Latest Highland Park shooting: Police arrest Robert Crimo as witness says attack ‘sounded like fireworks’

Robert Crimo’s uncle said he had seen no “warning signs” that his cousin was turning violent when he offered his condolences to the families of the victims of mass shootings on Independence Day.

“I saw no signs of trouble. And if I had seen signs I would have said something,” Paul Crimo told Fox 32 Chicago.

Mr Crimo said he saw his cousin on Sunday but did not notice anything unusual. He added that he saw nothing that could have triggered him.

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Highland Park residents Rachel Brosnahan and Richard Marx condemned the July 4 mass shooting during an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago.

Marx condemned the shooting, tweeting that he also grew up in Highland Park and used his social media accounts “to monitor the well-being of people I still know there”.

The “Right Here Waiting” singer tweeted: “My heart is always broken by these constant mass shootings wherever they take place, but today I am extra heartbroken. And extra angry at the futility.”

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Gunfire broke out late Monday night near the Philadelphia Museum of Art on the last day of a festival with crowds watching a fireworks show after a concert.

“There is a security incident on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway,” emergency services said, referring to the shooting. Police instructed people in surrounding buildings to take shelter.

“I didn’t hear the shots, but the police said, ‘Run, run, run,'” a woman told an NBC affiliate.

One officer suffered a head abrasion and the other a gunshot wound to the right shoulder, according to NBC10.

Hours after a mass shooting at a July 4 parade in Illinois killed six and injured dozens of others, Senator Darren Bailey asked Americans to move on and celebrate.

The Republican lawmaker said in a statement, “Let’s move on and celebrate this nation’s independence,” The Daily Beast reported.

“We need to get corruption and evil out of our government.”

Bailey is backed by former President Donald Trump in the race for Illinois governor.

My colleague Sravasti Dasgupta reports:

After the Philadelphia shooting, Mayor Jim Kennedy said his administration was “begging lawmakers” to stop the “flow of guns into our city.”

“Our traditions cannot and will not be ruined by the scourge of gun violence,” he added.

Two Philadelphia police officers were gunned down near Benjamin Franklin Parkway late Monday as thousands of people celebrated a concert and fireworks display on July 4, with the crowd bursting into panic as shots were fired.

The shooting came hours after a rooftop gunman opened fire on families waving flags and children on bicycles during a Fourth of July parade in suburban Chicago’s Highland Park that killed six people and injured more than 36. .

Both Philadelphia officers were released from hospital after sustaining non-life-threatening injuries, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney said. The police were looking for the shooter.

Another victim was Jacki Sundheim, a teacher at a local synagogue in Highland Park. The North Shore Congregation Israel confirmed her death in an email to congregation members.

“There are no words enough to express the depth of our grief at Jacki’s death and sympathy for her family and loved ones,” the synagogue said.

A retired doctor who stood across the street from where the gunman opened fire said it sounded like fireworks going off.

“It was a pandemonium,” Richard Kaufman told Reuters, adding that he heard about 200 shots. “People were covered in blood and tripping over each other.”

A Mexican is one of the victims in the shooting, Mexican director for North American affairs Roberto Velasco reports on Twitter.

He said two other Mexicans were injured.

The Chicago White Sox spoke to Major League Baseball on Monday about postponing their game against the Minnesota Twins after a gunman opened fire during an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago, killing at least six people.

After the team’s talk with MLB and contact with local authorities, the game was played as scheduled. The fireworks display after the game was canceled and a moment of silence was observed before the first pitch of the Twins’ 6-3 victory.

“Our hearts are with the Highland Park community,” the White Sox said in a statement. “The entire Chicago White Sox organization extends our deepest condolences to the families and friends of the innocent victims of today’s horrific shooting and all those affected by this tragedy.”

“Something has to change,” said White Sox poet Liam Hendriks. “Something has to be done, something has to be done, because there are too many people who are losing their lives.”

“Unfortunately, it’s almost daily,” White Sox manager Tony La Russa said of the shooting. “Far too often.

“Even if there is an explanation, there is no explanation. There is no point.”