HIGHLAND PARK, Ill., July 4 (Reuters) - A gunman perched on a rooftop opened fire on families waving flags and children riding bikes at a Fourth of July parade on Monday, killing six and wounding more than 36 in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park.
The gunman climbed to the roof of a business using a ladder in an alley, police said. The attack turned a civic display of patriotism into a scene of panicked mayhem.
“It sounded like fireworks going off,” said retired doctor Richard Kaufman who was standing across the street from where the gunman opened fire, adding that he heard about 200 shots.The shooting comes with gun violence fresh on the minds of many Americans. The New York Times named one of the dead as 76-year-old Nicolas Toledo, who was in a wheelchair and had not wanted to attend the parade, but his disabilities required that he be around someone full time and his family had not wanted to miss the event.
The accounts showed a man with physical characteristics and facial tattoos similar to those in photos of the suspect released by police. Biden referred in his statement to bipartisan gun-reform legislation he signed recently but said much more needed to be done, and added: “I’m not going to give up fighting the epidemic of gun violence.”A 36-year-old native of Highland Park who wanted to be identified only as Sara, told Reuters she had attended the annual parade most years since her childhood.
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