July 4th Holiday Weekend Scarred With Multiple Mass Shootings Throughout The U.S.

Mass Shooting Suspect: Robert “Bobby” E. Crimo III

July 4th Holiday Weekend Scarred With Multiple Mass Shootings Throughout The U.S.

Sadly, this year’s 4th of July weekend was scarred by gun violence, triggering a nation already on edge in the wake of multiple mass shootings.

In the Chicago suburb of Highland Park, six people were killed and 38 others were injured when a gunman opened fire from a rooftop onto the July 4th parade on Monday (July 4). A manhunt immediately went into affect and paralyzed the Chicago suburb before a suspect was apprehended by police later in the day. According to reports, the wounded ranged from ages 8 to 85. Seven people were killed, and 46 suffered injuries. The suspect– 22-year-old Robert E. Crimo III– was taken into custody by police near Lake Forest, Illinois, following a brief car chase.

Firearm evidence was reportedly found on the rooftop of a business near the shooting. According to a spokesperson for the Lake County Major Crime Task Force, the gunman used a ladder attached to the wall of the building from an alley to access the roof. The deadly gunfire erupted a little after 10 a.m. local time along a parade route on the town’s Central Avenue. Police say the suspected shooter mounted the rooftop of a building and used a “high-powered rifle” to begin his assault, nearly 20 minutes after the parade began. Some bystanders said they initially thought the sound of the gunshots were from fireworks.