The response to the June shooting has only reinforced long-simmering feelings of neglect among residents in an unincorporated area near Willowbrook on the county’s southeastern edge.
Even now, more than 100 days later, the terrifying scenarios play on a loop in Twanda Carroll’s mind. What if her apartment hadn’t been empty that night in June? What if her three young grandchildren had been staying with her like they did every summer? What if she and her daughter had decided not to spend an extra night with family in Wisconsin? “I still get emotional,” Carroll, 51, said recently. “I’m just so hurt I start crying.
This year’s event did not have permits, county officials have said. It’s also unclear whether the strip mall’s owners allowed the celebration to happen on their property. A registered agent for the company listed as the owner previously declined to comment when reached by the Tribune. Those questions are among the many that remain unanswered, four months later. “We still don’t have answers.
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