Highland Park parade shooting | |
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Part of mass shootings in the United States | |
Location | Central Ave and 2nd St. in Highland Park, Illinois, U.S.[1] |
Coordinates | 42°11′06″N 87°48′04″W / 42.18500°N 87.80111°W |
Date | July 4, 2022 10:14 a.m. (CDT (UTC–5)) |
Attack type | Mass shooting |
Weapons | Smith & Wesson M&P15[2] |
Deaths | 7[3] |
Injured | 46[3] |
Motive | Under investigation |
Accused | Robert Eugene Crimo III |
Charges | First-degree murder (7 counts) |
On July 4, 2022, a mass shooting happened during an Independence Day parade in Highland Park, Illinois, United States. The shooting happened at 10:14 a.m. CDT (UTC−05:00) about 15 minutes after the parade had started. Seven people were fatally shot and at least 46 others were wounded by gunfire or injured in a stampede.
The shooter was Robert Eugene Crimo III, who was caught eight hours after the shooting.[4]
Crimo began the shooting by firing a rifle from the rooftop of the Ross Cosmetics building.[5] He got on the roof by using an unsecured ladder attached to the building.[6] The shooter used a Smith & Wesson M&P15 semiautomatic rifle with three 30-round magazines.[7]
After being caught, Crimo confessed that he thought about planning another shooting at another Independence Day parade in Madison, Wisconsin.[8]
Seven people were killed and 46 others were injured during the attack.[3] Five of the victims—all adults—died at the scene and two died at the hospital.[9]
Many Chicago suburbs canceled their Fourth of July celebrations after the shooting.[10]
President Joe Biden stated that he was shocked by the shooting and also called for more gun control measures.[11][12]