Spectators run after hearing gunshots in a shooting at the July 4 parade in Illinois
At least six people were killed and 38 were injured in a mass shooting at an Independence Day parade in Illinois on Monday after a gunman with a legally obtained firearm on the roof opened fire, sending hundreds to flee in terror.
Hours later, police announced they had arrested a 22-year-old man named Robert E Crimo, as a person of interest.
Robert E Crimo has been named a person of interest in the July 4 Highland Park mass shooting
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“It looked like they were fireworks,” shared a witness, Richard Kaufmann. “It was a pandemonium. People were covered in blood stumbling over each other.”
While “several of the dead victims” died at the scene, one succumbed to injuries at the hospital, according to authorities.
One of the dead was a Mexican, Roberto Velasco, director of American Affairs in Mexico, said on Twitter. He added that two other Mexicans were injured in the incident.
Thirty-eight of the injured, aged between eight and 85, were sent to the NorthShore University Health Center. All but one had gunshot wounds, said the hospital’s emergency preparedness medical director, Dr Brigham Temple.
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Victims of the Highland Park mass shooting: what we know so far
Six people were killed in Monday’s attack in Highland Park, while 38 more were taken to hospitals, several of them with gunshot wounds. Of the six victims, five adults died at the scene.
The sixth succumbed to his injuries at a local hospital. It is currently unclear whether this victim was an adult or a child.
As of Tuesday morning, eight of the surviving victims remained hospitalized with their currently unknown conditions.
My colleague Rachel Sharp has all the most recent details that have begun to emerge about the victims killed in the massacre.
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The toddler separated from the family reunites with the grandparents via Twitter
A young boy who lost his family amid the July 4 mass shooting in Highland Park has now reunited with his grandparents after strangers made it to social media.
The boy was found alone and bloodied Monday morning when the Illinois City Independence Day family parade suddenly turned into a bloodbath, leaving at least six dead and dozens more injured.
A local chef grabbed the boy and quickly pulled him out of danger when the gunman opened fire on the crowd, according to Jackie Kostek of CBS Chicago.
Continue reading the full report from my partner Rachel Sharp:
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According to the mayor, the weapon used in deadly shootings was obtained legally
Highland Park signed a city ordinance banning assault weapons in 2013, NBC News said during an interview with the city’s mayor Tuesday morning, forcing host Hoda Kotb to ask, “Do you know any what about where the gun may have come from? “
“I don’t know where the gun came from, but I know it was obtained legally,” Mayor Nancy Rotering said during one of her first interviews since the deadly shooting devastated her small Illinois town.
“At some point, this nation needs to have a conversation about these weekly events involving the killing of dozens of people with legally obtained weapons,” he added. “If that’s what our laws represent, I think we need to look at them.”
“I want us to talk about the fact that there are weapons of war on our streets that people can legally obtain, and then take out dozens of people,” he said. “Our community will never recover from this injury.”
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The number of people injured in a shooting in Highland Park has risen to 38
The number of injured during a shooting at Monday’s Independence Day parade in Highland Park has risen to 38 people, NBC 5 News reported.
The NorthShore University health system confirmed in the news Tuesday morning that 38 people had been treated at the facility after the attack without specifying how many of them suffered gunshot wounds.
As of Tuesday morning, the health center confirmed that there were eight patients still being treated for the injuries they suffered during the blatant attack.
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The mayor of Highland Park has known Robert Crimo since he was its cub scout leader
Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering told NBC’s Today that she was familiar with Robert Crimo, the 22-year-old arrested by police as a person of interest in connection with Monday’s deadly shooting as he exercised as a Cub Scout leader when he was enrolled as a Cub Scout.
“I know him as someone who was a Cub Scout when I was the leader of the Cub Scout,” Ms. Rotering said. “And it’s one of those things where you step back and say, ‘What happened?’ How did someone get so angry, so hateful and then do it with innocent people who were literally just spending a day with their family?
Ms Rotering said she did not know if the man she met as a child was known to police before the Independence Day attack, and told NBC’s Hoda Kotb on Tuesday that she had few details about her personal life. of Mr. Crimo.
“He was just a little kid,” he said.
Watch the full clip below:
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Adam Kinzinger says “MAGAs like MTG are heartless” in response to the Highland Park tweet
MP Adam Kinzinger called on far-right politicians to take moments like the mass shootings to focus on points of discussion about anything other than gun control, however far-fetched they may be.
After information was shared on social media about Robert Crimo, a person interested in the Highland Park shooting who was arrested by officers after an hour of hunting in the city, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene shared a screenshot of the message the FBI was looking for. the 22-year-old and denounced the country’s “drug abuse, mental illness and SSRI” crisis, without any news support that Mr. Crimo was suffering from none of the above.
“When will we have an honest conversation about drug abuse, mental illness and SSRIs?” tweeted the Republican legislature of Georgia. “Are we really going to pretend? Does Big Pharma cover it? Because I’m absolutely done with the political moves of this BS. ”
Rep. Kinzinger, an Illinois Republican lawmaker whose district covers Rockford, a region Crime was said to have ties to, responded to Mrs. Greene’s tweet calling her and her like “MAGAs” heartless. “.
“Instead of having a little compassion, it’s cold-hearted madness,” the Illinois congressman tweeted. “I’m so done with this evil move.”
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Street closures are still in place, police warn
Police are advising residents of the Highland Park area to continue to avoid the region where the July 4 deadly shooting took place, NBC 5 News reports.
Illinois city authorities are still conducting an investigation around the blocks where the deadly shooting took place and are calling for people to stay away from the region.
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The Chicago mayor is calling for a “federal effort” to remove “weapons of war” from his hands
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot issued a statement after the deadly July 4 shooting that took place 27 miles north of her city over the holiday weekend and called for a “federal effort” to stop the onslaught of mass shootings that continue to affect American communities.
“Armed violence does not respect geographical boundaries or socioeconomic differences,” the mayor began. “Whether it’s the backyards of Englewood, West Garfield Park, Uvalde, Buffalo or now Highland Park, none of us are immune and we’re all vulnerable without a federal effort to get weapons of war out of the hands of civilians.”
The mayor of Chicago has been struggling to contain his city’s growing problem of armed violence and responded last month by raising the 22 to 23-hour curfew law for youth under 18 instead of 17.
This attempt to curb the rise in juvenile armed violence was accompanied by a weekend ban on unaccompanied minors at Millennium Park from 6pm every Thursday and continuing until Sunday.
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Robert Crimo: Shooter in Highland Park identified, all we know
Crimo was arrested after a brief chase near Lake Forest, a suburb of Chicago, about six miles from the site of the massacre a few hours after they fired a high-powered rifle at a crowd enjoying the holidays. .
It looked like the shooter had taken up a sniper position on the roof before opening fire and causing chaos scenes as people ran to look for each other to save their lives.
Read on for more information on who Mr. Crimo is and what his family has to say about his arrest:
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The Trump-backed Illinois candidate says “let’s move on” a few hours after the shooting
Hours after a mass shooting at a July 4 parade in Illinois left six people dead and dozens more injured, state Sen. Darren Bailey called on Americans to follow through and celebrate.
The Republican lawmaker said in a statement, “We are moving forward and celebrating the independence of this nation,” The Daily Beast reported.
“We need to get rid of corruption and evil from our government.”
Bailey has the support of former President Donald Trump in the race for Illinois governor.
My colleague Sravasti Dasgupta reports:
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