Six Killed In Shooting During US July 4 Parade

Highland Park, United States, July 4 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – fifth Jul, 2022 ) :A shooter opened hearth throughout a parade to mark US Independence Day within the state of Illinois, killing at the very least six folks, officers mentioned.

“At this time, two dozen people have been transported to Highland Park hospital. Six are confirmed deceased,” Commander Chris O’Neil of town’s police advised journalists.

The suspected shooter, who remains to be at massive, has been described as a white male aged 18-20 with longer black hair, O’Neil mentioned.

“All individuals are still urged to shelter in place at this time,” he added.

Nancy Rotering — the mayor of Highland Park, which is situated close to Chicago — gave the identical toll and condemned the vacation violence.

“On a day that we came together to celebrate community and freedom, we’re instead mourning the tragic loss of life and struggling with the terror that was brought upon us,” she mentioned.

Both officers mentioned the capturing started at round 10:14 am (1514 GMT).

Multiple legislation enforcement businesses, together with the FBI, the state police and the native sheriff’s workplace, are helping with the response.

Highland Park introduced that every one July 4 festivities had been canceled on account of the violence, as did close by Evanston.

“While there is no known threat to Evanston residents, the shooter is still at large; therefore, cancelations are taking place in an abundance of caution,” town mentioned.

– ‘Enough is sufficient’ – US Representative Brad Schneider, who was on the parade, mentioned on Twitter that “a shooter struck in Highland Park during the Independence Day parade.” (*4*) he wrote, including: “Enough is enough!”The capturing is a part of a wave of gun violence plaguing the United States, the place roughly 40,000 deaths a yr are brought on by firearms, together with suicides, in response to the Gun Violence Archive web site.

The debate over gun management — a deeply divisive difficulty within the nation — was reignited by two massacres in May that noticed 10 Black grocery store customers gunned down in upstate New York and 21 folks, largely younger youngsters, slain at an elementary faculty in Texas.