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Preckwinkle said the county's investment focuses on helping survivors heal rather than simply cope with the consequences of violence. #cookcounty #gunviolence

The resolution is inspired by the legacy of Hadiya Pendleton, a 15-year-old honor student who was tragically shot and killed in 2013 just days after performing at President Barack Obama’s second inauguration. #resolution

“Gun violence is not acceptable anywhere, and can never be accepted as normal. We cannot accept children growing up without parents, lost to gun violence. We cannot accept a world where parents lose their children to senseless shootings,” said Cook County Commissioner Frank J. Aguilar.