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"An early-morning shooting in a first-floor apartment in the small town of Manchester, IL, outside of Springfield, has left five people dead and a child injured, according to Illinois state police. A suspect (whom relatives and neighbors have identified as Rick Smith, 43) led police on a high-speed chase,  according to officials.   He died shortly  after a brief gunfire exchange with the cops, bringing the death toll to six. The shooting strikes just a week after Congress  to pass gun-control reforms  last Wednesday.   The incident occurred at around 4:30 A.M EST this morning. The shooter&amp;#039;s motives aren&amp;#039;t yet clear, but there are no other reported suspects. The victims&amp;#039; identities haven&amp;#039;t yet been released, but state police spokeswoman Monique Bond says a young girl survived the shootings and is being treated at a local hospital for her injuries.  Meanwhile, Mayor of Manchester, Ronald Drake, said that this was the first murder he has seen after living in Manchester for 43 years. As a result of the shootings, police have shut down schools in neighboring Jacksonville, North Greene and Winchester, according to KSDK-TV in St. Louis, MO.   Although a poll taken before last week&amp;#039;s gun control vote showed that nearly 85% of Americans supported the new reforms,  a new Washington Post/Pew Research Center poll  found that only 47% of Americans say they are &amp;quot;angry&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;disappointed&amp;quot; with the Senate&amp;#039;s decision.   Do you think the shootings in Illinois could have been prevented by stricter gun-control measures? Comment below. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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