Yesenia Hernandez (right), a granddaughter of Nicolas Toledo, is hugged and comforted by another mourner as they enter Iglesia Evangelica Bautista in Waukegan July 8 for her 78-year-old grandfather’s funeral. Toledo was one of seven people killed in the mass shooting at Highland Park’s Fourth of July parade.

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A woman holds a candle and roses during a vigil July 7 at Sunset Woods Park in Highland Park for the seven people killed and dozens wounded in Highland Park’s Fourth of July parade mass shooting.

Trevor McNulty, 22, in the water, watches Monday as Gianluca Delbarba, 23, jumps into Lake Michigan near North Avenue Beach. Both are from New Jersey and are traveling across the country with three other friends.

People gathered Monday at Port Clinton Square for a moment of silence for the victims of the Highland Park Fourth of July parade mass shooting.

Mourners hug outside Memorial Chapel Funeral Home in Waukegan during funeral services July 9 for Eduardo Uvaldo, who was killed in the Highland Park Fourth of July parade mass shooting.

Beth Leavel, who’s playing Miranda Priestly in “The Devil Wears Prada: The Musical,” Tuesday at the James M. Nederlander Theatre in the Loop.

The Minnesota Lynx’s Sylvia Fowles dunks during the WNBA All-Star game July 10 at Wintrust Arena.

Two women sit on the stairs of an apartment building July 8 as officers investigate after a car drove over a curb and struck and injured five people on an outdoor patio at the restaurant and bar Uproar, 1250 N. Wells St.

Mourners hug as they walk in to Weinstein & Piser Funeral Home in Wilmette Tuesday for the funeral for 35-year-old Irina McCarthy. She was one of seven people, including her husband, killed in the Highland Park Fourth of July parade mass shooting.

People gathered Monday at Port Clinton Square for a moment of silence for the victims of the Highland Park Fourth of July parade mass shooting.

Sandra Fernandez’s daughter stands behind a sign at a news conference Wednesday at South Blue Island Avenue and South Loomis Street in Pilsen held by labor groups, legal providers and immigrant workers pleased with new Labor Department guidance regarding support for immigrant workers in a labor dispute.

Chris Christmas, 70, of Portage Park, plays “Here Comes The Sun” by The Beatles as the sun rises over Lake Michigan near Foster Beach.

Chicago police officers clap during a prayer service Thursday for Officer Officer Daniel Golden at Saint Rita of Cascia Shrine Chapel, 7740 S. Western Ave. in Ashburn. Golden was shot in the back and paralyzed whiler helping break up a fight outside a bar in Beverly.

Amadeo Mendez-Robles, 9, whose sister is a Whitney Young Magnet High School student, plays tennis Tuesday on the school’s newly renovated Katrina Adams Tennis Courts.

Chicago police officers investigate in the 400 block of North State Street in River North, where four people were wounded in a shooting July 10 outside Snickers Bar & Grill.

Photos (from left) of Nicolas Toledo, 78, Jacki Sundheim, 63, Irina McCarthy, 35, Kevin McCarthy, 37, Stephen Straus, 88, Katherine Goldstein, 64, and Eduardo Uvaldo, 69, — all killed in the Highland Park Fourth of July parade mass shooting — are featured at a memorial site in the north suburb on July 7. — (From left) Photos of Nicolas Toledo Zaragoza, 78, Jacki Sundheim, 63, Irina McCarthy, 35, Kevin McCarthy, 37, Stephen Straus, 88, Katherine Goldstein, 64, and Eduardo Uvaldo, 69, all killed in the Highland Park Fourth of July parade mass shooting, at a memorial site at Central and St. Johns avenues in Highland Park on July 7.

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