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where neighbors, co-workers, students and residents have faced terror and tragedy when gunmen opened fire.
In Aurora in 2019, a gunman killed five fellow employees at a warehouse and wounded others, including five police officers. In DeKalb, five students were killed and 17 others injured in a shooting at Northern Illinois University in 2008. Less than two weeks ago, a worker at WeatherTech in Bolingbrook shot three co-workers, killing one.
Highland Park Police chief Lou Jogmen is sworn in by Highland Park's city manager Ghida S. Neukrich at City Hall, Feb. 2, 2018. Highland Park’s police chief exposed to gun violence at early age when his father, a Tinley Park cop, was shot and seriously wounded Louis Jogmen, a former Tinley Park police officer, was seriously wounded July 12, 1977, when he was shot in the head at point-blank range while responding to an armed robbery of a convenience store. He miraculously survived. Jogmen’s son, Louis, was 7 at the time.Highland Park residents Hillary Heller shares an embrace with her daughter Lucy Heller and friend Shannon Rowe at the corner of Green Bay and Central on July 5, 2022.
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