The Associated Press is reporting that Chicago Bears fan William Christopher Pettry from Lake Villa, IL was killed over the weekend at Fionn MacCool’s, an Irish-themed restaurant at The Jacksonville Landing. Pettry’s cousin, Quincy Asbury Jr., told The Chicago Tribune that Pettry flew to Florida on Friday to go to the Bears-Jaguars game. A
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