Forest Park Review 011922

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ForestParkReview.com Vol. 105, No. 3

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St. Patrick’s Day Parade plans to return this year Page 9

JANUARY 19, 2022

Mayor responds after three shooting incidents Rory Hoskins said in video released Jan. 12 that ‘public is not in danger’ and that all three shootings appear to be connected By ANDY VIANO Editor

Three people were injured in three separate shooting incidents in Forest Park on Jan. 11, a surge of gun violence that prompted Mayor Rory Hoskins to release a video reassuring residents that the village remains a safe place. In his video released the day after the incidents, Hoskins said all three shootings were believed to be related and that, “we feel that the general public is not in danger and is not threatened by [the Jan. 11] shootings.” “After having examined all the available evidence and interviewed witnesses, and then re-interview witnesses in some cases, the police department has determined that all three shootings arose out of a very particular dispute,” Hoskins said in a video filmed near the site of the day’s first shooting at the intersection of Desplaines Avenue and Harrison Street. Earlier on Jan. 12, police department officials confirmed the first two incidents were related since a boyfriend and girlfriend were each injured in separate shootings, both on Harrison Street. No one was injured in the third shooting, which occurred late the previous night and left a residence in the 600 block of See SHOOTING on page 6

ALEX ROGALS/Staff Photographer

A COVID-19 testing site is seen operating on Harlem Avenue on Friday, Jan. 14, 2022, in Riverside.

Complaints put pop-up COVID testing sites under scrutiny Illinois Attorney General urges caution, investigations launched By STACEY SHERIDAN Staff Reporter

With the rise of COVID-19, so too came the rise of the free pop-up testing site. Offering free tests with a quick turnaround for results, the testing sites

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have become increasingly ubiquitous. And despite using names that would imply otherwise, the testing sites are often run by people with limited, if any, medical experience or training. Worse yet, local and state health departments have effectively zero authori-

ty over the sites to ensure the operations run efficiently. Although the sites consistently promise a quick turnaround of test results, some patients have waited weeks to receive theirs. Others are still See TESTING SITES on page 7

Mass vaccination site reopens at former HOBO

Ruling on Tap Room’s appeal could come this week

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