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Active shooter Highland Park
Robert Cremo III has been identified as the man accused of the mass shooting at the Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois.
According to Fox NewsThe sniffer unit was looking for the shooter who remained at large. Robert E. Crimo III is the suspect’s name with the middle letter. It also bears the name Bobby Cremo.
Read a report on the victims here.
at a press conferenceOfficer Chris O’Neill said the mass shooting was an “active shooting” incident that was random in nature. O’Neill described the suspect as a white man, between the ages of 18 and 20, “with longer black hair, a little brown, and wearing a white or blue shirt.” A firearm was found at the scene.
Twenty people were hospitalized and six died.
We’re helping Highland Park Police shooting in the Independence Day Parade Road area. Stay out of the area — let law enforcement and first responders do their work,” The Lake County Sheriff tweeted.
Reports of the Highland Park shooting appeared on Monday, July 4, 2022, the Fourth of July. The sources said that the person may shoot from atop a high building, ABC7 reported. The authorities have not yet confirmed this report.
However, subsequent reports noted that “an eyewitness now tells WGNNews that the shooter was crouched in front of former Uncle Dan (now Gearhead Outfitters), not on the roof,” According to journalist Stephen Battaglio, From the Los Angeles Times.
However, at the press conference, authorities confirmed that the gunman fired from a rooftop at some point. The site was not clear
Here’s what you need to know:
1. A reporter described it as a ‘bloodbath’
“bloodbath in # Highland 4th of July Park Parade.. I was there.. ” chirp Lynn Sweet, columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times.
Reports of the shooting were preliminary and started shortly before 11 am Fox News reported that many people are “afraid to die”.
scanner sound, Available through Broadcastify, an officer arrested refers to an “active shooter”. Ambulances were sent to the scene of the accident in the “second and middle”.
The Chicago Sun-Times reported that one of their reporters “saw blankets laying on three bloodied bodies. The other people, running, seemed to be covered in blood.” Police have not yet released the death toll or the injured.
The mass shooting took place in a wealthy North Coast suburb of Chicago.
2. Videos taken of a boy saying there were gunshots and panic at the scene
“Active shooter in Highland Park, Illinois. Avoid Central Ave. My nephew recorded this video,” one person tweeted, Share the video.
The video showed the participants in the march walking normally in the street before they started to run after a state of panic ensued.
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CBS 2 Digital Producer Elisa Kaufman was “near the scene when she heard what sounded like a shooting,” According to CBS News.
Other videos Also appeared from the scene.
“Everyone was running and hiding and screaming,” she told the network.
3. Scanner audio reports indicate that the active shooter carried a “big yellow army backpack”
Scanner voice reports say The shooter was “a male with a large army-style backpack.” On the scanner, police described a victim who had been shot in the leg. They did not provide a more detailed description of the shooter.
The motive is not yet clear.
Police said on the scanner that they were checking the sunset food vault at one point.
A witness told the Sun Times they heard more than 20 shots. The newspaper reported that at least five bloodstained people were seen.
The mass shooting comes as the nation continues to experience mass shootings in places like a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, and an elementary school in Ovaldi, Texas.
4. The mayor of Highland Park said community celebrations have been cancelled
Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rottering, tweet it Independence Day celebrations at Highland Park have been cancelled.
“Highland Park Police are responding to an incident in downtown Highland Park. 4th festival has been cancelled. Please avoid downtown Highland Park. More information will be shared as it becomes available.”
Other communities in Illinois had called off their Fourth of July parades as news of the mass shooting spread.
5. The photos showed a “deserted parade route”
Photographs and eyewitness accounts from the scene showed great response to law enforcement and an “abandoned motorcade route”.
“Responders are still arriving amid the backdrop of an abandoned motorcade road in Highland Park IL. There is no information on the nature of the accident, which appears to have occurred in/near the CBD,” Sonny Cohen tweeted.
There have been unconfirmed reports of up to nine gunshot victims
“(Highland Park) mass shootings Emergency crews at the scene of the shooting with several victims near Central Avenue and Second Street in downtown Highland Park. Reports of nine gunshot victims,” Lake and McHenry County Scanner Books.
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