Students heft handguns during a safety class for youth ages 7-14 in suburban Chicago. (ChicagoTribune)
A McDonalds employee washes away a blood stain from the parking lot where 17-year-old boy was shot and killed. (Chicago Tribune)
Chicago police comfort one another after honoring Officer Samuel Jimenez, who was shot and killed nearby. (ChicagoTribune)
Pres. Barack Obama in a sudden downpour during a Chicago visit. (ChicagoTribune)
Amanda Palmer, left, cares for her sister Carrie Price Nix at Palmer's home in Brownsburg, Indiana. (Chicago Tribune)
Jake Coyle carries a flag with volunteers arriving to help friends dig out in the wake of a devastating tornado that struck Washington, Illinois. (ChicagoTribune)
Veterinarian Sabrina Kuo comforts Sheba, a rescued, sick pit bull terrier at Animal Care Center in Chicago.(ChicagoTribune)
Marilyn Long, left, of Elk Grove Village, Illinois, helps her disabled brother, Jeff Malanoski, 57, get dressed. (ChicagoTribune)
During a tense sixth inning of game five of the World Series, Justin Rounds waits for the Cleveland Indians to go down. (ChicagoTribune)
Crystal Garcia, the widow of slain police officer Samuel Jimenez, weeps after being presented the City of Chicago flag from Chicago police Superintendent Eddie Johnson and Mayor Rahm Emanuel. (ChicagoTribune)
Ron Madon, 74, turns on the news in his flooded home in Fox Lake, Illinois. (ChicagoTribune)
