From the Editorial Board: If lawmakers need motivation to beef up gun safety laws, they should read the agonized statement from the family of 8-year-old Cooper Roberts.
A woman pauses to visit a memorial in Port Clinton Square in Highland Park on July 11, 2022.
Cooper Roberts, son of Zion Elementary School District 6 Superintendent Dr. Keely Roberts, who was at the Highland Park parade with him and his twin brother Luke, when shooting erupted. All three were shot. The same year that Martin killed five people at his workplace, Highland Park police deemed Crimo a “clear and present danger.” Police were told Crimo had made threats to “kill everyone,” and officers found more than a dozen knives in his bedroom closet. Months earlier, police were called to the house where Crimo lived because he had allegedly attempted suicide.
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