A shooter opened fire on Monday during a cortege to mark US Independence Day in the state of Illinois, killing at least six people, officers said.
“ At this time, two dozen people have been transported to Highland Park Hospital. Six are verified departed, ” Commander Chris O’Neil of the megacity’s police told intelligencers.
The suspected shooter, who’s still at large, has been described as a white joker progressed 18- 20 with long black hair, O’Neil said.
“ All individualities are still prompted to sanctum in place at this time, ” he added.
Nancy Rotering — the mayor of Highland Park, which is located near Chicago — gave the same risk and condemned the vacation violence.
“ On a day that we came together to celebrate community and freedom, we are rather mourning the woeful loss of life and floundering with the terror that was brought upon us, ” she said.
Both officers said the firing began at around 1014 am.
Multiple law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, the state police, and the original sheriff’s office, are aiding with the response.
Highland Park blazoned that all July 4 fests had been canceled as a result of the violence, as did hard Evanston.
“ While there’s no given trouble to Evanston residers, the shooter is still at large; thus, cancellations are taking place in a cornucopia of caution, ” the megacity said.
Enough is enough
US Representative Brad Schneider, who was at the cortege, said on Twitter that “ a shooter struck in Highland Park during the Independence Day cortege. ”
“ Hearing of loss of life and others injured. My condolences to the family and loved bones; my prayers for the injured and for my community, ” he wrote, adding “ Enough is enough!”
The firing is part of a surge of gun violence anguishing the United States, where roughly,40,000 deaths a time are caused by arms, including self-murders, according to the Gun Violence Archive website.
The debate over gun control — a deeply divisive issue in the country was reignited by two butcheries in May that saw 10 Black supermarket shoppers plugged down in upstate New York and 21 people, substantially youthful children, taken at an abecedarian academy in Texas.
Congress passed the first significant bill on gun safety in decades in the wake of those killings.
President Joe Biden inked it into law in late June, saying that while it falls short of what’s really demanded, it’ll still save lives.
But, proponents of tougher arms laws suffered a reversal when the US Supreme Court ruled that Americans have an abecedarian right to carry a handgun in public, a corner decision with far-reaching counteraccusations for countries and metropolises across the country trying to rein in gun violence.
