BREAKING: Shooter in Aurora, Illinois, manufacturing plant wasn't legally allowed to own gun
The man who opened fire inside a manufacturing plant in Aurora, Illinois, killing five people on Friday, legally should not have been in possession of a firearm, police said on Saturday.
Gary Montez Martin had a 1995 felony conviction for aggravated assault in Mississippi that authorities did not initially discover when he was issued an Illinois Firearm Owner’s Identification in January 2014.
Illinois authorities later discovered his felony when he applied for a concealed carry permit in March of the same year, but police said he never relinquished his firearm as required.
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