Weapons of war have no place on our streets. It’s heartbreaking to spend the Fourth of July mourning yet another American tragedy:Ī deadly mass shooting, this time in Highland Park. Meanwhile, the FBI recorded 61 “active shooter” events – defined by someone killing or attempting to kill people in a public space in a seemingly random fashion – in 2021, the highest ever on record. There have been 313 mass shootings in the US this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive.The attack is the latest in a string of high-profile mass shootings in the US, following, among others, a racist attack at a grocery store in a Black community in Buffalo, New York that killed 10 people and a massacre at a primary school in Uvalde, Texas, in which 19 children and two teachers were shot dead.Film director John Hughes shot parts of several movies in the city, including Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Sixteen Candles and Weird Science.Its mansions and sprawling lakeside estates have long drawn the rich and sometimes famous, including basketball legend Michael Jordan, who lived in the city for years when he played for the Chicago Bulls.It is a generally wealthy community of about 30,000 people. Highland Park is located about 40km (25 miles) north of central Chicago.Terrified people fleeing July 4th parade when shooting started. Authorities have not released the ages of the dead, but health workers have said the wounded ranged in age from eight to 85.A third person killed was a Mexican national, Roberto Velasco, Mexico’s director for North American affairs, said on Twitter on Monday.“There are no words sufficient to express the depth of our grief for Jacki’s death and sympathy for her family and loved ones,” the synagogue said.Jacki Sundheim, a teacher at a local synagogue in Highland Park, was confirmed as another victim by The North Shore Congregation Israel, in an email to congregants.“My grandfather Nicolas Toledo father of 8 and grandfather to many left us this morning July 4th, what was supposed to be a fun family day turned into a horrific nightmare for us all,” his granddaughter Xochil Toledo said in a statement shared by the family on social media.But he required full-time care and his family said they had not wanted to miss the event. He was in a wheelchair and had not wanted to attend the parade, his family said in a statement to local media. Nicolas Toledo, a man in his late 70s, was the first victim identified as of late Monday by his family.Details of some the those killed have begun to emerge.(Al Jazeera) What is known about the victims? He may drive a 2010 Silver Honda Fit with Illinois plates DM80653: /7t2soP3J3V Crimo, III, sought for his alleged involvement in the shooting of multiple people at a July 4, 2022, parade in Highland Park, Illinois. The #FBI is assisting with the search for Robert E. Crimo’s father, Bob, a longtime deli owner, ran unsuccessfully for mayor of Highland Park in 2019.Crimo, who goes by the name Bobby, was an aspiring rapper with the stage name Awake the Rapper and has posted on social media dozens of videos and songs, some violent and depicting gun violence.Dozens of police also surrounded his home in Highland Park.Hours after the attack and about 8km (five miles) away, a police officer pulled over the named person of interest, 21-year-old Robert E Crimo III. A rifle was recovered at the scene, although details of the weapon were not immediately released.They warned he was likely armed and dangerous.
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