[Text/Observer Network Li Li] A shooting incident occurred during the "Independence Day" parade held in Highland Park, Illinois, on the 4th, causing at least 6 deaths and 30 injuries. Police have now taken control of a 22-year-old male suspect. According to media reports, the suspects have sung on social media and added elements such as "school shooting" and "briefing on the murderer of Kennedy" in the video. His father, on the other hand, is also suspected of running for mayor of Highland Park in 2019, but ultimately lost.
Although the suspect has been arrested, the scene of the police arresting the suspect has caused controversy on the Internet, netizens have complained that the police arrest action is too "friendly", and compared with the recent "American police chased a black man, fired more than 90 shots in a row".
The Observer Network notes that this is at least the third consecutive year that the Chicago metropolitan area has experienced a "Bloody Independence Day" weekend. During the 2020 holidays, multiple shootings broke out in Chicago, with at least 89 people shot and 17 dead; At least 82 people were shot and 14 died in 2021. At the time of the shooting, desperate people at the scene even hid their children in garbage bins. The Illinois governor commented afterwards that mass shootings have become a weekly "American tradition."
Photo of the suspect's arrest. Pictured from Bloomberg reporter Madison Mueller on social media
The suspect has posted rap works, and his father is suspected of running for mayor of Highland Park in 2019
According to the US media "Chicago Sun" reported on July 5, on the morning of July 3, a large-scale shooting incident occurred in the "Independence Day Parade" held in the center of Highland Park, Chicago, USA. The suspect has now been arrested. The case killed at least 6 people and injured 30 others.
At 18:45 on July 4, local police introduced at a brief news conference that the shooting occurred at around 10 a.m. local time on July 3, near Central Avenue and Second Street in downtown Highland Park.
After the incident, the police investigated the clues and determined that the killer was 22 years old, named Robert E. Crimo III. Eight hours after the incident, on U.S. Route 41, a police officer spotted Kerimo and gave him a "brief" chase, after which Kerimo pulled over and was detained.
Police declined to immediately identify Mr. Coremo as a suspect, but said it was a serious step to identify him as the person involved and to publicly share his name and other information, so officials were using the words "suspect" and "relevant person" interchangeably.
"It was a terrible day," said Stacy Shaulman, a local resident who gathered outside the police station, "and I am glad the police arrested him." Unfortunately, he was a child of highland park city and people knew his family. His family has been living here for a long time. ”
According to NBCNews, Coremo is known as the "wake-up rapper." He also posted videos on YouTube, but the account was blocked Monday night.
The music videos he released contained messages of mourning for mass shootings and public killings. In a video recently released by Coremo, Mr. Coremo described a story that "I put on the American flag after a shooting at the school."
Pictured from The Maca Newspaper
Another music video showing a cartoon man with a long gun shot and killed by police includes a press briefing on Oswald, a suspect suspected of assassinating then-U.S. President John F. Kennedy that year.
"Like a sleepwalker, I can't stop and think," he said in the video: "My actions will be heroic." I knew what I had to do, not only for myself, but for everyone else. ”
According to the Chicago Sun, a neighbor who asked not to be named revealed that Corremo's father and uncle spent some time in Highland Park. Father Bob Crimo Jr. From 2013 to 2018, he operated a restaurant called "Bob's Pantry & Deli" in highland park.
Corymo's father was also suspected of running for mayor of Highland Park in 2019, but ultimately lost.
Photo of Bob Corremo Jr.'s campaign, notes "I announce with great honor: My name officially appeared on the ballot for the 2019 mayoral election" from Facebook
Police said Corremo possessed at least 4 legally purchased firearms, including an AR-15 rifle, a bolt-on rifle, a shotgun and a pistol. He used a high-powered rifle.
Police called it a "random incident of violence." Corimo climbed up the roof of a shop through a ladder in an alley, then fired indiscriminately at the parade. At present, the authorities are reviewing the ownership history of this rifle.
Jerry Felsenthal, a resident of Highland Park city for 32 years after Corymo's arrest, said he feared neighborhood residents had so many guns that more mass shootings would occur.
"It's going to happen again," Felsenthal said. "It's inevitable."
The shooting in highland park prompted local suburbs to cancel their celebrations as well.
Corremo photo. Pictured from Highland Park City Police Department
"He didn't die, but the black man was shot 60 times... This is America."
As of 19:00 on July 4, police had not filed any charges against Corimo and did not say what the motive for the shooting was. But as word of the arrest spread, people began driving past the Highland Park City Police Station, thanking the police, shouting "thank you" and "well done."
However, the scene of the police arrest of Coremo has caused complaints on the Internet.
Compared with "The American police chased a black man and fired more than 90 shots at his back", the police's posture of arresting Coremo was criticized as too "friendly". After all, the black man shot and killed at least 6 people just because he violated traffic rules.
Some netizens complained about the "double standard" of the US police: "He did not die, but the black man was shot 60 times... This is America."
Netizens questioned in a rhetorical tone: "No knees on the neck?" "They didn't shoot him 60 times?" "Oh, they didn't strangle him?"
Some netizens directly called the police arrest posture too "gentle": "They are too nice to these guys...", "How gentle hands are on his legs", "It looks like they are massaging muscle spasms".
Scattered, resident: I put my son in the trash
"Gunshots were heard about 10 minutes after the parade began." Miles Zaremski, a resident of Highland Park, told the Chicago Sun: "I heard 20 to 25 gunshots, and those shots went on and on. So the gunner can't have more than one pistol or shotgun. ”
Zaremsky said he witnessed someone being shot, "a woman covered in blood .... She didn't survive."
The Krazmer band, unaware of the gunfire, continued to play as panicked marchers sought cover, the report said.
Adrienne Drell, a former Sun Times reporter, recalled sitting on the side of Central Avenue watching the parade and seeing many people start running. A man also pulled her up from the side of the road and urged her to run.
"There was panic throughout town," she said. "Everyone was stunned, unbelievable."
She ran with the others to a nearby parking lot to take shelter. "It was supposed to be a quiet and nice morning and people were enjoying the parade," Dreher said. "Within a few seconds, that calm was suddenly broken, and it was terrible. You can't go anywhere, we broke down. ”
According to a blurry video released by CNN, when the shooting occurred, the scene was chaotic and everyone ran away.
Alexander Sandoval, 39, said he got up at 7 a.m. that morning, set up chairs and blankets in front of the parade's main stage, and then went home for breakfast with his son, partner and stepdaughter before going to see the parade.
He and his family ran away when they heard the gunshots. "We saw the Navy parade and floats passing by, and when I first heard the gunshots, I thought they were firing empty packages in salute to the flag," Sandoval said. "But then I saw people start running, and the gunshots kept coming, and we ran along."
In the confusion, he and his partner, Amairani Garcia, ran in different directions, taking his 5-year-old son and her 6-year-old daughter with her.
"I grabbed my son and tried to break into a local building, but couldn't get in," Sandoval said. The gunfire stopped. I guess he's reloading. So I kept running, ran into an alley, and put my son in the trash so he was safe. I then ran to look for the rest of my family and saw bodies in pools of blood on the ground. ”
"I saw a little boy who had been shot carried away," Sandoval said, "and that was horrible." ”
He later found his partner and stepdaughter inside a nearby McDonald's, and they were safe.
"It shouldn't happen here," he said, "and it shouldn't happen anywhere." ”
Screenshot of the Chicago Sun-Times report
Don Johnson, 76, who lives about two blocks from the scene of the shooting, initially thought the gunfire was a tempering of a car.
He ran to a nearby gas station with several others and described the scene as "surreal." "It's a terrible thing," he said, "and I never imagined it would happen in downtown Highland Park." ”
Johnson said he had been urging his son and daughter to move to Highland Park city, telling them "it's safe here."
It's now clear, he said, that "shootings can happen anywhere."
David Goldenberg, the Midwest director of the Anti-Defamation League, was one of those who took part in the march. He had gone early on to set up chairs for his family on the parade route, but he later removed the chairs to get closer to his friends.
If not, Goldenberg said, "we would be very close" to the shooting. "It was chaotic," he said. "When people shout 'There are gunmen!' There are guns! Then you will feel that every member of your family is under threat."
He said he knew an adult had been killed, though he declined to discuss the details.
Dozens of injured people were taken to Highland Park City Hospital, Lake Forest Hospital and Evanston Hospital, most of whom were treated for gunshot wounds and others in the gunfire.
"The injuries are mixed. Some of them are minors," said Dr. Temple, of the 26 people treated there, 25 of the 26 people treated there were gun victims, 19 of whom have been treated and sent home. The age of the patients ranged from 8 to 85 years, and four or five of them were children.
"It's heartbreaking to see innocent people injured," said Marc Taramonti, a surgeon at the hospital who treats the wounded.
Jennifer Banek, a local coroner, said five people, all adults, died at the scene and one died in hospital. The age of the sixth victim is unclear.
"Mass shootings have become a weekly 'American tradition'"
Speaking in Highland Park after the shooting, Illinois Gov. Pritzker said, "I'm outraged that gun violence has taken more innocent lives." I am outraged that their loved ones are forever hurt by what happened today. I am outraged by the trauma of children and their families. I'm outraged that this is happening in communities across Illinois and across the United States. "While we only celebrate July 4 once a year, mass shootings have become our weekly 'American tradition.'" ”
David Alex Rhodes, a former Obama White House adviser, tweeted: "A friend took his disabled child today to a july 4 march in Highland Park. When the gunshots rang out, the father pushed his adult son's wheelchair for a run, which overturned. A disgusting American story unfolded on American Independence Day. ”
In response to the incident, Biden said on Independence Day, July 4, that he was "shocked" by the shooting, which had killed six people. In connection with the recent events in the United States, he reflected, "I have reason to think that the United States is driving backwards."
Public reports show that since the evening of July 2, multiple shootings have broken out in Chicago, killing at least nine people and injuring 38 others.
The Observer Network notes that this is at least the third consecutive year that the Chicago metropolitan area has experienced a "Bloody Independence Day" weekend. During the 2020 holidays, multiple shootings broke out in Chicago, with at least 89 people shot and 17 dead; At least 82 people were shot and 14 died in 2021.
Screenshot of the 2020 report
Screenshot of the 2021 report
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