Sixteen people were also injured and taken to hospital, according to the municipality of Highland Park. The authorities are always looking for the shooter.
Le Monde
Several shots interrupted, Monday, July 4, a parade on the occasion of the US National Day of July 4, in Highland Park, north of Chicago (Illinois). At least five people were killed and sixteen, injured, were transported to the hospital, announced the municipality . The authorities are always looking for the shooter.
According to The daily Chicago Sun-Totes , the parade started around 10 am (5 pm, Paris time), but only lasted ten minutes before Shots do not be heard. A witness said to The American channel CNN heard between twenty and twenty-five shots. Videos, filmed by witnesses, have
The mayor of Highland Park, Nancy Rotering, a
Brad Schneider, who represents the State of Illinois in the lower Congress Chamber, was in this opulent city, located on the shores of Lake Michigan, when the shots resounded. “My campaign team and I had just met for the start of the parade, when the shots started,” he tweeted after being sheltered .
The festivities of July 4 have been canceled in several neighboring cities, notably in Evanston and Mount Prospect, as a prudence measure.