Willowbrook Shooting: Republicans Denounced By Area Congressman

DARIEN, IL – From the floor of Congress, U.S. Rep. Sean Casten on Thursday noted the mass shooting in unincorporated Willowbrook and condemned Republican opposition to gun regulations.

“Having lots of guns around, whether at a parade, a Juneteenth party, a temple, or a school, does not make anyone safer. It just makes it more likely that another family is going to get a call to come down and identify yet another bullet-ridden corpse,” said Casten, a Downers Grove Democrat who represents the western suburbs. “And yet my colleagues on the other side of the aisle continue to walk through this chamber with AR-15 lapel pins, proudly announcing their service as foot soldiers in the NRA’s war on the living. I don’t want a moment of silence. I don’t want thoughts. I don’t want prayers. They are all far too quiet and they don’t do a damn thing.”

Also Thursday, Casten tweeted, "How many more kids need to die before Republicans are willing to stand up & save lives?"

In the shooting early Sunday morning, one man died and 22 others were injured. Authorities have not made any arrests or identified a motive.