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Month: April 2026
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Facial recognition helped cops identify mystery gunman who nearly killed 7-Eleven clerk in the Loop: prosecutors
The gunman who shot and nearly killed a downtown convenience store clerk last month was identified through facial recognition technology linked to the Illinois Secretary of State database, prosecutors said Thursday. It’s the latest case solved using the technology, even as state lawmakers move to bar Illinois law enforcement from using it.
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Man who ‘tried to set an entire train car on fire’ is ‘not a good candidate’ for electronic monitoring, judge rules
A Cook County judge has detained a man after determining that he is “not a good candidate” for electronic monitoring because he “tried to set an entire train car on fire.” Quentin Williams, 38, is accused of setting multiple fires aboard a CTA Blue Line train in the Loop and threatening passengers with a box cutter, according to court records.
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