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22 | <strong>M2CC</strong> - News www.m2cc.us JULY <strong>2022</strong> EDITION<br />
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HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. <strong>—</strong> A gunman on a<br />
rooftop opened fire on an Independence Day<br />
parade in suburban Chicago on Monday,<br />
killing at least six people, wounding at least<br />
30 and sending hundreds of marchers, parents<br />
with strollers and children on bicycles fleeing<br />
in terror, police said.<br />
Authorities said a 22-year-old man named as<br />
a person of interest in the shooting was taken<br />
into police custody Monday evening after an<br />
hourslong manhunt.<br />
The <strong>July</strong> 4 shooting was just the latest to<br />
shatter the rituals of American life. Schools,<br />
churches, grocery stores and now community<br />
parades have all become killing grounds in<br />
recent months. This time, the bloodshed came<br />
as the nation tried to find cause to celebrate<br />
its founding and the bonds that still hold it<br />
together.<br />
"It is devastating that a celebration of America<br />
was ripped apart by our uniquely American<br />
plague,” Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said at a<br />
news conference.<br />
“I’m furious because it does not have to be<br />
this way... while we celebrate the Fourth of<br />
<strong>July</strong> just once a year, mass shootings have<br />
become a weekly <strong>—</strong> yes, weekly <strong>—</strong> American<br />
tradition."<br />
The shooting occurred at a spot on the parade<br />
route where many residents had staked out<br />
prime viewing points early in the day for the<br />
annual celebration. Dozens of fired bullets sent<br />
hundreds of parade-goers <strong>—</strong> some visibly bloodied <strong>—</strong> fleeing. They<br />
left a trail of abandoned items that showed everyday life suddenly,<br />
violently disrupted: A half-eaten bag of potato chips; a box of chocolate<br />
cookies spilled onto the grass; a child’s Chicago Cubs cap.<br />
“There’s no safe place,” said Highland Park resident Barbara Harte,<br />
73, who had stayed away from the parade fearing a mass shooting, but<br />
later ventured from her home.<br />
Highland Park Police Chief Lou Jogmen said a police officer pulled<br />
over 22-year-old Robert E. Crimo III about five miles north of the<br />
shooting scene, several hours after police released the man's photo and<br />
an image of his silver Honda Fit, and warned the public that he was<br />
likely armed and dangerous.<br />
Police declined to immediately identify Crimo as a suspect but said<br />
identifying him as a person of interest, sharing his name and other<br />
information publicly was a serious step.<br />
Lake County Major Crime Task Force spokesman Christopher Covelli<br />
said at a news conference “several of the deceased victims” died at the<br />
scene and one was taken to a hospital and died there. Police have not<br />
released details about the victims or wounded.<br />
Lake County Coroner Jennifer Banek said the five people killed at the<br />
parade were adults, but didn’t have information on the sixth victim<br />
who was taken to a hospital and died there. One of those killed was<br />
a Mexican national, Roberto Velasco, Mexico’s director for North<br />
American affairs, said on Twitter Monday. He said two other Mexicans<br />
were wounded.<br />
NorthShore University Health Center received 26 patients after the<br />
attack. All but one had gunshot wounds, said Dr. Brigham Temple,<br />
medical director of emergency preparedness. Their ages ranged from 8
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