Four years ago today, five employees of the Henry Pratt Co. on Aurora’s near West Side lost their lives in a mass shooting after a disgruntled co-worker opened fire during a termination meeting inside the suburban facility.
Families of victims and community members gather at a memorial ceremony in Aurora Wednesday marking the fourth anniversary of the mass shooting at Henry Pratt Co. in the city.
A rose is placed at a cross for one of the five victims of the mass shooting at Henry Pratt Co. in Aurora in 2019 during a remembrance ceremony Wednesday on the fourth anniversary of the tragedy. She didn’t know Trevor, because as a Northern Illinois University student, he was on his first day of work as a human resources intern on that tragic day.Lewis said Aurora lost some innocence that day, and the world became a darker place.
Mayor Richard Irvin pointed out that they “rose to their noble call of duty to protect and serve, without thinking twice about putting themselves in harm’s way.”Aurora Police Chief Keith Cross, who was deputy chief in 2019, pointed out that officers were both “physically and emotionally injured that day.”And while it has been four years since the events of the day transpired, Irvin said those years “have dragged very slowly” for those who lost loved ones.
Irvin pointed out that it is important to never forget the victims, “to never forget who was impacted.”The city will soon place a permanent memorial somewhere downtown, a bench with the names of the five victims that right now sits in the Historical Society’s Tanner House museum.
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