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The mayor of Highland Park says the situation is "active" and urged people to remain indoors.

You can also get in touch in the following ways: It was "the type of gun where it releases a lot of bullets in a very short amount of time. Gun violence in Chicago tends to rise over holiday weekends as the hot weather sends people outdoors. The event was scheduled to include floats, marching bands, and community entertainment as part of the city's Independence Day celebrations. We're hiding in a shelter now keeping safe, there's people crying. It's not a good feeling, at all."

Hours after the shooting about a dozen officers suddenly dashed for a small office building near where the shooting occurred.

Others just dropped their wagons, grabbed their kids and started running.” He and other children in the group held small American flags. “It was just sort of chaos,” she said. Debbie Glickman, a Highland Park resident, said she was on a parade float with co-workers and the group was preparing to turn on to the main route when she saw people running from the area. They crouched at the glass doors, before flinging them open and rushing in, rifles pointed inside into a dark foyer. Her five-year-old son was riding his bike decorated with red and blue curled ribbons.

At least six people died and 24 were wounded in a shooting at a July Fourth parade in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park, and officers are searching for a ...

“People started saying: ‘There’s a shooter, there’s a shooter, there’s a shooter,’” Glickman told the AP. “So we just ran. Gina Troiani and her son were lined up with his daycare class ready to walk onto the parade route when she heard a loud sound that she believed was fireworks — until she heard people yell about a shooter. “You have a tragic mass act of violence that was random here today at a community event where people were gathered to celebrate, and the offender has not been apprehended thus far,” Covelli, the crime task force spokesman, said. “It was just sort of chaos,” she said. Others just dropped their wagons, grabbed their kids and started running.” He and other children in the group held small American flags. Ominous signs of a joyous event suddenly turned to horror filled both sides of Central Avenue where the shooting occurred. Federal agents conduct such traces to identify when, where and to whom the gun was last sold. The July 4 shooting was just the latest to shatter the rituals of American life. Police also found a ladder attached to the building. The shooting occurred at a spot on the parade route where many residents had staked out prime viewing points early in the day for the annual celebration. Hours after the shooting, law enforcement officers searched an office building near where the shooting occurred.

Leaders and activists demand change after shooter targets Highland Park parade celebrating Independence Day.

Happy Fourth of July from the National Rifle Association of America.” Giffords Courage, the gun control advocacy organization led by the former congresswoman Gabby Giffords, who was shot at a public event in Tuscon, Arizona, in 2011, responded to the shooting in Illinois: “A mass shooting caused people to run for their lives at a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, IL. Multiple people are reported dead or injured. And extra angry at the senselessness.”

Police are searching for a rooftop gunman who shot dead six people at an Independence Day parade near the US city of Chicago.

You can also get in touch in the following ways: It was "the type of gun where it releases a lot of bullets in a very short amount of time. Gun violence in Chicago tends to rise over holiday weekends as the hot weather sends people outdoors. We're hiding in a shelter now keeping safe, there's people crying. It's not a good feeling, at all." The suspect is believed to have fired at members of the public from the rooftop of a nearby shop, where police say they recovered "evidence of a firearm."

Six people were killed and at least 19 wounded as gunfire and chaos shattered a Fourth of July parade in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park.

Please share that the parade activities are canceled with your family and friends." "Police are responding to an incident in downtown Highland Park," the city said in a Facebook post. “We saw two cop cars go in the opposite direction, which was unusual. Emir Gomez, 41, stood outside his parents’ house across from the fire station as sirens continued to blare and a helicopter flew overhead. We are monitoring the situation closely." The shooter – described as a white male with dark hair, 18 to 20 years old was still at large, and residents were warned to shelter in place.

Nine people have been shot and killed in Chicago over the Fourth of July weekend in Chicago. They are among at least 57 people shot, according to police.

The teen was taken to the hospital with a gunshot wound to the arm, Chicago police said. The man, 45, left his car to exchange information with the driver of the striking vehicle when an argument between the two began, police said. They went to the University of Chicago Medical Center and were both in fair condition. He was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he died. The 31-year-old was outside about 5:45 p.m. in the 6500 block of South Wolcott Avenue when someone approached him and opened fire, police said. He was listed in good condition. About 5 p.m., Keishone Roberts, 29, was in the 4300 block of West Van Buren Street when someone approached him and opened fire, police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. A second woman, 42, was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center with a gunshot wound to her hand, police said. The younger woman’s condition was stabilized and the older woman was in good condition. He was later pronounced dead, officials said. A man and another gunman were shooting at each other about 10:50 p.m. in the 2200 block of South Wentworth Avenue, police said. Two women, 24 and 30, both suffered multiple gunshots to the body and initially went to Jackson Park Hospital before going to the University of Chicago Medical Center, police said.

At least five people are dead and 19 were taken to hospitals after a shooting at a July Fourth parade in a Chicago suburb, and officers are searching for a ...

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said in a tweet that he is “closely monitoring the situation in Highland Park” and that Illinois State Police are assisting. “People started saying: ‘There’s a shooter, there’s a shooter, there’s a shooter,’” Glickman told the Associated Press. “So we just ran. Highland Park Police said in a statement early Monday afternoon that five people had been killed and 19 people were taken to hospitals. It was just sort of chaos,” she said. He and other children in the group held small American flags. A photo posted to social media appeared to show pools of blood near upturned chairs in downtown Highland Park.

Police in Illinois say they have captured a person of interest associated with a shooting that killed six people and wounded more than 36 others.

President Joe Biden signed it into law in late June, saying that while it falls short of what is really needed, it will still save lives. "Hearing of loss of life and others injured. again it went 'pop, pop, pop, pop, pop' and I turned and I said 'those are gunshots, run!'" They did not have a motive for the shooting. I hid with my daughter actually in a little store. They said he was driving a silver 2010 Honda Fit automobile.

At least six killed and 30 injured in Highland park attack amid string of recent mass shootings.

I’m telling you, there is no better day and no better time,” Pritzker said. The violence sent hundreds of marchers, parents with strollers and children on bicycles in the close-knit community of about 30,000 people fleeing in terror, police said. Police have not released details about the victims or wounded. Police are still investigating Crimo’s connection to the shooting and declined to immediately identify him as a suspect. Others just dropped their wagons, grabbed their kids and started running.” “It was just sort of chaos,” she said.

At least six people were killed and dozens of others were wounded in a mass shooting at a July Fourth parade in the wealthy Chicago suburb of Highland Park.

"This morning at 10:14, our community was terrorized by an act of violence that has shaken us to our core," said Highland Park Mayor Rotering, at a news conference. In the wake of the shooting, five adults were dead on the scene and a sixth person died after being taken to the hospital, officials said. The shooting occurred on the Independence Day parade route. Police urged people in the area to stay indoors while law enforcement searched for the gunman. The shooting comes just days after Congress passed the most significant gun control reform bill in decades. The gunfire sent hundreds of people scrambling for cover.

As of early Monday morning, at least 57 people had been shot in Chicago alone over the Fourth of July weekend, nine of them fatally.

Four of them happened on Monday. Beyond Highland Park and Chicago, four people were injured in a shooting in Kansas City, Mo., and six were injured in a shooting in Richmond, Va. The shooting was first reported by local news outlets, including The Chicago Sun-Times. But it was part of a pattern: the brutal ubiquity of gun violence in a nation with more firearms than people.

Police say they have captured a suspect in a shooting that killed six people and wounded more than 36 when a man with a high-powered rifle opened fire from ...

The Lake County Sheriff's Office posted an online wanted poster of Crimo, showing a thin-faced bearded man with facial and neck tattoos. One cellphone video, seen but not verified by Reuters, recorded what sounded to be about 30 rapid shots, a pause, and then another roughly 30 shots. "We were all in shock," his granddaughter Xochil Toledo said.

Highland Park shooting: July 4 parade shooting comes weeks after 19 school children and two teachers were killed in Uvalde in Texas and 10 people were ...

One of the clips, which is particularly disturbing, captures the moment when the attacker opened fire from a rooftop. Hindu groups in Canada have complained to the country's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and are also exploring legal options over the poster of a film screened in Toronto on Sunday that they deem offensive. China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Zhao Lijian on Monday accused NASA Administrator Bill Nelson of lying “through his teeth” in response to reported comments in a German tabloid about the space competition between the two countries. The Highland Park July 4 parade shooting comes just weeks after a heart-breaking tragedy in Uvalde in Texas, where 19 school children and two teachers were killed. A 'person of interest' - Robert E Crimo III - was taken into custody shortly after the shooting and a high-powered rifle was recovered. Another person killed was Jacki Sundheim, a teacher at a synagogue in Highland Park. The North Shore Congregation Israel confirmed her death.

HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. July 5, 2022 6:27 a.m.. A shooter fired on an Independence Day parade from a rooftop in suburban Chicago, spraying the crowd with gunshots ...

Highland Park Police Chief Lou Jogmen said a police officer pulled over Robert E. Crimo III about 5 miles north of the shooting scene, several hours after police released the man's photo and an image of his silver Honda Fit, and warned the public that he was likely armed and dangerous. "It was just sort of chaos,” she said. He died at the scene, his granddaughter, Xochil Toledo, told the Chicago Sun-Times. Also killed was Jacki Sundheim, a lifelong congregant and “beloved” staff member at nearby North Shore Congregation Israel, which announced her death on its website. Police also found a ladder attached to the building. They left a trail of abandoned items that showed everyday life suddenly, violently disrupted: a box of chocolate cookies spilled onto the grass; a child’s Chicago Cubs cap; baby strollers, some bearing American flags, and children’s bikes. Until laws change, it’s going to be more of the same.” The July 4 shooting was just the latest to shatter the rituals of American life. They identified no motive for the attack in Highland Park, an affluent community of about 30,000 on Chicago’s north shore. Highland Park Police Commander Chris O’Neill, the incident commander on scene, said the gunman apparently used a “high-powered rifle” to fire from a spot atop a commercial building where he was “very difficult to see.” He said the rifle was recovered at the scene. Lake County Major Crime Task Force spokesman Christopher Covelli said at a news conference “several of the deceased victims” died at the scene and one was taken to a hospital and died there. “We don’t blink anymore. “It definitely hits a lot harder when it’s not only your hometown but it’s also right in front of you,” resident Ron Tuazon said as he and a friend returned to the parade route Monday evening to retrieve chairs, blankets and a child’s bike that he and his family abandoned when the shooting began.

A man who was arrested following the mass shooting at a July 4th parade in Chicago has been identified as Robert E Crimo III, a verified Spotify artist Awake ...

A series of videos uploaded by Crimo have remained online, having been reuploaded after his channels were deactivated. At least six people were killed during the incident and dozens more were injured. Police publicly identified Crimo after he was arrested on Monday evening following a brief pursuit in suburban Chicago.

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A video posted to Crimo’s YouTube page on Jan. 2, 2021, appears to show Crimo among a throng of protesters cheering for Trump’s presidential motorcade outside an airport. Crimo also posted frequently to a message board that discussed graphic depictions of murder, suicide and death. The Discord channel was shut down around 6 p.m. ET, just hours after Crimo was named as a person of interest. Another music video showed a cartoon depiction of a man wearing a shirt with his YouTube channel’s logo on it, holding a long gun and being shot by police. On Discord, fans would share posts that Crimo had made of himself. Crimo’s most recent video posted to YouTube showed him in the aftermath of a school shooting.

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