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Two people were killed and multiple people were injured after a shooting at a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, according to police sources.

The parade was disrupted around 10:10 a.m. Monday after shots were fired. Witnesses reported seeing heavy police presence and fire vehicles. Some witnesses told WGN they saw multiple people running from the parade.


https://wgntv.com/news/police-...urth-of-july-parade/

One eyewitness said the guy was crouching at a stop sign and just shooting. Someone else said he was on top of a building.

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Ugh. I just saw that.

And friends worry about us living downtown Chicago because of violence...


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Eyewitness was just describing grabbing his five year old son and the dog and running. He tried unsuccessfully to break a window of a business to hide. Shooting stopped and he decided to run. When the shooting started again he put his son and dog in a dumpster; some people were nearby. He saw someone get shot in the back.

When the shooting stopped again, he went back to look for the rest of his family. Everyone's OK.


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No place to hide...

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Five dead, sixteen injured.

They may have recovered a weapon.

Several communities nearby are asking their residents to shelter in place.


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Jesus.


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Lots of surrounding communities cancelling their parades, festivals and/or fireworks.


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Six dead. Twenty-six wounded.

https://www.nbcchicago.com/new...-avoid-area/2872781/


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Need the shooter ...

Some people simply need to be drawn and quartered, publicly. Then post the head on a spike in the middle of town...
 
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This is horrible.

It's also endless.

America, on America's birthday, being quintessentially American.

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I am able to read this and I don't have a subscription. Not sure if that will be true for everyone, as I got to it from Google News:

https://chicago.suntimes.com/2...-july-parade-gunfire


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The local hospital's response is amazing.

After being notified by the police about a mass shooting, the hospital went into it's emergency notification mode to mobilize their medical staff. They had 20 extra doctors and another 20 advanced nursing staff in the ER when the injured started coming in. Trauma surgeons, orthopedic specialists...

The police and fire departments are remarkable, too.

It's an affluent suburb with a lot of resources. If you've seen Risky Business or Ferris Beuller's Day Off, you know Highland Park. The doctor we used to see has an office just a block away from where this happened. Mr wtg and I have eaten at the pancake house that's right on the corner where the shooting happened.

This is awful close to home.


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They've identified a person of interest and have released his name and the car he might be driving, along with license plate number. I don't think it will be too long before they find him.


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The suspect's name is Robert Crimo III. His dad ran for mayor of Highland Park in 2019 and lost...

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Mayor Nancy Rotering won a third term as mayor, defeating her challenger, small business owner Bob Crimo, by more than a 2-to-1 margin. Rotering, who last year came in fourth in her bid for the Democratic Party primary for the Illinois attorney general nomination, had raised $7,500 since the first of the year and has more than $15,000 on hand, while Crimo did not report any contributions or expenditures, according to the Illinois State Board of Elections.


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