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Illinois-related events during the year 2022
The following is a list of events of the year 2022 in Illinois .
January 5 - Deidre Silas, a Division of Children and Family Services child protection specialist, is stabbed and killed during a home visit in Thayer .[ 1]
February 28 - Governor J.B. Pritzker lifts the indoor mask mandate for Illinois residents.[ 2]
May 19 - Magnificent Mile shooting : A mass shooting occurred in Chicago's Magnificent Mile shopping district, killing 2 and injuring 8.[ 3]
June 2 - AIDS Garden Chicago opened to the public.[ 4]
June 14 - A new flag for Cook County was adopted.[ 5]
July 4 - Highland Park parade shooting : during an Independence Day parade in Highland Park , 21-year-old Robert Eugene Crimo III shot into the parade, killing 7 and wounding 48.[ 6]
July 7 - Lisa Holder White is sworn in as the first black woman to serve on the Illinois Supreme Court .[ 7]
July 18 - Santa Khan was murdered by her husband after she shared her divorce experience on TikTok . He then shot himself when police arrived on scene.[ 8]
July 31 - One teenager was killed and three others injured in a shooting at the end of a graduation party at a brewpub in Decatur .[ 9]
August 2 - Parts of central Illinois received very heavy rainfall and numerous counties were impacted by flooding, including the cities of Decatur , Dawson , Spaulding , and Barclay .[ 10]
October 23 - Five men were shot, three fatally, when gunfire erupted at an intersection taken over by a drag-racing caravan of more than 100 cars in the Brighton Park neighborhood.[ 11]
October 31 - 14 people were shot, one fatally, in a drive-by shooting in the East Garfield Park neighborhood during a vigil balloon release .[ 12]
November 26 - Four people were shot, two fatally, just after midnight in the West Pullman neighborhood in the south side.[ 13]
December 4 - Five teenagers were shot inside a home in Zion .[ 14]
December 11 - Three adults were killed and one wounded at a birthday party inside Vera Lounge in Portage Park in the northwest side.[ 15]
December 16 - Four students were shot, two fatally, outside Benito Juarez Community Academy in the Pilsen neighborhood in the west side .[ 16]
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