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Shane Selig rushed to assist victims in the wake of a mass shooting last year that claimed seven lives at the Highland Park Independence Day parade. "I don't think that anything ... would have prepared me for running through bullets and trying to administer first aid," he said.
HIGHLAND PARK — Shane Selig often volunteered to provide security for the Highland Park Independence Day parade, a typically low-stress job where the biggest threat to public safety occurred when
Shane Selig often volunteered to provide security for the Highland Park Independence Day parade, a typically low-stress job where the biggest threat to public safety occurred when people carelessly walked in front of floats or children darted into the street to grab poorly tossed candy. These are the so-called dangers that weighed mostly heavily on his mind as he pedaled down the Central ...
Already at the Highland Park parade, the city's Community Emergency Response Team went running toward the danger when gunshots rang out.
People from every corner of the Highland Park community sprung into action on the Fourth of July after a gunman opened fire on a parade route in the Chicago suburb.