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Video attached to article The investigation continues Tuesday in Highland Park the day after a gunman opened fire at the July 4 parade. Seven people have died.

Crime | What happened in the eight hours after shots rang out at Highland Park's July 4 parade

Typically the sidewalk crowds are five rows deep at Highland Park's Fourth of July Parade -- it's that beloved. But a longtime tradition quickly turned into a national tragedy. Here's how it unfolded.
Highland Park resident Rachel Jacoby cries as she reads the name of a person killed in the Fourth of July parade shooting, before a vigil Tuesday night at Highland Park Presbyterian Church.

News | 'We must be here now': Hundreds attend Highland Park vigil for prayer and healing

Friends, neighbors and perfect strangers turned to each other in the crowded pews of Highland Park Presbyterian Church Tuesday night, sharing pieces of their broken hearts.
Police enter a building on Central Avenue, about one block away from the scene of a shooting at a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park on Monday.

News | 'We'll mourn together and we'll offer support together': Highland Park responds to shooting

Still reeling from the shock of a July 4 shooting that left seven people dead and dozens more injured, Highland Park residents are coming together to support one another.
Robert (Bobby) E. Crimo III

Crime | Police outline how Highland Park suspect amassed arsenal despite troubling history

Authorities describe how the suspect accused of killing seven people and wounding more than two dozen others at Monday's Fourth of July parade in Highland Park was able to obtain firearms despite troubling past encounters with police.
Jacki Sundheim, 63, of Highland Park was among the people fatally shot during Highland Park’s Independence Day parade.
News | 'Jacki's work, kindness and warmth touched us all': Member of Glencoe synagogue among victims
A longtime staff member at a Glencoe synagogue was among the people slain by a gunman during the Independence Day parade in Highland Park.
Vice President Kamala Harris talks with Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering, second from right, Tuesday night in downtown Highland Park near the scene of the deadly parade shooting.
Crime | "This should never have happened': Harris speaks to Highland Park residents at scene of tragedy
Vice President Kamala Harris pledged the federal government's support Tuesday as she met with local law enforcement, Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering and other local officials just steps from where a gunman killed seven spectators at the city's Fourth of July parade.
Irina and Kevin McCarthy were killed Monday in a shooting at the Highland Park Fourth of July parade.
Crime | Father died protecting son, 2, from shooting at Highland Park parade
Kevin McCarthy, 37, died protecting his son, said Michael Levberg, whose 39-year-old daughter Irina -- McCarthy's wife and Aiden's mother -- also was among the seven people killed as they watched the parade.
A GoFundMe Page has collected more than $191,600 to cover medical bills for Chicago Public Schools teacher Zoe Kolpack and her family members who were injured in Monday’s mass shooting in Highland Park.
News | School community devastated by CPS teacher, family members injured in Highland Park shooting
School shootings have become an ever-present fear, and teachers receive extensive training in how to respond to mass shootings, but Chicago Public Schools teacher Zoe Kolpack was watching the Highland Park parade with her husband, their two young children and other relatives when this mass shooting began Monday.
Some suburbs carried on with fireworks shows Tuesday.
News | 'Much more subdued': Why Antioch decided not to cancel its fireworks after Highland Park tragedy
Unlike most suburbs, Antioch and a few others decided not to cancel its Fourth of July fireworks Monday after the mass shooting in Highland Park. Mayor Scott Gartner called it "truly a lose, lose situation" but said as long as there was no threat to the community he wanted to give people a choice whether to attend.
Submitted photo Nicolas Toledo was killed in the shooting Monday in Highland Park, family members said.
Crime | Visiting grandfather identified as one victim of Highland Park shooting
Highland Park shooting victim Nicolas Toledo had spent most of his life in Morelos, Mexico, and had come to Illinois to visit his family about two months ago.
Crime | Police say no ongoing threat after Brookfield Zoo locked down, then evacuated
Visitors at the Brookfield Zoo had to shelter in place starting Tuesday afternoon after the zoo said it was notified of a "potential threat."
Republican nominee for governor Darren Bailey, seen here on June 28, has apologized for telling residents to “move on” from the Highland Park mass shooting 90 minutes after the attack unfolded on the Fourth of July — and more than six hours before a suspect was arrested.
Crime | Bailey apologizes for comments to 'move on' shortly after Highland Park shooting
Republican nominee for governor Darren Bailey has apologized for telling residents to "move on" from the Highland Park mass shooting 90 minutes after the attack unfolded on the Fourth of July -- and more than six hours before a suspect was arrested.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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