According to the Archive of Armed Violence (GVA), it specified that so far this year there have been at least 308 mass shootings in the US
At least six people died and dozens were injured after a shooting that occurred this Monday in the city of Illinois, USA, in the middle of the celebration for the Independence Day of that country.
The police chief of the town of Highland Park, Chris O’Neill, reported that they are still looking for the suspect, so he asked the public to take refuge while the tracking work is carried out.
Lake County Major Crimes Task Force spokesman Christopher Covelli told a news conference that the gunman apparently opened fire on parade attendees from a rooftop with a rifle that was recovered. in the place.
Covelli said that the police believe that there was only one shooter and warned that he should still be considered armed and dangerous, so they asked for the collaboration of the public to find his whereabouts. He and O’Neill described the shooting as random.
Likewise, the Illinois Police assured, in their latest statements, that it is a white man with a white or black T-shirt and that he has fled.
Police have not released any details about the victims or the injured.
“This morning at 10:14, our community was terrorized by an act of violence that has shaken us to the core,” Mayor Nancy Rotering said at the news conference. “Our hearts go out to the families of the victims at this devastating time. On a day when we come together to celebrate community and freedom, we are instead mourning the tragic loss of life and struggling with the terror it brought us.”
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker said in a statement, “There are no words for the kind of monster that stalks and shoots into a crowd of families with children celebrating a holiday with their community.”
According to media outlets, the shooting occurred about 10 minutes after the parade began and caused dozens of people to start running scared by the sound of gunfire, videos from the Chicago Sun Times show.
Highland Park is a residential area located about 40 kilometers from Chicago where some 30,000 people live, according to the 2020 census.
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Biden ‘dismayed’
For his part, the president of the United States, Joe Biden, said he felt “dismayed” after this new attack. “Jill and I are shocked by this senseless gun violence that has once again brought sorrow to the American community on this Independence Day,” Biden said.
The president announced the mobilization of federal security forces to collaborate in the capture of the suspect. He also took the opportunity to thank the emergency services and the security forces present at the scene for their actions.
Finally, Biden wants to continue with his idea of protecting the citizens of the United States and has repeated the recent signature on the firearms law that has been endorsed by congressmen from the Democratic Parties and the Republican Party that “will save lives.”
“This is the beginning because there is much more work to do and I am not going to give up in the fight against the epidemic of violence with firearms,” he said.
More than 300 shootings
According to the Archive of Armed Violence (GVA), it specified that so far this year there have been at least 308 mass shootings in the US.
In 2022, two great massacres are already mourning American society: the one in Buffalo, in which an 18-year-old murdered 18 people, and the one in Uvalde, Texas, in which another 18-year-old murdered several students in a school.
With information from Eph / CNN
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