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At least six people died and 24 were wounded in a mass shooting at a July Fourth parade in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park, Illinois, and officers are searching for a suspect who likely fired on the festivities from a rooftop, police said Monday.
The gunman killed at least six people and wounded at least 30. Police say hundreds of marchers, parents with strollers and children on bicycles fled in terror.
A gunman on a rooftop opened fire on an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago, killing at least six people, wounding at least 30 and sending hundreds of marchers, parents with strollers and children on bicycles fleeing in terror.
"On a day that we came together to celebrate community and freedom, we're instead mourning the loss, the tragic loss of life, and struggling with the terror that was brought upon us," Highland Park, IL, Mayor Nancy Rotering said.
A gunman on a rooftop opened fire on an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago, killing at least six people, wounding at least 30 and sending hundreds of marchers, parents with strollers and children on bicycles fleeing in terror.