Posted on 07/04/2022 10:07:24 AM PDT by lightman
Multiple people are feared dead after a shooting during a Fourth of July parade in a Chicago suburb on Monday, officials said.
Witnesses told local media that crowds of people fled the scene after shots were heard in Highland Park, Illinois.
The Lake County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that a shooting took place and told people to stay away. The office did not confirm the number of victims.
Local media reported that several people possibly died in the incident. Law enforcement sources told Fox32 that one person died.
A video posted by a reporter showed people watching the parade before gunshots were heard, causing people to flee.
Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering wrote on Twitter that residents should avoid the downtown area, saying that there is a significant police response.
“Highland Park Police are responding to an incident in downtown Highland Park,” she wrote. “Fourth Fest has been canceled. Please avoid downtown Highland Park. More information will be shared as it becomes available.”
One witness, Miles Zaremski, told CNN that he heard 20 to 25 shots being fired. At least one person was seen bloodied on the ground by his estimate.
“People started saying, ‘There’s a shooter, there’s a shooter, there a shooter,”‘ Debbie Glickman, a witness, told The Associated Press. “So we just ran. We just ran. It’s like mass chaos down there.”
Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.) confirmed that he was attending the parade at the time of the shooting, saying he’s safe. Schneider did not provide any other details.
“Today a shooter struck in Highland Park during the Independence Day parade. My campaign team and I were gathering at the start of the parade when the shooting started,” Schneider wrote in a Twitter post. “My team and I are safe and secure. We are monitoring the situation closely and in touch with the Mayor.”
Schneider continued to say that he heard that several people died in the incident. The lawmaker appeared to suggest more gun-control measures are needed.
“Hearing of loss of life and others injured,” the lawmaker added. “My condolences to the family and loved ones; my prayers for the injured and for my community; and my commitment to do everything I can to make our children, our towns, our nation safer. Enough is enough!”
Before the shooting, police in Chicago said that over the Fourth of July weekend, more than 50 people were shot, including nine fatally, across the city.
The Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence says that Illinois has the eighth strictest gun laws in the United States. Meanwhile, Chicago has among the strictest gun laws of any city in the United States.
Looks like DHS wasn’t pizzing up a pole...
They managed to infiltrate the FBI?
Is this the part where they go door to door and disarm everyone? Say, like.... Boston Marathon?
“The Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence says that Illinois has the eighth strictest gun laws in the United States. Meanwhile, Chicago has among the strictest gun laws of any city in the United States.”
And in areas like the Dakotas, Montana, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, many parts of Texas, Tennessee, and elsewhere where there are many, many law abiding firearms owners, people are probably having an enjoyable and safe Fourth of July.
They’ve got morning talk shows in BREAKING NEW, but this is second page “news”...amazing.
It’s Chicago. Don’t see how this routine situation is news. Happens every day / weekend.
Of course not. They planned it.
This is a targeted terrorist attack it looks, more like the Las Vegas one. Not everyday gangland crime.
This is 30 miles away in a 92% rich suburban area.
Gunman on roof. It’s a mass killer psycho political act.
This is a Chicago suburb in Lake County...about halfway between the city and WI.
CNN’s website has it as a right side news story. Their big attention grabbing headlines are that more witnesses are coming forward to the Jan6 Clownshow Committee, and the police shooting of a black man in Akron. Hey, when you’re a Democrat, left-wing spewing propaganda machine you got to stick with what you do best!
The first people who need to be investigated are Joe Biden, Camela Harris, Nanzi Pelosi, Chucky Schumer and Contra County Bored of Education Clown, Anamarie Avila Farias (a self-proclaimed America hating immigrant.)
Sorry but this is a low body count, and not even within Chi-Congo city limits.
Their sunny beaches evidently attracted sonzabeeches.
Description of the suspect? Am I missing that?
His form of a F**k the Fourth celebration?
Quick, a mass shooting. Oh wait it is a weekend in Chicago and that is run by dems so it does not count. Dems only want to kill the unborn, starve the toddlers and do not care if others are killed. After all it is expected. After all it IS Chicago. How you people vote for this foll and have an unelected gov is beyond me. https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/07/04/july-4th-weekend-at-least-54-shot-friday-into-monday-morning-across-mayor-lori-lightfoots-chicago/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR2qnK22f3KtnemMjZo9BFEUCcl3iqB3G5OT3yZDsbVjkTD047wtDyEcHRo
Where is that astronaut Democrat who said “F##k the Fourth”?
80% liberal Jewish population?
Some segments of the world would call that a target-rich environment.
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