'S CENTER ON TERRORISM, EXTREMISM AND COUNTERTERRORISM, SAYS THE DARK CORNERS OF THE INTERNET AS FISHING NETS WHO BRING PEOPLE IN WHO MAY NOT BE INTENTIONALLY LOOKING FOR THE SITES.

LIKE GOING SHOPPING ON-LINE AND THE INTERNET BRINGS UP A NEW STORE.

AND YOU ARE ON THE MAILING LIST AND BECOME A CUSTOMER.

EXCEPT THIS IS MORE SINISTER MORE VIOLENT.

ALEX NEWHOUSE SAYS THE SHOOTER IS A PATTERN OF MASS SHOOTERS AND VIOLENT PEOPLE WHO SPEND THEIR TIME ON-LINE IN THIS WAY.

>> THE SHOOTER WAS HEAVILY IMMERSED IN COMMUNITIES THAT ARE OBSESSED WITH GORE AND WITH HYPER GRAPHIC DEPICTIONS OF HUMAN ANATOMY HARM.

SO THAT STYLE OF BEING -- THAT IS LIKE THE TYPE OF COMMUNITY IS ONE OF THOSE INDICATORS THAT WE'VE BEEN IDENTIFYING WITH THIS PATTERN OF SHOOTER.

>> ROBERT CRIMO WAS HEAVILY INVOLVED IN STORYTELLING THAT INCLUDES ALTERNATIVE REALITY COMMUNITIES.

NOW, THESE ARE NOT VIDEO GAMES.

RATHER THEY ARE DESCRIBED AS FICTION CREATION AND PUZZLE SOLVING SYSTEMS AND PROGRAMS.

>> THE THEY OFTEN DO WHAT THEY WILL DISPLAY IS IN A BURGEONING INABILITY TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE STORY AND THE FICTION AND REALITY.

AND THEY WILL TALK TO THIS.

THEY WILL TALK ABOUT MAKING THE STORY REAL.

THEY WILL TALK ABOUT THE FACTS THAT REALITY DOESN'T REALLY EXIST FOR THEM ANYMORE OR TIME HAS BEEN SORT OF DESTROYED FOR THEIR MENTAL STATE.

>> OFTEN ON THE SITES THERE IS AN OBSESSION WITH MASS SHOOTERS.

PEOPLE WHO WRITE LOVE LETTERS TO THE LONG DECEASED COLUMBINE SHOOTERS.

AND AS HE INDICATED THE EPITOME OF THAT PROCESS COULD BE WANTING TO MAKE THAT FICTION REALITY.

BECOMING SO ENGROSSED NOT ONLY DOES THE PHYSICAL WORLD NOT MATTER THERE IS A BELIEF IT SHOULD BE DESTROYED.

>> IT IS A COMPLICATED AND FRINGE WAY OF INTERACTING WITH COMMUNITIES.

AND ONESELF.

AND WE ARE JUST AT THE VERY BEGINNING STAGES OF UNDERSTANDING IT.

BY THE HIGHLAND PARK SHOOTER EXHIBITS THESE TENDENCIES TO A T. >> CRIMO REPORTEDLY WENT THROUGH A PERIOD OF ALIENATION AND ISOLATION TWO YEARS BEFORE MONDAY'S MASSACRE.

HE DID NOT JUST FIND REFUGE IN THE CORNERS OF THE WEB HE HAD A SPOTIFY CHANNEL THAT GOT A LOT OF HITS AND TOOK A TELLING TURN MOVING FROM HIP-HOP TO NOISE.

ALSO A YouTube VIDEO APPEARED IN WHICH HE WORE TACTICAL GEAR AND IT FEATURED A CARTOONS OF A MASS SHOOTING.

CERTAINLY THERE ARE A LOT OF AGGRESSIVE VIDEOS, SONG LYRICS THAT DO NOT LEAD TO VIOLENCE, ALEX NEWHOUSE SAYS CRIMO'S POSTS HAD SIGNS.

SO WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THAT?

HE SAYS THAT PART OF THE ANSWER IS HELPING TO EDUCATE TECH COMPANIES WHAT TO LOOK FOR.

THEY CAN USE THE KNOWLEDGE THEY HAVE.

TO FERRET OUT THIS PLATFORMS ON-LINE FOR THOSE LIKE CRIMO HE PUTS IN ANOTHER CATEGORY MORE OF SHEAR VIOLENCE FOR THE SAKE OF VIOLENCE.

>> IT WILL TAKE TIME TO GET THERE BUT WE DO HAVE THE TOOLBOX TO DO IT FROM A TECH COMPANY AND POLICY MAKER STANDPOINT.

AND THEN FROM THE PUBLIC STANDPOINT BEING AWARE OF THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WORSHIP MASS SHOOTERS.

BE AWARE OF THAT.

IF YOU START SEEING PEOPLE FIXATING ON COLUMBINE THAT IS SOMETHING, TOO, IF YOU ARE DOUBTFUL ABOUT THAT, THAT IS A RED FLAG TO BE WORRIED ABOUT.

>> A FORMER POLICE OFFICER, ALSO SAYS GUN CONTROL SHOULD BE PART OF THE SOLUTION.

SAYS BANNING THOSE SO-CALLED ASSAULT WEAPONS NEEDS TO BE PART OF THAT.

KEEPING GUNS FROM THOSE WHO ARE CLEARLY DANGEROUS.

>> THIS IS WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU HAVE A SOCIETY THAT FETISHIZES VIOLENCE AS WELL AS WEAPONRY.

AND IT'S CERTAINLY DONE IN CERTAIN POLITICAL SUBCULTURES BUT IT'S ENDEMIC THROUGHOUT OUR SOCIETY.

>> ALEX NEWHOUSE AGREES THIS SORT OF MISS CONTENT IS BECOMING MORE MAINSTREAM.

HE HOPES HE IS WRONG BUT HE EXPECTS THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS WILL HAPPEN AGAIN.

AGAIN, HE RECOMMENDS THAT IF YOU NOTICE ANY OF THESE RED FLAGS, REPORT IT TO A TECH COMPANY AND ALSO REPORT IT TO THE F.B.I.

THEY HAVE FIELD OFFICES THAT LOOK INTO THIS SORT OF THING.

HE SAYS THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET TO THE ROOT CAUSES THAT SENSE OF ISOLATION OFTEN EXPERIENCED BY YOUTH, TEENS, MALES AT A RELATIVELY YOUNG AGE.

SO CONNECTING THEM WITH PSYCHIATRISTS, SCHOOL LEADERS AND GETTING THEM THE COPING SKILLS.

WITH THAT, BRANDIS, BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU AND OF COURSE OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM IS BACK TOGETHER AGAIN TO BREAKDOWN POSSIBLE GUN LEGISLATION THAT WAKE OF THE HIGHLAND PARK PARADE SHOOTING.

OF COURSE, BACK WITH ALL OF THAT AND MORE ARE AMANDA VINICKY AND HEATHER CHERONE.

SO TEAM LET'S START WITH THE HIGHLAND PARK PARADE.

THE FOURTH OF JULY PARADE SHOOTING.

VICE-PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS VISITING THE SITE SPEAKING TO RESIDENTS YESTERDAY.

HERE IS SOME OF WHAT SHE SAID.

>> GOT TO BE SMARTER AS A COUNTRY IN TERMS OF WHO HAS ACCESS TO WHAT AND PARTICULAR ASSAULT WEAPONS.

AND, UM, WE GOT TO TAKE THIS STUFF SERIOUSLY.

AS SERIOUSLY AS YOU ARE BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN FORCED TO TAKE IT SERIOUSLY.

THE WHOLE NATION SHOULD UNDERSTAND AND HAVE A LEVEL OF EMPATHY TO UNDERSTAND THIS CAN HAPPEN ANYWHERE.

>> WHO IS THE VICE-PRESIDENT ADDRESSING WHEN SHE SAYS WE HAVE TO TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY?

IS SHE TALKING ABOUT POLITICIANS WHO HAVE BEEN AGAINST TIGHTER GUN CONTROL LAWS?

>> SHE SURE IS.

AND SPECIFICALLY THE REPUBLICANS THAT CONTROL 50 SEATS IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE.

THEY ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE BLOCKED SIGNIFICANT PIECES OF GUN CONTROL LEGISLATION EVEN THOUGH THE BIPARTISAN GUN CONTROL BILL WAS PASSED AFTER THE SCHOOL SHOOTING IN TEXAS, BUT YOU HEARD THE VICE-PRESIDENT THERE SAYING THAT IT'S DIFFERENT WHEN IT HAPPENS TO YOUR COMMUNITY.

AND IT COULD HAPPEN IN ANY COMMUNITY AND THE CURRENT SOLUTIONS SEEM TO BE WOEFULLY INEFFECTIVE.

>> GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER CLAPPING BACK AT THE NRA YESTERDAY.

COULD HIS SIGNIFICANT WEALTH MAKE A DIFFERENCE AGAINST THE GUN LOBBY?

>> THIS IS IN REFERENCE TO SOCIAL MEDIA WHERE THE NRA SENT OUT A TWEET SAYING THAT REALLY THE MAJORITY OF THESE THINGS HAPPENED IN GUN FREE ZONES.

FOR EXAMPLE, HIGHLAND PARK HAS AN ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN AND THE GOVERNOR SAYING HEY, GET ROUGH AND TOUGH AND SAYING DON'T EVEN REALLY.

COULD HIS MONEY MAKE A DIFFERENCE?

SURE HE HAS THROWN IT AROUND A LOT NOT ONLY FOR HIS OWN CAMPAIGNS AND TO BOOST DURING THE PRIMARY HIS NOW OPPONENT IN THE ILLINOIS GOVERNOR'S RACE.

BUT FOR A LONGTIME, REALLY IN NATIONAL POLITICS.

THAT SAID, IT'S NOT AS IF HE IS GOING TO BE GIVING TO ANY OF THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES OR U.S.

SENATORS ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE.

I DON'T THINK THAT THAT IS GOING TO SBA THOSE HIS MONEY IS NOT GOING TO BE A FACTOR IN THE DISTRICTS WHERE THE NRA, WHERE MEASURES THAT PROTECT ACCESS TO ANY TYPE OF GUN, INCLUDING SAY, AR-15'S IS VERY POPULAR.

>> LAWMAKERS ARE CALLING FOR A SPECIAL SESSION FOR GUN LEGISLATION.

WOULD CHANGING STATE LAWS HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE IN ALLOWING THIS SUSPECT TO HAVE BOUGHT THE ASSAULT WEAPON HE USED THE SMITH & WESSON M AND P15?

>> WE HEARD FROM ILLINOIS STATE POLICE DIRECTOR BRENDON KELLY THERE WERE NO ERRORS MADE WHEN ROBERT CRIMO THE MAN WHO HAS BEEN CHARGED CAN SEVEN COUNTS OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER WAS ISSUED A FIREARMS IDENTIFICATION CARD.

THERE WAS NOTHING THAT THE BACKGROUND CHECK OR THE APPLICATION SHOULD HAVE PICKED UP THAT DIDN'T.

HOWEVER, QUESTIONS REMAIN ABOUT WHY SOMEBODY WHO HAD KNIVES AND SWORDS AND DAGGERS SEIZED FROM HIM MERE MONTHS BEFORE AFLYING FOR A FIREARM IDENTIFICATION CARD WAS ALLOWED TO GET THAT CARD.

THERE WILL BE A LOT OF QUESTIONS WHETHER THE SYSTEM AS IT'S CONSTRUCTED NOW IS EFFECTIVE AND WHETHER IT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED.

>> IF I COULD JUMP IN HERE BRIEFLY.

OFTEN THIS IS TASKED AS A PARTISAN ISSUE.

IN ILLINOIS IT IS NOT SOLELY THAT NOR FRANKLY SOLELY ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL.

DEMOCRATS DO HAVE CONTROL OF STATE-WIDE OFFICE, SUPREME COURT AND MAJORS IN BOTH CHAMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND YET HAVE COME UP SORT IN ATTEMPTS OF THEIR OWN TO GET TIGHTER ON GUN CONTROL.

FOR EXAMPLE, RECENT LEGISLATION DID ALLOW FOR FINGERPRINTING ONLY IF PEOPLE WANTED TO SPEED UP THE APPLICATION.

NOT ACROSS THE BOARD.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS NOT HAD SUPPORT IN ILLINOIS.

THE ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN THAT ILLINOIS HAS IS ONLY FOR THOSE OVER 21.

ILLINOIS DOES NOT HAVE SOMETHING THAT MANY POLITICIANS ARE CALLING FOR ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL.

GRANTED GUNS ACROSS BORDERS.

AND WE HAVE NOT SEEN -- WE'VE SEEN AN OUTCRY FOR ACTION BUT WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN SPECIFICS AND HEATHER IS RIGHT, THERE'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE CALLS FOR WAIT, WHAT IS THIS FOID PROCESS FOR IF IT WAS FOLLOWED TO THE LETTER OF THE LAW, NONETHELESS, DID IT FAIL?

>> WHY DIDN'T IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

HOURS AFTER THE HIGHLAND PARK MASSACRE REPUBLICAN GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE DARREN BAILEY SAID FOLKS SHOULD MOVE ON AND CELEBRATE THE FOURTH OF JULY.

HE HAS APOLOGIZED FOR THIS.

COULD THIS COME BACK TO HAUNT HIM IN NOVEMBER?

>> TO BE CLEAR THIS WAS A VIDEO WHILE THE ALLEGED SHOOTER WAS STILL ON THE LOOSE.

AND BAILEY DID SAY PRAYERS FOR THE VICTIMS AND CALLS FOR FINDING THE SHOOTER AND FOR JUSTICE.

BUT MIDWAY THROUGH HE DID SAY, ALL RIGHT, MOVE ON.

AND ALSO TALKED ABOUT CAMPAIGNING AND ILLINOIS POLITICS AND FOLKS WERE STANDING ALONGSIDE HIM HOLDING CAMPAIGN SIGNS THAT COULD HAVE PERHAPS BEEN SAT DOWN AND MORE RESPECTFUL TONE.

THE GENERAL ELECTION IS A LONG WAYS AWAY.

NONETHELESS WILL THIS HAUNT HIM?

MIGHT IT MAKE APPEARANCES IN CAMPAIGN ADS?

SURELY SO.

I DO THINK YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE THE GOVERNOR PERHAPS BEING DELICATE BECAUSE PEOPLE'S LIVES WERE LOST.

THIS COULD COME BACK TO HURT BAILEY I'M NOT SURE WE WILL SEE THAT FLASHING ON OUR TV'S, BECAUSE OF WHAT THAT COULD MEAN FOR VICTIMS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING A LOT OF THEIR OWN ISSUES.

>> AND DARREN BAILEY WANTS LAWMAKERS TO CONVENE IN SPRINGFIELD BUT NOT NO CHANGE GUN LAWS.

WHAT IS IT THAT HE WANTS?

>> HE WANTS MORE MONEY FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND MORE MONEY FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WHICH IS VERY MUCH IN LOCK STEP WITH NATIONAL REPUBLICANS WHO HAVE TASKED THE MASS SHOOTINGS AS NOT AN ISSUE INVOLVING GUNS, BUT MENTAL HEALTH AND THE NEED FOR TOUGHER ON CRIME POLICIES.

IT'S UNLIKELY THAT THOSE ISSUES WOULD BE TAKEN UP BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

AS WE ALL KNOW THERE ARE SUPER MAJORITIES OF DEMOCRATS IN BOTH HOUSES.

>> MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT WAS ASKED ABOUT SAFETY AT THE AIR AND WATER SHOW IN THE WAKE OF THE HIGHLAND PARK PARADE SHOOTING.

HERE IS SOME OF WHAT SHE SAID TODAY.

>> IN THE AFTERMATH OF WHAT HAPPENED IN HIGHLAND PARK, AND ALSO IN PHILADELPHIA, THE OTHER NIGHT, I'VE ASKED MY TEAM MEANING AT LARGE, C.P.D., CFD, AND OTHERS TO LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED IN EACH OF THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES AND SEE WHAT IF ANYTHING WE CAN LEARN AND IMPROVE UPON ALL OF OUR SAFETY PLANS.

>> BROOKFIELD ZOO WENT ON LOCKDOWN LAST NIGHT.

RAVINIA CANCELED PROGRAMMING UNTIL NEXT WEEK.

IT'S HARD TO FEEL SAFE.

DOES ANYBODY FEEL SAFE RIGHT NOW?

>> I DON'T THINK ANYBODY DOES.

THERE'S NO MORE QUINTESSENTIAL SUMMER ACTIVITY THAN GOING TO THE FOURTH OF JULY PARADE WITH YOUR FAMILY.

SO MANY VICTIMS WERE OLDER AND THE TERRIBLE STORY OF THE TWO-YEAR-OLD WHOSE BOTH PARENTS WERE KILLED AND HARD TO RECONCILE DOING SOMETHING SO NORMAL AND ENDING UP IN AN ABNORMAL PLACE IT MAKES EVERYBODY ON EDGE AND THE RIGHT ON THE HEELS OF THE SCHOOL SHOOTINGS IN UVALDE AND EVERYBODY IS ON EDGE ABOUT EVERYTHING AND THIS IS ONLY MAKING IT WORSE.

>> SPEAKING OF NOT FEELING SAFE, ADAM KINZINGER COLLEGE INTERNS PUT TOGETHER THREATS PHONED INTO HIS CONGRESSIONAL OFFICE.

>> I GUESS I CAN'T SAY A LOT MORE OTHER THAN I HOPE YOU NATIONALLY DIE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

>> YOU BACK STABBING... [INAUDIBLE] LIKE A DOG.

>> IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE THIS WEEKEND.

WE KNOW WHO YOUR FAMILY IS.

AND WE'RE GOING TO GET YOU.

YOU LITTLE... >> A LOT OF BLEEPS THERE AND FOUL LANGUAGE DIRECTED AT THAT CONGRESSMAN.

HEATHER, HE IS NOT THE ONLY JANUARY 6TH COMMITTEEMEMBER WHO IS GETTING THE THREATS.

HOW SERIOUSLY ARE HE AND AUTHORITIES TAKING THEM?

>> VERY SERIOUSLY.

AND HE AND CONGRESSWOMAN LIZ CHENEY THE REPUBLICANS ON THE PANEL ARE THE FLASHPOINT FOR THIS ANGER.

AND THERE HAVE BEEN THREATS MADE AGAINST PEOPLE WHO TESTIFIED THAT IS WHY WE HAD LAST WEEK'S EMERGENCY HEARING FEATURING CASSIDY HUTCHINSON AND AS THIS RAMPS UP WE ARE SCHEDULED TO HAVE ANOTHER HEARING OF THE JANUARY 6 COMMITTEE NEXT WEEK.

I THINK, MANY, MANY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS EXPECT THOSE THREATS AND CONCERNS TO GROW MORE WITH BOTH LIZ CHENEY AND ADAM KINZINGER, LITERALLY IN THOSE CROSSHAIRS.

>> AMANDA WE KNOW MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE TWEETED A PHOTO THAT WAS CHECKED ARE WE SURPRISED THIS MISINFORMATION IS GETTING SPREAD AROUND?

>> NO.

SIMPLE ANSWER TO THAT, I THINK THAT IS EASY TO DO ON THE INTERNET.

THAT IS WHY FACT CHECKERS ARE IMPORTANT AND WHY PEOPLE NEED TO BE CAUTIOUS OF THINGS THAT THEY READ AND SEE ON-LINE.

AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THROUGHOUT THE SHOW BOTH THESE THREATS OF VIOLENCE AND THE EASE IT IS TO MAKE THEM AND THE EASE OF SPREADING MISINFORMATION.

>> AND TODAY FORMER ALDERMAN PATRICK DALEY THOMPSON RECEIVED FOUR MONTHS IN PRISON FOR LYING TO FEDERAL BANK REGULATORS AND FILING FALSE TAX RETURNS.

IN COMPARISON TO OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO HAVE BEEN SENTENCED HOW DOES THIS STACK UP?

>> IT IS A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN FEDERAL PROSECUTORS ASKED FOR AND WE'VE SEEN OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS FACE.

BUT THIS WAS A RELATIVELY UNIQUE CASE.

PATRICK DALEY THOMPSON WAS NOT ACCUSED OF OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT.

HE WAS CONVICTED ON CHARGES OF LYING TO FEDERAL AGENTS AND FILING FALSE TAX RETURNS.

PROSECUTORS HAD ASKED THE JUDGE TO SENTENCE HIM TO TWO YEARS IN PRISON.

HIS ATTORNEYS ARGUED FOR PROBATION.

THE JUDGE IN THIS CASE APPEARED TO TRY TO SPLIT THE REQUESTS AND LAND IN THE MIDDLE.

IT WAS NOT A RELIEF TO HIS FAMILY THAT WHO ERUPTED IN SOBS WHEN HE WAS ORDERED TO PRISON.

AND HE WILL REPORT OR IS SCHEDULED TO REPORT IN LATE AUGUST TO EITHER PRISON CAMP IN WISCONSIN OR INDIANA.

>> FINALLY, ALDERMAN JAMES CAPPLEMAN OF THE 46TH WARD INCLUDING UPTOWN IS RETIRING.

IS THIS SURPRISING?

>> IT WASN'T.

ALDERMAN CAPPLEMAN HAS BEEN ON THE CITY COUNCIL FOR SOMETIME NOW.

HE ONLY WON REELECTION IN 2019 BY 25 VOTES.

IT WAS GOING TO BE A HARD-FOUGHT RACE.

AND HE SAID IN HIS GOOD-BYE E-MAIL OR AT LEAST THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF HIS RETIREMENT THAT HE FELT LIKE HE'D ACCOMPLISHED WHAT HE SET OUT TO DO WHEN HE RAN FOR THE CITY COUNCIL AND THAT HE WANTED TO MOVE ON TO DIFFERENT THINGS.

THAT IS GOING TO BE QUITE A RACE TO WATCH IN 2023.

>> AND MAYOR LIGHTFOOT HAS SAID THAT SHE WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF THERE WERE A LOT MORE OF THESE.

WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF ALDERMEN GIVING UP SEATS TO RUN FOR OTHER OFFICES.

I KNOW ALL OF YOU WILL BE KEEPING YOUR EYE ON THIS.

THE THAT IS SPOTLIGHT POLITICS.

HEATHER CHERONE AND AMANDA VINICKY THANKS, GANG.

>> AND BACK TO JOANNA HERNANDEZ WHO SPENT THE DAY IN AND AROUND HIGHLAND PARK AND JOINS US FROM THE NEIGHBORING TOWN OF HIGHWOOD.

>> AND I HAVE MENTIONED THAT THE COMMUNITY AND ORGANIZATIONS FROM AROUND THE CITY ARE COMING TOGETHER TO HELP THE HIGHLAND PARK COMMUNITY.

I WANT TO BRING HERE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HIGHWOOD LIBRARY, SHE IS CARMEN.

SHE HAS BEEN ALSO WORKING TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR THE COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I WANT TO ASK YOU WHAT HAS IT BEEN LIKE THE PAST 48 HOURS FOR YOU?

>> IT'S BEEN REALLY SURREAL.

HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO OUR COMMUNITY?

OUR COMMUNITY WHEN WE SAY HIGHLAND PARK, IT'S SYNONYMOUS TO HIGHWOOD ONE STREET SEPARATES US.

WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IS ME PERSONALLY A GREAT DEAL OF MY STAFF WERE AT THE EVENT AND ARE DEALING WITH EXTREME TRAUMA.

OUR LIBRARY HAS BEEN BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO GET GRANT FUNDING TO PROVIDE TRAUMA INFORMED SERVICES AND THAT IS WHAT WE'RE HERE TO OFFER.

>> AND SINCE YESTERDAY YOU HAVE BEEN OPENING YOUR DOORS AND PROVIDING COUNSELING.

CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THAT?

>> WE HAVE BEEN PROVIDING SUPPORT GROUPS.

YESTERDAY WE HAD 30 PEOPLE THERE.

AND TODAY WE HAD OUR SECOND.

WE HAVE OVER 30 NEW PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE AND I HAVE A LIST OF INDIVIDUALS THAT NEED INDIVIDUAL THERAPY BECAUSE THEY HAVE EXPERIENCED SOMETHING THAT NO ONE WANTS TO EXPERIENCE.

>> AND TWO OF THE VICTIMS WHO PASSED AWAY ARE LATINO AND WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THAT THE POPULATION HERE IN HIGHWOOD IS ABOUT 50% LATINO.

>> YES.

>> AND YOU SAID YOU KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE AT THE HOSPITAL WHO ARE LATINO AS WELL.

CAN YOU TELL ME MORE ABOUT THAT?

>> WE KNOW THAT SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE INJURED FOR SURE HAVE BEEN WERE LATINO FAMILIES.

WE DON'T KNOW THEIR FAMILIES BUT -- NAMES THIS IS A TIGHT-KNIT COMMUNITY THAT AROUND US ARE THE FAMILIES THAT KNOW THE INDIVIDUALS.

ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT OUR SUPPORT GROUP LAST NIGHT SAID WHAT MAKES THIS DIFFERENT IS THAT WE ALL KNOW EACH OTHER.

IS THAT THE COMMUNITY WHEN YOU GO TO THE GROCERY STORE, YOU SEE FAMILIAR FACES.

WHEN YOU GO TO YOUR LIBRARY, YOU SEE FAMILIAR FACES.

AS THEY WERE RUNNING AWAY FROM THE BULLETS THEY WERE SEEING FAMILIAR FACES AND THE FEAR WAS ARE THEY GOING TO BE ALIVE TOMORROW?

AND SO THAT'S WHAT MAKES THIS COMMUNITY DIFFERENT.

IS THAT WE ARE SO CLOSE TO EACH OTHER.

OUR LIBRARY WE GET TO KNOW ALL OF OUR FAMILIES AND BECAUSE WE KNOW THE NEEDS THAT EXIST IN THE COMMUNITY WE HAVE TO BE RESPONSIVE AND THAT IS WHAT WE'RE DOING BY PROVIDING THE TRAUMA-INFORMED SERVICES.

>> AND TO THE LATINO POPULATION, THE FIRST LANGUAGE IS SPANISH.

>> YES, ALL OF OUR SERVICES ARE BILINGUAL, SPANISH AND BI CULTURAL BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE THERAPISTS UNDERSTAND THE CULTURE AND ARE ABLE TO BE RESPONSIVE AND COMPASSIONATE.

>> YOU MENTIONED LAST WEEK YOUR STAFF HAS HAD ACTIVE SHOOTING TRAINING AND THIS HAPPENED.

>> A FEW DAYS LATER.

I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND OUR COUNTRY WITH ALL OF THE HATE AND THE VIOLENCE, I JUST FELT IT NECESSARY TO GIVE ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING TO MY STAFF AND WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THREE DAYS LATER THEY WOULD HAVE TO PUT WHAT THEY LEARNED INTO PRACTICE.

AND SOME HAVE SAID TO ME THAT TRAINING SAVED THEIR LIFE.

>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

STAY SAFE.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND THAT IS ALL WE HAVE TONIGHT HERE FROM HIGHWOOD.

I SEND IS BACK TO YOU.

>> AND JOANNA THANK YOU IT LOOKS LIKE A COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER THERE.

THANK YOU.

>> THERE'S MORE "CHICAGO TONIGHT" JUST AHEAD.

FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER... >> FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.

THEY ARE BEST KNOWN FOR STAGING THE WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE BUT THE THEATRE HAS BEEN DEVELOPING NEW SHOWS FOR YEARS.

THE BROADWAY SMASH "SIX" IS THE MOST NOTABLE SUCCESS.

NOW THEY ARE BRINGING ALIENS TO THE STAGE WITH THE ADAPTATION OF THE 195 OWE'S SCI-FI FILM "IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE".

MARC VITALI MET THE TEAM BEFORE THE PREMIER IN CHICAGO.

>> YES, IT CAME FROM OUTER PACE.

>> THE 1953 FILM WAS UNIVERSAL PICTURE'S FIRST 3D MOVIE.

>> NOW, IT IS A DIMENSIONAL MUSICAL.

>> THE STARS JUST LINED UP PERFECTLY.

THERE HAD BEEN AN INVITATION TO LOOK THE AT UNIVERSAL'S CATALOG AND WE SAW THIS MOVIE AND IT WAS LIKE WE GOT TO RUN WITH THIS.

[♪♪♪] >> I THINK IT TOOK ME SOMETIME AND REAL CONSIDERATION FOR IT.

BECAUSE I WROTE THE MUSIC TO WHAT IS THAT GOING TO SOUND LIKE?

IT'S 1953, SO THAT'S THE PAJAMA GAME ARE THE HOTTEST SCORERS IN THE CAN-CAN IN THE EARLY 50s WORLD.

I WAS LISTENING TO POP MUSIC AND IT FEELS LIKE NOTHING RIDDLEY IT IS AN EARLIER ERA.

I WAS RELIEVED HOW TRADITIONAL IT SOUNDS BECAUSE WE LOVE CHANNELING THE GOLDEN AGE.

PAYING CONTRIBUTE TO THAT -- TRIBUTE TO THAT ERA AND THUMBING OUR NOSE AT THAT ERA ALL AT ONCE.

[♪♪♪] >> THE ORIGINAL FILM WAS BASED ON A STORY BY RAY BRADBURY WHO EMBEDDED A NOTE OF TOLERANCE IN THE TALE.

>> IT'S SO BRADBURY IN THE SENSE OF PUSHING THIS PROGRESSIVE MESSAGE FORWARD DISGUISED AS POP ENTERTAINMENT.

IT IS A SCI-FI THERE'S 3D, GIMMICKS AND IT'S FUN BUT AT THE HEART THERE IS AN IMPORTANT CORE MESSAGE ABOUT LOOKING AT EACH OTHER WITH OPENNESS AND ACCEPTANCE AND NOT JUDGING EACH OTHER.

♪HE WAS ON THE FLOOR, DEAD, DIRT, WHAT A SHAME.

>> THE TEAM DEVELOPED "MURDER FOR TWO" WITH CHICAGO SHAKESPEARE IN 2011.

>> I HAD WORKED WITH THESE WRITERS BEFORE.

WORKING ON "MURDER FOR TWO".

AND WE WERE LOOKING FOR ANOTHER TITLE AND THIS ONE THEY CAME TO ME WITH THIS TITLE AND I WAS LIKE OH, MY GOD THIS IS PERFECT FOR THEIR SENSE OF HUMOR.

FOR NOT ONLY HOW FUNNY THEY ARE AND HOW THEY LAYER IN THAT BEAUTIFUL HEART THAT IT WAS PERFECT.

[♪♪♪] >> NEW WORK IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO CHICAGO SHAKESPEARE THEATRE.

WE ARE ALL ABOUT VARIETY AND WHAT WE CAN BRING TO OUR AUDIENCE AND WHO WE CAN INVITE INTO OUR THEATRE AND CREATE AN AUDIENCE PORTAL THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE HAD BEFORE.

>> I SUPPOSE THE SPACE CAST... >> "IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE" KEEPS THE CAST ON THEIR TOES WITH MOST PLAYING MULTIPLE ROLES.

>> THIS IS ONE OF THE FINEST CASTS I'VE EVER EXPERIENCED.

I CANNOT BELIEVE HOW FUNNY AND BIG HEARTED AND JOYOUS THEY ARE IN ADDITION TO HAVING BEAUTIFUL VOICES.

BEAUTIFUL FACES.

SO IT'S REALLY SOMETHING TO WATCH THEM NIGHT AFTER NIGHT.

WE GOT SO FRICKEN LUCKY WITH THIS GROUP.

>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" THIS IS MARC VITALI.

>> "IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE" IS AT NAVY PIER THROUGH JULY 24.

THERE'S MORE FROM OUR INTERVIEW WITH THE TEAM ON-LINE WHERE YOU CAN READ HEDY WEISS' REVIEW.

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