Police search for gunman who opened fire on a parade through a wealthy Chicago suburb
A police officer runs across a street after gunfire erupted at a Fourth of July parade route in the wealthy Chicago suburb of Highland Park, Illinois, the US, July 4 2022 in a screen shot taken from video. Picture: ABC/REUTERS
Chicago — Five people were killed and at least 16 were in hospital after gunfire erupted at a Fourth of July parade in aHighland Park reported on its website that five people were dead and 16 transferred to hospital.“Numerous law enforcement officers are responding and have secured a perimeter around downtown Highland Park,” the statement said.
The shooting comes with gun violence fresh on the minds of many Americans, after a massacre on May 24 killed 19 schoolchildren and two teachers at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, and the May 14 attack that killed 10 people at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York. ine people were shot and killed in Chicago and at least 57 people were injured.Update:Reuters
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