Witnesses speak of their terror after at least six killed and 30 injured at public event in Highland park
A person of interest in the mass killing that targeted a Fourth of July parade in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park has been taken into custody, the Highland Park police chief said on Monday evening.
Police are still investigating Crimo’s connection to the shooting and declined to immediately identify him as a suspect. But they said identifying him as a person of interest and sharing his name and other information publicly was a serious step.Crimo, who is from the region and goes by the name “Bobby”, was pulled over by police after a brief pursuit, Jogmen said.
“There are going to be people who say that today is not the day, that now is not the time to talk about guns. I’m telling you, there is no better day and no better time,” Pritzker said. The attack began just after 10am local time, when a gunman opened fire on parade-goers from a rooftop of a business using a “high-powered rifle”, Christopher Covelli, spokesperson for the Lake county major crime taskforce, said. The violence sent hundreds of marchers, parents with strollers and children on bicycles in the close-knit community of about 30,000 people fleeing in terror, police said. One witness said he had counted more than 20 shots during the attack.
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