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| The firing started at 10:14 a.m. during the parade, police officials said. (Photo: AFP) |
Police in the United States have arrested a man accused of shooting dead six people during an Independence Day parade in Highland Park.
A gunman shot and killed six people during an American Independence Day parade in a park.
Robert Cremo, 22, was taken into custody during a massive search of the suspect in Highland Park.
Emergency officials said about two dozen people, including children, were wounded in the shooting, some in critical condition. "Robert Cremo was arrested shortly after he chased a car," Highland Park Police Chief Lou Jogman told reporters.
"We were getting ready to march on the road when suddenly people started fleeing," Emily Prazak, who took part in the parade, told AFP.
Then came some sounds and I thought there were fireworks. ' "This is the day we celebrate our country," he added. This is also the day when our freedom was taken away from us because many of us who live here are trapped in this building, ”said Don Johnson, a participant in the parade.
The sound was heard and people were running away with their children, and we ran to the gas station and stayed there for three hours.
'He said,' I have seen such scenes on TV but it is not. I thought it would happen sometime here. ”Police officials said the shooting started at 10:14 a.m.
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| According to police, "Robert Cremo was arrested shortly after chasing a car." (Photo: AFP) |
Christopher Cowley, a spokesman for the Lake County Major Crime Task Force, said "spectators appear to have been targeted."
Five of the six people killed were at the scene and one was taken to hospital. "Twenty-five people, aged between eight and 85, were injured in the shooting," said Dr. Brigham Temple of Highland Park Hospital. "Four or five children were among the injured."
Also included. 16 people were sent home after medical aid. Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Aberrard said one of the dead was a Mexican.
He tweeted: "We stand with the Chicago community in the tragedy." "I will not give up the fight against violence through weapons," he said.
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