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U.S. A mass shooting took place in the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois, on Friday afternoon, prompting a large police response and school lockdowns. Friday night authorities identified the shooter, Gary Martin, a 45-year-old former employee of the Henry Pratt Company where the shooting took place. The city of Aurora, the town where the shooting took place, tweeted that the shooter had been apprehended hours before Martin was identified. Five people were killed at the scene, Aurora Police Chief Kristen Ziman said during a press briefing. Martin was also killed after exchanging gunfire with police officers, though it is unknown if he was included in the number of deaths. Numerous others were injured with several local hospitals reporting to local media that they have received patients from the manufacturing plant. Five police officers were wounded, with a sixth being sent to a local hospital to receive treatment for a knee injury, Ziman said. All the officers were listed in stable … [Read more...] about Who is Gary Martin? Aurora Shooting Suspect Identified by Police

The gunman who killed five people and wounded five police officers in an Illinois factory was a longtime employee there who was being fired on Friday, authorities said. Gary Martin, 45, a 15-year employee of the Henry Pratt Co. warehouse in Aurora, pulled a gun in the compound at about 1:25 p.m. and started shooting, Police Chief Kristen Ziman said at a press conference. Martin killed five of his colleagues at the factory and wounded five police officers before cops shot and killed him. He was armed with a handgun, Ziman said at the news conference, but it was not immediately clear if he had it on him while he was being fired, or if he went to retrieve it and came back. Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin called Friday “a sad day in the city of Aurora.” “It’s a shame that mass shootings such as this have become commonplace in our country,” Irvin said, adding “We will come together and heal as one Aurora.” Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said: “There … [Read more...] about Aurora gunman Gary Martin was longtime employee who was being fired

Doug Stanglin and Aamer Madhani USA TODAY Published 12:20 PM EST Feb 16, 2019 AURORA, Ill. — The gunman who shot and killed five co-workers and injured five police officers after he was fired from his job had his gun permit revoked five years ago after a background check turned up a prior felony conviction in Mississippi, police said Saturday.  The gunman, Gary Martin, 45, was shot and killed by police after officers swarmed the scene Friday at the Henry Pratt Company plant in Aurora, Illinois. Aurora Police Chief Kristen Ziman told reporters that Martin had six prior arrests, including one in 2008 for a domestic matter and one in 2017 for disorderly conduct and criminal damage to property. She said he had been issued an Illinois firearms I.D. and then purchased a Smith & Wesson handgun from a local dealer in March 11, 2014. The weapon was believed to be used in the rampage.  Five days later, … [Read more...] about Aurora shooting: Alleged gunman Gary Martin left 5 workers dead

Doug Stanglin and Aamer Madhani USA TODAY Published 12:35 PM EST Feb 16, 2019 AURORA, Ill. — The gunman who shot and killed five co-workers and injured five police officers after he was fired from his job had his gun permit revoked five years ago after a background check turned up a prior felony conviction in Mississippi, police said Saturday.  The gunman, Gary Martin, 45, was shot and killed by police after officers swarmed the scene Friday at the Henry Pratt Company plant in Aurora, Illinois. Aurora Police Chief Kristen Ziman said investigators are trying to determine why Martin was able to continue to possess a Smith & Wesson handgun even after it was discovered he was rejected for a conceal carry permit. “Absolutely he was not supposed to be in possession of a gun,” Ziman said. Three of the victims, including two who worked in the human resources department, were shot during … [Read more...] about Aurora, Illinois, shooting: Gunman Gary Martin had 6 prior arrests

Don Badwin and Julie Watson Associated Press Published 11:02 AM EST Feb 18, 2019 AURORA, Ill. — An initial background check failed to detect a felony conviction that should have barred the man who killed five co-workers and wounded six other people at a suburban Chicago manufacturing plant from buying the gun. Records stemming from Gary Martin’s 1995 conviction in Mississippi described an extremely violent man who abused a former girlfriend, at one point hitting her with a baseball bat and stabbing her with a knife, The Washington Post reported. After serving less than three years, he moved to Illinois and landed a job at Henry Pratt.  After an initial background check by the company failed to detect his felony conviction, Martin was issued his FOID card and bought the Smith & Wesson handgun on March 11, 2014. Five days after that, he applied for a concealed carry permit. That background check, which used digital fingerprinting, did flag his Mississippi … [Read more...] about Aurora plant shooter Gary Martin served prison time in Mississippi