.ABC NEWS SPECIAL REPORT: Authorities say person of interest in Highland Park mass shooting has been “taken into custody without incident.”
Six people were killed and about 24 others were seriously hurt in the shooting, according to officials.
The parade was about three-quarters of the way through when the shooting broke out, authorities said. Revelers fled in panic, leaving behind empty strollers, overturned chairs and half-eaten sandwiches. One victim has been identified by family as 73-year-old Nicolas Toledo. A Mexican national is also among the deceased, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico.
"Everybody is crying. We ended up making it behind a corner and we hid behind a dumpster. This man was there with his two very young children and he had put them in the dumpster for safety," she said. First responders work the scene of a shooting at a Fourth of July parade on July 4, 2022 in Highland Park, Illinois. At least six people were killed, according to authorities.Dr. David Baum was watching his grandson, daughter and son-in-law march in the parade when the gunfire began.
First responders work the scene of a shooting at a Fourth of July parade on July 4, 2022 in Highland Park, Illinois. At least six people were killed, according to authorities.Rep. Brad Schneider, D-Ill., who was at the parade, tweeted that he's committing himself "to do everything I can to make our children, our towns, our nation safer. Enough is enough!"
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