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4th July 2022
07:31pm BST

Commander Chris O'Neill of the Highland Park Police has said that the suspect is a white male, aged approximately 18 to 20 years old with long black hair, a small build, and was wearing a white or blue t-shirt at the time of the incident.
One local resident who attended the parade, a 73-year-old man by the name of Miles Zaremski, told the New York Times that he believes the weapon used in the incident was an automatic rifle.
"I was in the service a long time ago, so I know what that sound produces," he said. Of the scene that unfolded once the shots were fired, Zaremski said he had never seen anything like it before in his life. "It was chaos," he explained.
Zaremski also provided an eye-witness account to the Chicago Sun-Times, noting that he heard numerous shots fired from the weapon. “I heard 20 to 25 shots, which were in rapid succession," he said. "So it couldn’t have been just a handgun or a shotgun." The governer of Illinois, JB Pritzker, released a statement, saying: “My staff and I are closely monitoring the situation in Highland Park. State police are on the scene and we have made all state resources available to the community. We will continue working with local officials to help those affected.” https://twitter.com/ILStatePolice/status/1543993909143126016Explore more on these topics: