CHICAGO TRIBUNE
Deli co-owner apologizes after tweeting Vegas shooting was ‘community outreach’
by Karen Berkowitz
October 3, 2017

Just weeks after stoking controversy by using Nazi imagery on his Jewish deli’s Facebook page, the co-owner of Max’s Deli in Highland Park again has ignited outrage — this time with a tweet he fired off in response to the Las Vegas shootings. “Soon as I heard it was country music, I felt relief. White people shooting white people isn’t terror … it’s community outreach. #LasVegas,” the tweet read. Greg Morelli, one of the owners of Max’s Deli, expressed regret Tuesday for the tweet, which he says he dashed off at about 7 a.m. Monday from his personal Twitter account…Morelli, who described himself as politically “lost” with no allegiances, said his tweet about the deaths was thoughtless. READ MORE