This is a developing story.
Updated Jul 4, 2022, 12:18pm CDT
By Lynn Sweet
Five people were killed and 16 others wounded when a gunman started shooting 10 minutes after the Highland Park Fourth of July parade kicked off Monday morning, authorities said.
Shortly after noon, the Highland Park police said it remained an “active incident” and urged people to stay away.
A Chicago Sun-Times reporter saw blankets covering three bloodied bodies and five other people wounded and bloodied near the parade’s reviewing stand.
... Police from Highland Park and several other jurisdictions, including the Illnois State Police, some armed with rifles, were patrolling the area, looking for whoever fired the shots.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker said he was “closely monitoring the situation in Highland Park” and that the Illinois State Police were on the scene.
Updated Jul 4, 2022, 12:18pm CDT
By Lynn Sweet
Five people were killed and 16 others wounded when a gunman started shooting 10 minutes after the Highland Park Fourth of July parade kicked off Monday morning, authorities said.
Shortly after noon, the Highland Park police said it remained an “active incident” and urged people to stay away.
A Chicago Sun-Times reporter saw blankets covering three bloodied bodies and five other people wounded and bloodied near the parade’s reviewing stand.
... Police from Highland Park and several other jurisdictions, including the Illnois State Police, some armed with rifles, were patrolling the area, looking for whoever fired the shots.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker said he was “closely monitoring the situation in Highland Park” and that the Illinois State Police were on the scene.
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