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In AURORA, CO the police have taken into custody a man thought to be implicated in a double homicide by stabbing that occurred on Sunday, June 29, 2025. Ricky Roybal-Smith, 38, from Aurora, Colorado is now charged with two counts of first-degree murder after an arrest order was secured late Wednesday afternoon. The two victims, both experiencing homelessness, were found stabbed to death in distinct events that Aurora police initially suspected were linked. Detectives have since confirmed the incidents are connected. Roybal-Smith was already detained in Denver on other criminal unrelated accusations when the warrant was authorized. He will be moved to Adams County jail.

In Chicago, Illinois, a mass shooting transpired early on Thursday, July 3, 2025, near the Artis Lounge nightclub in the city's core. The event, currently under investigation as a drive-by shooting, that led to three deaths and sixteen injuries. The gunfire erupted as attendees were departing an album launch celebration for the musician Mello Buckzz. Northwestern Medicine's emergency room verified they are providing care to numerous individuals who were wounded.