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HIGHLAND PARK, Illinois: Six people were killed and at least two dozen wounded when a man with a high-powered rifle opened fire from a rooftop at an ...

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. He and other children in the group held small American flags. The shooter opened fire at around 10.15am, when the parade was about three-quarters through, authorities said. A hospital spokesman said those hurt ranged in age from 8 to 85. Officials said a rifle was recovered from the scene. 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.

Robert E Crimo III, who is from the area, has been taken into custody and charges will be filed, said the police.

The newspaper also that Crimo is thought to be a longtime resident of the Highland Park suburb. A video shared online by journalist John Dodge showed armed police persuading Crimo to surrender. Crimo is then seen lying flat on the ground before police take him into custody.

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.

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.

Nicolas Toledo was the first victim identified as of late Monday (July 4) by his family after a gunman on a rooftop opened fire on families at the parade on the ...

Toledo, in his 70s, had been visiting his family for about the past month. The North Shore Congregation Israel confirmed her death in an email to congregants. Nicolas Toledo was the first victim identified as of late Monday (July 4) by his family after a gunman on a rooftop opened fire on families at the parade on the same day, killing six and wounding more than 36.

The person of interest identified by police after Monday's shooting in a Chicago suburb left 6 dead and 38 hurt, left a long trail of tributes to mass ...

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.

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.

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