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U.S. NEWS Saturday 16 February 2019

Police officers armed with rifles gather at the scene where an
active shooter was reported in Aurora, Ill., Friday, Feb. 15, 2019.
Associated Press
Gunman kills 5,

This March 23, 2018, file photo shows an envelope containing a 2018 census letter mailed to a U.S.
resident as part of the nation's only test run of the 2020 Census. wounds 5 police
Associated Press
Justices to decide if 2020 census at Illinois business

can ask about citizenship By CARRIE ANTLFINGER and other than the police offi-

AMANDA SEITZ cers.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The their households would be knowledged the need for AURORA, Ill. (AP) — A Dozens of first responder
Supreme Court will decide less likely to fill out their cen- a quick answer to the legal gunman opened fire at vehicles converged on the
whether the 2020 cen- sus forms. issue. a manufacturing plant in building housing the com-
sus can include a ques- The Constitution requires It's rare for the high court to suburban Chicago on Fri- pany in Aurora after po-
tion about citizenship that a census count every 10 weigh in without the bene- day, killing five people and lice received multiple calls
could affect the alloca- years. A question about fit of appellate rulings. Such wounding five police offi- about an active shooter at
tion of seats in the House citizenship had once interventions usually are re- cers before he was fatally 1:24 p.m. CST.
of Representatives and the been common, but it has served for national political shot, police said. Several ATF teams also re-
distribution of billions of dol- not been asked of every crises, including the Penta- Aurora, Illinois, Police Chief sponded to the shooting
lars in federal money. household since 1950. At gon Papers case. Kristen Ziman told a news and were at the scene,
The justices agreed Friday the moment, the question The administration has de- conference that the gun- according to the agency's
to a speedy review of a is part of a detailed annual fended the addition of the man was 45-year-old Gary Chicago spokeswoman,
lower court ruling that has sample of a small chunk of citizenship question by ar- Martin and said he was be- and the FBI said it also re-
so far blocked the Trump the population, the Ameri- guing that courts have no lieved to be an employee sponded.
administration from adding can Community Survey. business second-guessing at the Henry Pratt Co. in the John Probst, an employee
the citizenship question to The case stems from Com- the commerce secretary city about 40 miles (65 kilo- at the Henry Pratt Co. in
the census for the first time merce Secretary Wilbur in performing a basic func- meters) west of Chicago. Aurora, told ABC7 that he
since 1950. Ross' decision in 2018 to tion of his job. She told reporters that offi- ran out of the back door as
Both the administration and add a citizenship question But Furman largely agreed cers arrived within four min- the shooting unfolded Fri-
opponents of the question to the next census, over the with the local and state utes of receiving reports day afternoon. Probst says
agreed the court should advice of career officials at governments and rights of the shooting and were he recognized the gunman
settle the matter quickly the Census Bureau, which is groups that sued over the fired upon as soon as they and that he works for the
because census forms part of the Commerce De- issue. He pointed out that entered the 29,000-square- company. "What I saw was
need to be printed soon. partment. At the time, Ross Ross had ignored his own foot manufacturing ware- the guy running down the
Arguments will take place said he was responding to experts' views that a census house. aisle with a pistol with a la-
in late April. A decision a Justice Department re- with a citizenship question Police said they did not ser on it," Probst said.
should come by late June. quest to ask about citizen- would produce less accu- know the gunman's mo- Probst said he wasn't hurt
The case pits the adminis- ship in order to improve rate results and add to the tive. but that another colleague
tration against immigrant enforcement of the federal costs. Documents and tes- "May God bless the brave was "bleeding pretty bad."
advocacy organizations Voting Rights Act. timony produced as part of law enforcement officers The company makes valves
and Democratic-led states, U.S. District Judge Jesse the trial in New York showed who continue to run to- for industrial purposes.
cities and counties that ar- Furman in New York ruled that Ross had begun press- ward danger," Illinois Gov. The White House said Presi-
gue the citizenship ques- in January that the ques- ing for a citizenship ques- J.B. Pritzker said at the news dent Donald Trump was
tion is intended to discour- tion could not be included, tion soon after he became conference. briefed on the shooting
age the participation of saying that fewer people secretary in 2017, and that Hospitals reported treat- and monitoring the situa-
minorities, primarily Hispan- would respond to the cen- he had consulted Steve ing at least seven patients tion as he prepared to de-
ics, who tend to support sus and that the process Bannon, who had been from the shooting, though part for a weekend trip to
Democrats from filling out Ross used was faulty. President Donald Trump's their conditions weren't re- his home in Palm Beach,
census forms. Pressed for time, the ad- top political adviser, and leased. Two of the officers Florida. Trump tweeted his
The challengers say they ministration bypassed the then-Kansas Secretary of were airlifted to trauma thanks to law enforcement
would get less federal federal appeals court in State Kris Kobach. Emails centers in Chicago, Ziman officers in Aurora and of-
money and fewer seats in New York and appealed showed that Ross himself said. She said a sixth officer fered his condolences to
Congress if the census asks directly to the justices. The had invited the Justice De- suffered a knee injury. Of- the victims and their fami-
about citizenship because challengers defended the partment request to add ficials did not say the total lies. "America is with you,"
people with noncitizens in lower court ruling, but ac- the citizenship question.q number of people injured he said.q