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Security director: Suspect in July 4 Highland Park shooting was ‘sizing up’ synagogue
This story has been updated to reflect new information about the number of casualties in the Highland Park mass shooting. The suspect in the deadly Fourth of July mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, paid an alarming visit to the city’s Chabad synagogue during Passover, said the congregation’s volunteer security director. “He was definitely sizing…
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