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<\/a> news.sky.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The man suspected of killing at least six people and seriously injuring dozens more at a Fourth of July parade in Chicago has been arrested, police have said.<\/p>\n
A Highland Park police spokesperson said the suspect, Robert E Crimo III, 22, was spotted by a patrol who tried to initiate a traffic stop.<\/p>\n
The suspect fled and after a brief pursuit police were able to stop him and take him into custody.<\/p>\n
Police had earlier said he should be considered armed and dangerous.<\/p>\n
The attacker opened fire on the crowd in Highland Park, according to officials.<\/p>\n
He apparently opened fire from a rooftop using a high-powered rifle which was recovered at the scene, Lake County Major Crime Task Force spokesman Christopher Covelli said.<\/p>\n
Mr Covelli confirmed police believe there was only one shooter.<\/p>\n
Nancy Rotering, the mayor of Highland Park, said: “This morning at 10.14 our community was terrorised by an act of violence that has shaken us to our core.<\/p>\n
“Our hearts go out to the families of the victims at this devastating time.<\/p>\n
“On a day that we came together to celebrate community and freedom, we are instead mourning the tragic loss of life and struggling with the terror that was brought upon us.”<\/p>\n
According to The Chicago Sun-Times, the parade was stopped after only 10 minutes when shots were fired.<\/p>\n
Several witnesses told the newspaper they heard gunfire and that hundreds of parade-goers – some visibly bloodied – fled the route, leaving behind chairs, pushchairs and blankets.<\/p>\n
Debbie Glickman, who lives in Highland Park, told Associated Press she was on a parade float with co-workers when she saw people running away from the area.<\/p>\n
“People started saying ‘there’s a shooter, there’s a shooter, there a shooter’.<\/p>\n
“So we just ran. We just ran. It’s like mass chaos down there.”<\/p>\n
J B Pritzker, the governor of Illinois, said: “There are no words for the kind of monster who lies in wait
\nand fires into a crowd of families with children celebrating a holiday with their community.”<\/p>\n
And Congressman Brad Schneider, who was at the event, tweeted: “My condolences to the family and loved ones; my prayers for the injured and for my community; and my commitment to do everything I can to make our children, our towns, our nation safer. Enough is enough!”<\/p>\n
President Joe Biden said in a statement: “Jill and I are shocked by the senseless gun violence that has yet again brought grief to an American community on this Independence Day.<\/p>\n
“I recently signed the first major bipartisan gun reform legislation in almost thirty years into law, which includes actions that will save lives.<\/p>\n
“But there is much more work to do, and I’m not going to give up fighting the epidemic of gun violence.”<\/p>\n
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